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Atomic bomb survivors call for elimination of nukes at int'l meet

WASHINGTON, Japan - (From L to R) Setsuko Thurlow, 77, and 80-year-old Mikiso Iwasa and Shoo Michigami -- survivors of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki -- answer questions from reporters at a news conference in Washington D.C. on Feb. 14 after they called for the elimination of nuclear weapons at a meeting of an international nuclear nonproliferation commission there. Speaking for the first time before the International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament, the survivors sought a new trend toward nuclear arms abolition on the occasion of the launch last month of the administration of new U.S. President Barack Obama. (Kyodo)

Atomic bomb survivors call for elimination of nukes at int'l meeting

Atomic bomb survivors call for elimination of nukes at int'l meet