http://www.newsvine.com/world-war-iiNewsvine - world-war-iien-usCopyright 2013Thu, 2 May 2013 11:04:37 +0000Wed, 22 May 2013 08:45:34 +0000http://www.newsvine.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://adamraj.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/02/18015861-sino-japan-shelving-the-disputehttp://adamraj.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/02/18015861-sino-japan-shelving-the-disputejapanchinaworld-war-iiworld-newsuncloschina-and-japan-have-shared-a-heavy-history-of-hostilitydiaoyu-in-chinesediaoyu-senkaku-islandssenkaku-in-japanesesenkaku-islands-terra-nulliussino-japan-departure-lies-around-the-east-china-sea-controversysino-japan-shelving-the-disputesouth-western-islands-to-japanunited-nations-convention-on-the-law-of-the-seaus-pro-japan-stanceThu, 2 May 2013 11:02:10 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark http://aysea.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/30/17984313-brideshead-revisited-by-evelyn-waughhttp://aysea.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/30/17984313-brideshead-revisited-by-evelyn-waughworld-war-iiartsbrideshead-revisitedenglish-catholicsand-sebastian-sin-evelyn-waugh-sTue, 30 Apr 2013 12:59:32 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/11/17704495-greece-germany-bicker-over-war-reparations-issuehttp://www.polls.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/11/17704495-greece-germany-bicker-over-war-reparations-issueeugermanyreparationsgreeceworld-war-iiworld-newswar-reparationsThu, 11 Apr 2013 13:12:08 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>A young man waits outside Labor Force Employment Organization (OAED) in Athens, Thursday, April 11, 2013. Greece’s statistics agency says unemployment in the country hit yet another record high of 27.2 percent in January, up from 25.7 percent the month and 21.5 percent in the same month last year. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)</p> http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17692359-uk-villagers-digging-flowerbeds-find-bombhttp://www.polls.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17692359-uk-villagers-digging-flowerbeds-find-bombeubritainbombunearthedworld-war-iiworld-newsWed, 10 Apr 2013 21:02:02 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17673557-yugoslav-wars-left-population-heavily-armedhttp://www.polls.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17673557-yugoslav-wars-left-population-heavily-armedeugunsworld-war-iiworld-newsbalkansTue, 9 Apr 2013 18:12:00 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Serbian police officers inspect gardens in the village of Velika Ivanca, Serbia, Tuesday, April 9, 2013. A 60-year-old man gunned down 13 people, including a baby, in a house-to-house rampage in the quiet village on Tuesday before trying to kill himself and his wife, police and hospital officials said. Belgrade emergency hospital spokeswoman Nada Macura said the man, identified only as Ljubisa B., used a handgun in the shooting spree at five houses. The dead included six women.(AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)</p> http://thewisewizard.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17664161-statue-unveiled-to-boozy-monkey-tojohttp://thewisewizard.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17664161-statue-unveiled-to-boozy-monkey-tojoodd-newsworld-war-iimonkeyalcohol1943cork-irelandireland-tojou-s-airforcair-force-crashes-plane-in-irelandtojo-statueTue, 9 Apr 2013 05:16:28 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/07/17641993-israel-honors-6-million-victims-of-nazi-holocausthttp://www.polls.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/07/17641993-israel-honors-6-million-victims-of-nazi-holocaustisraelholocaustworld-war-iisan-franciscoworld-newsmlyad-vashemamerican-air-forcegerman-nazisSun, 7 Apr 2013 17:21:22 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Israeli high school students look at a model of the Warsaw Ghetto at the museum "From Holocaust to Revival" in Kibbutz Yad Mordechai near the costal town of Ashkelon, Sunday, April 7, 2013. The annual Israeli memorial day for the 6 million Jews killed during the Holocaust of the World War II begins at sundown Sunday. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)</p><p>An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man is seen through a glass surface of an exhibit at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, Sunday, April 7, 2013. The annual Israeli memorial day for the 6 million Jews killed in the Holocaust of World War II begins at sundown Sunday. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)</p><p>Visitors look at pictures of Jews killed in the Holocaust in the Hall of Names in the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, Sunday, April 7, 2013. The annual Israeli memorial day for the 6 million Jews killed in the Holocaust of World War II begins at sundown Sunday. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)</p><p>Israeli motorists stand still next to their cars on a freeway as a two-minute siren sounds in memory of victims of the Holocaust in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, April 8, 2013. Holocaust remembrance day is one of the most solemn on Israel's calendar with restaurants and places of entertainment shut down, and radio and TV programming focused on Holocaust documentaries and interviews with survivors. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)</p><p>Israelis stand in silence inside a coffee shop as a siren marking the annual Holocaust remembrance day sounds in Jerusalem, Monday, April 8, 2013. Israel has came to a standstill for two mournful minutes as sirens pierced the air to remember the 6 million Jews systematically murdered by German Nazis and their collaborators during the Holocaust in WWII. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)</p><p>Israeli motorists stand still next to their cars on a freeway as a two-minute siren sounds in memory of victims of the Holocaust in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, April 8, 2013. Holocaust remembrance day is one of the most solemn on Israel's calendar with restaurants and places of entertainment shut down, and radio and TV programming focused on Holocaust documentaries and interviews with survivors. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)</p><p>Israeli motorists stand still next to their cars on a freeway as a two-minute siren sounds in memory of victims of the Holocaust in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, April 8, 2013. Holocaust remembrance day is one of the most solemn on Israel's calendar with restaurants and places of entertainment shut down, and radio and TV programming focused on Holocaust documentaries and interviews with survivors. