Armistice Day

Navigation - link to other main sections from here Merkel and Sarkozy improve diplomatic relations on Armistice Day France and Germany pledged themselves to renewed partnership at the core of the European Union yesterday as Chancellor...

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Updated 9:28 AM EST, Wed, Nov 11, 2009 We call it Veterans Day now, but it used to be called Armistice Day, and I can't help wondering whether we've lost something by converting a holiday originally meant to celebrate the veterans of World...

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ARMISTICE DAY: Merkel and Sarkozy join together to remember the war fought by their two countries. Hard times hit NZ-angled British paper Kalashnikov designer 'hero of Russia' UK PM apologises for note to grieving mother Barclays, HSBC...

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...2009, 05:20pm IST PARIS/LONDON: French and German leaders stood side by side to honour the fallen of the First World War on Armistice Day for the first time Wednesday, laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Queen...

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...silent at 11am today as the passing of the First World War generation was marked at a moving Westminster Abbey memorial service for Armistice Day. Published: 11:41AM GMT 11 Nov 2009 The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh arrive at...

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The Queen is leading tributes to fallen soldiers in an Armistice Day memorial service at Westminster Abbey to mark the passing of the World War One generation. The ceremony has been timed to coincide with the annual Armistice Day...

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Last updated at 10:27 AM on 11th November 2009 Armistice Day used to be a moment of reflection to honour those who fought so bravely and lost their lives in the line of duty many years ago. In a year that has already become Britain's...

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...underneath the title "Life in the trenches: Classic British humour". Hovering one's mouse over the image also brings up various Armistice Day items, including the famous line from Lieutenant-Colonel John McRae's poem In Flanders Fields:...

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...public from across the UK with links to the conflict have also been invited. The ceremony has been timed to coincide with the annual Armistice Day two-minute silence at 11am as the nation remembers the sacrifices made by the 1914-1918...

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...the signing of the Armistice Treaty by Germany and the Allies in 1918. Are you taking part in an Armistice Day event? Has the meaning of Armistice Day changed over the years? Are there still lessons to be learned from World War I?

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