Hiroshima mayor's letter handed to Marshall Islands president

MAJURO, Republic of Marshall Islands - Yasuyoshi Komizo (R), head of the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation, presents a letter from Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui to President Christopher Loeak of the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific republic's capital of Majuro on Feb. 27, 2014, before the 60th anniversary on March 1 of the 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb test, codenamed "Bravo," at Bikini Atoll.

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