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit))</p><p>World War II veterans attend a ceremony marking the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, Monday, April 8, 2013. Israel came to a standstill for two mournful minutes Monday as sirens pierced the air in an annual ritual to remember the 6 million Jews systematically murdered by German Nazis and their collaborators during the Holocaust in World War II. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)</p><p>Holocaust survivors and their relatives hold flowers during a ceremony marking the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, Monday, April 8, 2013. Israel came to a standstill for two mournful minutes Monday as sirens pierced the air in an annual ritual to remember the 6 million Jews systematically murdered by German Nazis and their collaborators during the Holocaust in World War II. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)</p><p>A relative of Holocaust victims lays flowers next to names of concentration camps during a ceremony marking the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, Monday, April 8, 2013. Israel came to a standstill for two mournful minutes Monday as sirens pierced the air in an annual ritual to remember the 6 million Jews systematically murdered by German Nazis and their collaborators during the Holocaust in World War II. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)</p><p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, walks after laying a wreath during a ceremony marking the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, Monday, April 8, 2013. Israel came to a standstill for two mournful minutes Monday as sirens pierced the air in an annual ritual to remember the 6 million Jews systematically murdered by German Nazis and their collaborators during the Holocaust in World War II. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)</p><p>Relatives of Holocaust victims lay flowers next to the names of concentration camps during a ceremony marking the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, Monday, April 8, 2013. Israel came to a standstill for two mournful minutes Monday as sirens pierced the air in an annual ritual to remember the 6 million Jews systematically murdered by German Nazis and their collaborators during the Holocaust in World War II. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)</p> http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17618980-matisse-in-norwegian-museum-was-once-nazi-loothttp://www.polls.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17618980-matisse-in-norwegian-museum-was-once-nazi-looteuarteuropeworld-war-iiworld-newslooted-arthenri-matisseFri, 5 Apr 2013 19:14:50 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>This undated image released by Henie Onstad Kunstsenter on Friday April 5, 2013, shows part of the painting "Blue Dress in an Yellow Arm Chair", circa 1936 by Henry Matisse. The family of a prominent Parisian art dealer is demanding a Norwegian museum return a Henri Matisse painting seized by Nazis under the direction of Hermann Goering in World War II, in the latest dispute over art stolen from Jews during WWII. The Henie Onstad Art Centre says it does not dispute that Paul Rosenberg once owned the painting but argues it is uncertain whether the family still have rights to the painting, but Art Loss Register, which tracks lost and stolen artworks, Director Chris Marinello slammed the Henie Onstad art museum for “stonewalling” and said “The evidence is overwhelming.....They just don’t want to resolve it." (AP Photo/Oystein Thorvaldsen, Henie-Onstad Art Centre)</p><p>Marianne Rosenberg, granddaughter of prominent Parisian art dealer Paul Rosenberg, poses for a photo during an interview with The Associated Press, Friday, April 5, 2013, in New York. Paul Rosenberg's family is demanding that a Norwegian museum return an Henri Matisse painting seized by Nazis under the direction of Hermann Goering, in the latest dispute over art stolen from Jews during World War II. The painting at the center of the dispute, Matisse's 1937 "Blue Dress in a Yellow Armchair," depicts a woman sitting in a living room. It has been among the highlights of the Henie Onstad Art Center near Oslo, Norway, since the museum was established in 1968 through a donation by wealthy art collector Niels Onstad and his wife, Olympic figure-skating champion Sonja Henie. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)</p><p>Marianne Rosenberg, granddaughter of prominent Parisian art dealer Paul Rosenberg, poses for a photo during an interview with The Associated Press, Friday, April 5, 2013, in New York. Paul Rosenberg's family is demanding that a Norwegian museum return an Henri Matisse painting seized by Nazis under the direction of Hermann Goering, in the latest dispute over art stolen from Jews during World War II. The painting at the center of the dispute, Matisse's 1937 "Blue Dress in a Yellow Armchair," depicts a woman sitting in a living room. It has been among the highlights of the Henie Onstad Art Center near Oslo, Norway, since the museum was established in 1968 through a donation by wealthy art collector Niels Onstad and his wife, Olympic figure-skating champion Sonja Henie. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)</p> http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/04/17593814-grandfathers-hidden-photos-inspire-holocaust-filmhttp://www.polls.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/04/17593814-grandfathers-hidden-photos-inspire-holocaust-filmholocaustworld-war-iiphotosus-newsmatthew-nashThu, 4 Apr 2013 06:07:45 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this Tuesday, April 2, 2013 photo filmmaker Matthew Nash displays a World War II era photo of his grandfather U.S. Army medic Donald Johnson, while standing in front of a projected image of a boy in a WWII Nazi concentration camp at Nash's Boston home. The photo of the boy was taken by Johnson at what is believed to be the Mauthausen concentration camp. Nash's discovery of photographs by his grandfather led him to create a documentary about the liberation of the Ohrdruf concentration camp in Germany, the first that the Americans found. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)</p><p>In this Tuesday, April 2, 2013 photo a World War II era photo of U.S. Army medic Donald Johnson, top, lies next to a 1945 photograph taken by Johnson that shows a boy in what is believed to be the Nazi Mauthausen concentration camp, at the home of filmmaker Matthew Nash, in Boston. Nash's discovery of photographs by Johnson, his grandfather, led him to create a documentary about the liberation of the Ohrdruf concentration camp in Germany, the first that the Americans found. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)</p><p>In this Tuesday, April 2, 2013 photo filmmaker Matthew Nash, hand only, holds a 1945 photograph, in his Boston home, that shows survivors at what is believed to be the Nazi Mauthausen concentration camp. The photo was taken by Nash's grandfather U.S. Army medic Donald Johnson. Nash's discovery of photographs by his grandfather led him to create a documentary about the liberation of the Ohrdruf concentration camp in Germany, the first that the Americans found. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)</p> http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17591792-unexploded-wwii-bomb-found-near-berlin-stationhttp://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17591792-unexploded-wwii-bomb-found-near-berlin-stationgermanywarrailordnanceworld-war-iiexplosiveswwiiworld-newspublic-transportde-newsThu, 4 Apr 2013 03:06:08 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17583807-wartime-bomb-defused-near-berlins-main-stationhttp://www.polls.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17583807-wartime-bomb-defused-near-berlins-main-stationeugermanybombworld-war-iiwwiiworld-newsWed, 3 Apr 2013 00:11:08 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Police officers advise inhabitants to leave an area which had to be evacuated after a World War II bomb has been found at a building site near Berlin's main train station in Berlin Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Police spokesman Thomas Neuendorf said the 220-pound (100-kilogram) bomb was found during construction work on Tuesday evening. Experts will decide how to dispose of the bomb. It wasn't clear how large an area might need to be sealed off for them to defuse it. Allied airplanes dropped huge quantities of ordnance on Germany during World War II in efforts to cripple the Nazi war machine. Tens of thousands of unexploded bombs are believed still to be in the ground. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)</p><p>Specialists cover the place where a World War II bomb has been found at a construction side in Berlin on Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Police spokesman Thomas Neuendorf said the 220-pound (100-kilogram) bomb was found during construction work on Tuesday evening. Experts will decide Wednesday morning how to dispose of the bomb. It wasn't clear how large an area might need to be sealed off for them to defuse it. Allied airplanes dropped huge quantities of ordnance on Germany during World War II in efforts to cripple the Nazi war machine. Tens of thousands of unexploded bombs are believed still to be in the ground. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)</p><p>Police officers check an apartment building for evacuation after a World War II bomb has been found in the area near the main station in Berlin on Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Allied airplanes dropped huge quantities of ordnance on Germany during World War II in efforts to cripple the Nazi war machine. Tens of thousands of unexploded bombs are believed still to be in the ground. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)</p><p>A police car blocks a street after a bomb of World War II has been found in the area of Berlin's main train station in Berlin on Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Allied airplanes dropped huge quantities of ordnance on Germany during World War II in efforts to cripple the Nazi war machine. Tens of thousands of unexploded bombs are believed still to be in the ground. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)</p> http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/29/17511437-monroe-eisenhower-letters-to-be-auctionedhttp://www.polls.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/29/17511437-monroe-eisenhower-letters-to-be-auctionedusauctionworld-war-iijohn-lennonmarilyn-monroeus-newsdocumentshistorical-documentslee-strasbergFri, 29 Mar 2013 06:29:11 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this undated photo provided by Profile in History, a letter from U.S. Major General Dwight D. Eisenhower to his wife, Mamie, while he was stationed abroad during World War II is shown. The letter is among 58 handwritten letters penned by Eisenhower that will be offered during an online auction by Profiles in History on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Profiles in History)</p><p>In this undated photo provided by Profile in History, a letter from U.S. Major General Dwight D. Eisenhower to his wife, Mamie, while he was stationed abroad during World War II is shown. The letter is among 58 handwritten letters penned by Eisenhower that will be offered during an online auction by Profiles in History on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Profiles in History)</p><p>In this undated photo provided by Profile in History, the first page of a typed draft letter from John Lennon to Linda and Paul McCartney, that reflects the deep animosity between the two Beatles around the time of the foursome's breakup is shown. The letter is among a collection of historical documents to be sold at an online auction by Profiles in History on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Profiles in History)</p><p>In this undated photo provided by Profile in History, the second page of a typed draft letter from John Lennon to Linda and Paul McCartney, that reflects the deep animosity between the two Beatles around the time of the foursome's breakup is shown. The letter is among a collection of historical documents to be sold at an online auction by Profiles in History on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Profiles in History)</p><p>In this undated photo provided by Profile in History, the first page of a handwritten letter from Marilyn Monroe which expresses suicidal thoughts to her mentor, Lee Strasberg, is shown. The letter is among a collection of historical documents to be sold at an online auction by Profiles in History on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Profiles in History)</p><p>In this undated photo provided by Profile in History, the second page of a handwritten letter from Marilyn Monroe which expresses suicidal thoughts to her mentor, Lee Strasberg, is shown. The letter is among a collection of historical documents to be sold at an online auction by Profiles in History on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Profiles in History)</p> http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/28/17502329-tv-drama-reopens-debate-over-germans-war-guilthttp://www.polls.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/28/17502329-tv-drama-reopens-debate-over-germans-war-guilteugermanywarworld-war-iiworld-newsfacingthe-warThu, 28 Mar 2013 14:55:10 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/22/17411392-crisis-in-cyprus-threatens-eu-role-and-legitimacyhttp://www.polls.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/22/17411392-crisis-in-cyprus-threatens-eu-role-and-legitimacyeuropethreatworld-war-iiworld-newscyprusFri, 22 Mar 2013 08:03:55 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - The May 10, 2010 file photo shows the shadow of German Chancellor Angela Merkel as she addresses the media after a meeting with German parliament floor leaders about the European Union bail-out in Berlin. By rejecting an EU bailout and turning to Russia for help, Cyprus is exposing growing frustration and dwindling solidarity within a bloc that was meant to bring the continent closer together after World War II. The chaos over the rescue plan, which the Cypriot parliament roundly rejected Tuesday, has renewed many of doubts about the legitimacy of the European project &#8212; notably over perceived German dominance and threats to national sovereignty. The extraordinary spectacle of an EU member seeking salvation from the old Cold War enemy has raised deep questions about how far Europe can and will go to take care of its own. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)</p><p>FILE - The June 12, 2012 file photo shows German Chancellor Angela Merkel behind a window with a reflection of the European flag at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany. By rejecting an EU bailout and turning to Russia for help, Cyprus is exposing growing frustration and dwindling solidarity within a bloc that was meant to bring the continent closer together after World War II. The chaos over the rescue plan, which the Cypriot parliament roundly rejected Tuesday, has renewed many of doubts about the legitimacy of the European project &#8212; notably over perceived German dominance and threats to national sovereignty. The extraordinary spectacle of an EU member seeking salvation from the old Cold War enemy has raised deep questions about how far Europe can and will go to take care of its own. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)</p><p>FILE - The Nov. 30, 2012 file photo shows German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, right, during a meeting of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany. By rejecting an EU bailout and turning to Russia for help, Cyprus is exposing growing frustration and dwindling solidarity within a bloc that was meant to bring the continent closer together after World War II. The chaos over the rescue plan, which the Cypriot parliament roundly rejected Tuesday, has renewed many of doubts about the legitimacy of the European project &#8212; notably over perceived German dominance and threats to national sovereignty. The extraordinary spectacle of an EU member seeking salvation from the old Cold War enemy has raised deep questions about how far Europe can and will go to take care of its own. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)</p> http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/20/17400282-wwii-pow-from-upstate-ny-gets-medals-decades-laterhttp://www.polls.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/20/17400282-wwii-pow-from-upstate-ny-gets-medals-decades-laterusnew-yorkworld-war-iiwwiius-newsmedalspowThu, 21 Mar 2013 00:11:04 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/19/17372644-american-gets-back-art-taken-by-nazis-during-wwiihttp://www.polls.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/19/17372644-american-gets-back-art-taken-by-nazis-during-wwiieufranceartnaziworld-war-iiworld-newstom-selldorffTue, 19 Mar 2013 15:35:53 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>American Thomas Selldorff, speaks during a ceremony at the Culture Ministry in Paris, France, Tuesday, March 19, 2013, to return seven paintings taken from their Jewish owners during World War II, as part of ongoing efforts to give back hundreds of looted artworks that still hang in the Louvre and other French museums. Selldorff reclaimed six German and Italian paintings that his grandfather, Richard Neumann, was forced to sell during World War II to flee Nazi occupation, and one other painting was returned to other recipients. In the background painting left, Sebastiano Ricci, (Belluno, 1659 - Venice, 1734), Abraham and the three angels, painting right, Gaspare Diziani(Belluno, 1689 - Venice, 1767), Allegory of Venice. Sign in front reads: ceremony of return of seven paintings spoils from the Nazi regime. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) </p><p>American Thomas Selldorff, left, and Austrian art historian, Sophie Lillie, who helped him to identify the painting, pose for the media during a ceremony at the Culture Ministry in Paris, France, Tuesday, March 19, 2013, to return seven paintings taken from their Jewish owners during World War II, as part of ongoing efforts to give back hundreds of looted artworks that still hang in the Louvre and other French museums. Selldorff reclaimed six German and Italian paintings that his grandfather, Richard Neumann, was forced to sell during World War II to flee Nazi occupation, and another painting was returned to other recipients. Painting in the background, Alessandro Longhi(Venice, 1733 - Venice, 1813), Portrait of Bartolemeo Ferracina. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)</p><p>American Thomas Selldorff, left, listening to France's Culture Minister Aurelie Filippetti, right, during a ceremony at the Culture Ministry in Paris, France, Tuesday, March 19, 2013, to return seven paintings taken from their Jewish owners during World War II, as part of ongoing efforts to give back hundreds of looted artworks that still hang in the Louvre and other French museums. Selldorff reclaimed six German and Italian paintings that his grandfather, Richard Neumann, was forced to sell during World War II to flee Nazi occupation, and another painting was returned to other recipients. In the background are some of the returned paintings. Sign in front reads: Ceremony of return of seven paintings spoils from the Nazi regime.(AP Photo/Michel Euler)</p><p>American Thomas Selldorff, left, and Austrian art historian, Sophie Lillie, who helped him to identify the paintings, pose for the media during a ceremony at the Culture Ministry in Paris, France, Tuesday, March 19, 2013, to return seven paintings taken from their Jewish owners during World War II, as part of ongoing efforts to give back hundreds of looted artworks that still hang in the Louvre and other French museums. Selldorff reclaimed six German and Italian paintings that his grandfather, Richard Neumann, was forced to sell during World War II to flee Nazi occupation, and another painting was returned to other recipients. In the background are some of the returned paintings. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)</p><p>France's Culture Minister Aurelie Filippetti, and American Thomas Selldorff, right, pose for the media during a ceremony at the Culture Ministry in Paris, France, Tuesday, March 19, 2013, to return seven paintings taken from their Jewish owners during World War II, as part of ongoing efforts to give back hundreds of looted artworks that still hang in the Louvre and other French museums. Selldorff reclaimed six German and Italian paintings that his grandfather, Richard Neumann, was forced to sell during World War II to flee Nazi occupation, and another painting was returned to other recipients. In the background painting left, Alessandro Longhi(Venice, 1733 - Venice, 1813), Portrait of Bartolemeo Ferracina and painting right, Franz Xaver Karl Palko(Breslau, 1724 - Prague, 1770), Apotheosis of Saint John Nepocucene. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)</p> http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/18/17361893-conn-man-who-helped-get-wwii-photo-published-dieshttp://www.polls.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/18/17361893-conn-man-who-helped-get-wwii-photo-published-diesusobitabcworld-war-iius-newswhippleMon, 18 Mar 2013 22:40:49 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/16/17337082-latvians-commemorate-waffen-ss-divisionshttp://www.polls.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/16/17337082-latvians-commemorate-waffen-ss-divisionseuworld-war-iiworld-newslatviawaffen-sslatvia-waffen-ssnazi-allied-world-war-iiSat, 16 Mar 2013 11:23:38 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/15/17337599-jews-in-greece-mark-wwii-nazi-deportationhttp://www.polls.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/15/17337599-jews-in-greece-mark-wwii-nazi-deportationeuanniversaryholocaustgreeceworld-war-iijewsworld-newsSat, 16 Mar 2013 00:25:38 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Survivors of the concentration camps, from left Moshe Haelion, Abraham Ashkenazi, Zana Santicario Saatsoglou, President of Thessalonikis Jewish community David Saltiel, and Israel Ambassador Arye Mekel hold a banner that reads in Hebrew :"The organization of death camps survivors from Greece in Israel" in the northern port city , of Thessaloniki, Greece, on Saturday, March 16, 2013. Jewish residents in this northern Greek city have gathered to commemorate the 70th anniversary from the first roundup and deportation of Jews to Nazi extermination camps in World War II. By August 1943, 46,091 Jews had been deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Of those, 1,950 survived. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)</p><p>Survivors of the concentration camps, from left Moshe Haelion, Abraham Ashkenazi and Zana Santicario Saatsoglou, hold a banner that reads in Hebrew :"The organization of death camps survivors from Greece in Israel" in the northern port city , of Thessaloniki, Greece, on Saturday, March 16, 2013. Jewish residents in this northern Greek city have gathered to commemorate the 70th anniversary from the first roundup and deportation of Jews to Nazi extermination camps in World War II. By August 1943, 46,091 Jews had been deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Of those, 1,950 survived. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)</p><p>Survivor of the camps, Zana Santicario-Saatsoglou is seen behind a banner that reads in Hebrew :"The organization of death camps survivors from Greece in Israel" in the northern port city , of Thessaloniki, Greece, on Saturday, March 16, 2013. Jewish residents in this northern Greek city have gathered to commemorate the 70th anniversary from the first roundup and deportation of Jews to Nazi extermination camps in World War II. By August 1943, 46,091 Jews had been deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Of those, 1,950 survived. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)</p><p>Survivor of Auschwitz Moshe Haelion and Israel Ambassador Arye Mekel , left, hold flowers in the northern port city of Thessaloniki, Greece, on Saturday, March 16, 2013. Jewish residents in this northern Greek city have gathered to commemorate the 70th anniversary from the first roundup and deportation of Jews to Nazi extermination camps in World War II. By August 1943, 46,091 Jews had been deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Of those, 1,950 survived. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)</p><p>Flowers laid on the tracks as Jewish residents in the northern Greek city gathered at Thessaloniki's old railway station during a short ceremony to commemorate the 70th anniversary from the first roundup and deportation of Jews to Nazi extermination camps in World War II. By August 1943, 46,091 Jews had been deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Of those, 1,950 survived. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)</p><p>Several hundred people gather on Saturday, March 16, 2013, at Thessaloniki's Eleftherias (Freedom) Square, Greece,where the first batch of Jews were rounded up by the occupying German forces on March 15, 1943. Jewish residents in this northern Greek city have gathered to commemorate the 70th anniversary from the first roundup and deportation of Jews to Nazi extermination camps in World War II. By August 1943, 46,091 Jews had been deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Of those, 1,950 survived.(AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)</p><p>People hald a banner as they approach, on Saturday, March 16, 2013, the Thessaloniki's Eleftherias (Freedom) Square, Greece, where the first batch of Jews were rounded up by the occupying German forces on March 15, 1943. Jewish residents in this northern Greek city have gathered to commemorate the 70th anniversary from the first roundup and deportation of Jews to Nazi extermination camps in World War II. By August 1943, 46,091 Jews had been deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Of those, 1,950 survived. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)</p> http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/14/17315459-allen-west-at-cpac-civil-war-nazism-and-president-obamahttp://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/14/17315459-allen-west-at-cpac-civil-war-nazism-and-president-obamapoliticsworld-war-iibarack-obamacpacamerican-revolutionright-wing-loonsThu, 14 Mar 2013 21:45:53 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/13/17301047-eisenhower-family-wants-new-dc-memorial-designhttp://www.polls.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/13/17301047-eisenhower-family-wants-new-dc-memorial-designuspoliticsmemorialworld-war-iieisenhowereisenhower-memorialWed, 13 Mar 2013 21:59:05 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Susan Eisenhower, granddaughter of former president Dwight D. Eisenhower, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 19, 2013, before the House subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation hearing on the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Completion Act. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)</p><p>Susan Eisenhower, granddaughter of former president Dwight D. Eisenhower, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 19, 2013. before the House subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation hearing on the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Completion Act. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)</p><p>Susan Eisenhower, granddaughter of former president Dwight D. Eisenhower, listens to testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 19, 2013. during the House subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation hearing on the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Completion Act. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)</p><p>House subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Chairman Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, right, talks with staff members on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday March 19, 2013, during the subcommittee's heairng on the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Completion Act. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)</p><p>This model image, provided by Eisenhower Memorial Commission, shows the proposed Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial to be built in Washington. The future of a planned memorial honoring President Dwight D. Eisenhower was thrown into doubt Tuesday as lawmakers questioned the project's design and cost and Ike's family called again for the memorial project to be redesigned. A House panel hosted a hearing on the 14-year-old project, which has secured a site for the memorial at the foot of Capitol Hill near the National Air and Space Museum. Planners could lose that space, though, without an extension soon from Congress. (AP Photo/Eisenhower Memorial Commission)</p><p>FILE - In this 1956 file photo, President Dwight Eisenhower is seen at his desk at the White House in Washington. The future of a planned memorial honoring President Dwight D. Eisenhower was thrown into doubt Tuesday as lawmakers questioned the project's design and cost and Ike's family called again for the memorial project to be redesigned. A House panel hosted a hearing on the 14-year-old project, which has secured a site for the memorial at the foot of Capitol Hill near the National Air and Space Museum. Planners could lose that space, though, without an extension soon from Congress. (AP Photo, File)</p><p>Anne Eisenhower, left, and Susan Eisenhower, granddaughters of former president Dwight D. Eisenhower, attend a House subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 19, 2013, on the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Completion Act. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)</p> http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/13/17297789-police-suspect-in-ny-shooting-rampage-pennilesshttp://www.polls.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/13/17297789-police-suspect-in-ny-shooting-rampage-pennilessusnew-yorknyshootingsworld-war-iicoors-lightus-newsupstatepolice-swatkurt-myersWed, 13 Mar 2013 15:29:25 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Law enforcement officers run for cover along Main Street in Herkimer, N.Y., when shots were fired while they were searching for a suspect in two shootings that killed four and injured at least two on, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Authorities were looking for 64-year-old Kurt Meyers, said Herkimer Police Chief Joseph Malone. Officials say guns and ammunition were found inside his Mohawk apartment after emergency crews were sent to a fire there Wednesday morning. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)</p><p>Law enforcement officers block off Main Street in Herkimer, N.Y., while searching for a suspect in two shootings that killed four and injured at least two on, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Authorities were looking for 64-year-old Kurt Meyers, said Herkimer Police Chief Joseph Malone. Officials say guns and ammunition were found inside his Mohawk apartment after emergency crews were sent to a fire there Wednesday morning. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)</p><p>Law enforcement officers take cover along Main Street when shots were fired while they were searching for a suspect in two shootings that killed four and injured at least two on, Wednesday, March 13, 2013, in Herkimer, N.Y. Authorities were looking for 64-year-old Kurt Meyers, said Herkimer Police Chief Joseph Malone. Officials say guns and ammunition were found inside his Mohawk apartment after emergency crews were sent to a fire there Wednesday morning. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)</p><p>A law enforcement officer stands on Main Street in Herkimer, N.Y., during the search for a suspect in two shootings that killed four and injured at least two on, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Authorities were looking for 64-year-old Kurt Meyers, said Herkimer Police Chief Joseph Malone. Officials say guns and ammunition were found inside his Mohawk apartment after emergency crews were sent to a fire there Wednesday morning. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)</p><p>Law enforcement officers walk along Main Street in Herkimer, N.Y., while searching for a suspect in two shootings that killed four and injured at least two on, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Authorities were looking for Kurt Meyers, said Joseph Malone, the police chief for Herkimer and Mohawk. Officials say guns and ammunition were found inside his Mohawk apartment after emergency crews were sent to a fire there Wednesday morning. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)</p><p>Law enforcement officers stand in an alley near Main Street while searching for a suspect in two shootings that killed four and injured at least two on Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Authorities were looking for Kurt Meyers, said Joseph Malone, the police chief for Herkimer and Mohawk. Officials say guns and ammunition were found inside his Mohawk apartment after emergency crews were sent to a fire there Wednesday morning. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)</p><p>Chief Joseph Malone of the Herkimer Police Department briefs the media on the search for a suspect in two shootings that killed four and injured at least two on Wednesday, March 13, 2013, in Herkimer, N.Y. Authorities were looking for 64-year-old Kurt Meyers, said Malone. Officials say guns and ammunition were found inside his Mohawk apartment after emergency crews were sent to a fire there Wednesday morning. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)</p><p>Law enforcement officers walk along Main Street while searching for a suspect in two shootings Wednesday, March 13, 2013, in Herkimer, N.Y. Two people were shot and killed Wednesday morning at a car wash in the village of Herkimer and two others were killed in a barber shop in the village of Mohawk, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)</p><p>This undated photo provided by the New York State Police shows Kurt R. Meyers, the man being sought in connection with the shooting of six people in two incidents in upstate New York, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Authorities said guns and ammunition were found inside Meyers' Mohawk, N.Y., apartment after emergency crews were sent to put out a fire there Wednesday morning. Soon after, two people were fatally shot and two others wounded at John's Barber Shop, around the corner from the apartment, police said. The second shooting happened about a mile away in Herkimer, where two people were killed at Gaffey's Fast Lube and Car Wash. (AP Photo/New York State Police)</p><p>Law enforcement officers take cover along Main Street when shots were fired while searching for a suspect in two shootings that killed four and injured at least two on Wednesday, March 13, 2013, in Herkimer, N.Y. Authorities were looking for 64-year-old Kurt Meyers, said Herkimer Police Chief Joseph Malone. Officials say guns and ammunition were found inside his Mohawk apartment after emergency crews were sent to a fire there Wednesday morning. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)</p><p>A police officer crosses Main Street as officials search for a suspect in two shootings that killed four and injured at least two on, Wednesday, March 13, 2013, in Herkimer, N.Y. A man neighbors said rarely spoke to them started a fire in his apartment on Wednesday, shot four people dead at a couple of businesses in his hometown and a neighboring village and then exchanged gunfire with police officers who surrounded an abandoned building where he apparently was holed up, authorities said. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)</p><p>People stand outside the Empire Diner near the police line as officials search for a suspect in two shootings that killed four and injured at least two on, Wednesday, March 13, 2013, in Herkimer, N.Y. A man neighbors said rarely spoke to them started a fire in his apartment on Wednesday, shot four people dead at a couple of businesses in his hometown and a neighboring village and then exchanged gunfire with police officers who surrounded an abandoned building where he apparently was holed up, authorities said. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)</p><p>A man watches from the window of a barber shop as officials search down the street for a suspect in two shootings that killed four and injured at least two on, Wednesday, March 13, 2013 in Herkimer, N.Y. A man neighbors said rarely spoke to them started a fire in his apartment on Wednesday, shot four people dead at a couple of businesses in his hometown and a neighboring village and then exchanged gunfire with police officers who surrounded an abandoned building where he apparently was holed up, authorities said. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)</p><p>This undated photo provided by the New York State Police shows Kurt R. Meyers, the man being sought in connection with the shooting of six people in two incidents in upstate New York, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Authorities said guns and ammunition were found inside Meyers' Mohawk, N.Y., apartment after emergency crews were sent to put out a fire there Wednesday morning. Soon after, two people were fatally shot and two others wounded at John's Barber Shop, around the corner from the apartment, police said. The second shooting happened about a mile away in Herkimer, where two people were killed at Gaffey's Fast Lube and Car Wash. (AP Photo/New York State Police)</p><p>Police floodlights shine on the abandoned building on Main St. in Herkimer, N.Y. early Thursday morning March 14, 2013. Police kept vigilant watch there into Thursday morning, periodically blaring sirens in an apparent attempt to encourage Kurt Myers, the man suspected of gunning down four people then holing up in an abandoned building, to surrender, if alive. Booms also were heard. (AP Photo/Michael Hill</p><p>Law enforcement officials work outside the building where a man was killed after police stormed it following a standoff on, Thursday, March 14, 2013, in Herkimer, N.Y. Kurt Myers, 64, was suspected of two shootings on Wednesday that killed four and injured two others. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)</p><p>A law enforcement official walks away from the building where a man was killed after police stormed it following a standoff on, Thursday, March 14, 2013, in Herkimer, N.Y. The man, Kurt Myers, 64, was suspected of two shootings on Wednesday that killed four and injured two others. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)</p><p>A law enforcement official stands in the doorway of the building where a man was killed after police stormed it following a standoff on, Thursday, March 14, 2013, in Herkimer, N.Y. The man was suspected of two shootings on Wednesday that killed four and injured two others. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)</p><p>Law enforcement officials work at the building where a man was killed after police stormed it following a standoff on, Thursday, March 14, 2013, in Herkimer, N.Y. The man was suspected of two shootings on Wednesday that killed four and injured two others. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)</p><p>New York State Police Superintendent Joseph D'Amico speaks during a news conference on, Thursday, March 14, 2013, in Herkimer, N.Y. Authorities say the suspect in the fatal shooting of four men in neighboring upstate New York villages was holed up in a small, cluttered room in an abandoned bar when he died in a shootout with police SWAT teams. D'Amico says 64-year-old Kurt Myers fired through a first-floor door after troopers and FBI agents entered around 8 a.m. Thursday, killing an FBI dog sent into the room. D'Amico says police returned fire, killing Myers. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)</p><p>New York State Police Superintendent Joseph D'Amico speaks during a news conference on, Thursday, March 14, 2013, in Herkimer, N.Y. Authorities say the suspect in the fatal shooting of four men in neighboring upstate New York villages was holed up in a small, cluttered room in an abandoned bar when he died in a shootout with police SWAT teams. D'Amico says 64-year-old Kurt Myers fired through a first-floor door after troopers and FBI agents entered around 8 a.m. Thursday, killing an FBI dog sent into the room. D'Amico says police returned fire, killing Myers. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)</p><p>Herkimer Police Chief Joseph Malone speaks during a news conference on, Thursday, March 14, 2013, in Herkimer, N.Y. Authorities say the suspect in the fatal shooting of four men in neighboring upstate New York villages was holed up in a small, cluttered room in an abandoned bar when he died in a shootout with police SWAT teams. New York State Police Superintendent Joseph D'Amico says 64-year-old Kurt Myers fired through a first-floor door after troopers and FBI agents entered around 8 a.m. Thursday, killing an FBI dog sent into the room. D'Amico says police returned fire, killing Myers. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)</p><p>Herkimer County District Attorney Jeffrey Carpenter speaks during a news conference on, Thursday, March 14, 2013, in Herkimer, N.Y. Authorities say the suspect in the fatal shooting of four men in neighboring upstate New York villages was holed up in a small, cluttered room in an abandoned bar when he died in a shootout with police SWAT teams. New York State Police Superintendent Joseph D'Amico says 64-year-old Kurt Myers fired through a first-floor door after troopers and FBI agents entered around 8 a.m. Thursday, killing an FBI dog sent into the room. D'Amico says police returned fire, killing Myers. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)</p><p>Bartender Michele Mlinar poses at Cangee's Bar and Grille on, Thursday, March 14, 2013, in Herkimer, N.Y. She said Kurt Myers, who killed four people and injured two others in a shooting rampage on Wednesday, frequently went in and had a bottle or two of Coors Light and left without speaking to anyone. She said he was always alone and she didn't even know his name until police released his mug shot on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)</p><p>In this undated photo provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI tactical dog, Ape, is shown. Ape was killed in the line of duty on Thursday, March 14, 2013 in Herkimer, N.Y., as he joined police and FBI Tactical Teams in the search for Kurt Myers, a man believed to have killed four people at random in the upstate villages of Mohawk and Herkimer. (AP Photo/Federal Bureau of Investigation)</p><p>A memorial sits on a vehicle outside John's Barber Shop on, Thursday, March 14, 2013, in Mohawk, N.Y. Two customers were killed at the shop and two others were killed at a car wash in neighboring Herkimer on Wednesday. Authorities say the suspect in the shootings died in a shootout with police SWAT teams Thursday morning. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)</p><p>A fire investigation van is parked outside the home of Kurt Myers on Thursday, March 14, 2013, in Mohawk, N.Y. Authorities say Myers went on a shooting rampage on Wednesday killing four people and injuring two others in neighboring upstate New York towns before a 19-hour stand-off with police. Myers was holed up in a small, cluttered room in an abandoned bar when he died in a shootout with police SWAT teams Thursday morning. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)</p><p>A police vehicle sits in the parking lot at Gaffey's Fast Lube and Car Wash on, Thursday, March 14, 2013, in Herkimer, N.Y. Two people were killed at the shop on Wednesday and two others were killed at a barber shop in neighboring Mohawk. Authorities say the suspect died in a shootout with police SWAT teams on Thursday morning. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)</p> http://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/13/17292102-usa-today-writer-calls-greatest-generation-coddled-and-entitled-addicting-infohttp://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/13/17292102-usa-today-writer-calls-greatest-generation-coddled-and-entitled-addicting-infomedicarepoliticssharedsocial-securityworld-war-iiwwiiamerican-enterprise-instituteusa-todayprosperityfdrfranklin-delano-rooseveltmobilizationgreatest-generationentitledcoddledcrabs-in-a-barrelshared-sacrificeshared-prosperityjonah-goldmanWed, 13 Mar 2013 07:22:37 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/13/17290730-japan-us-mark-anniversary-of-battle-for-iwo-jimahttp://www.polls.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/13/17290730-japan-us-mark-anniversary-of-battle-for-iwo-jimausjapanworld-war-iiiwo-jimaworld-newsasWed, 13 Mar 2013 05:33:36 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Japanese and U.S. flags are carried in during a memorial service jointly held by Japan and the United States to mark the anniversary of one of World War II's bloodiest and most symbolic battles on the remote island of Iwo Jima, which is now officially called Ioto in Japan, 700 miles (1,100 kilometers) south of Tokyo, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Takeshi Ogura, Japan Pool) JAPAN OUT</p><p>A memorial service is jointly held by Japan and the United States to mark the anniversary of one of World War II's bloodiest and most symbolic battles on the remote island of Iwo Jima, which is now officially called Ioto in Japan, 700 miles (1,100 kilometers) south of Tokyo, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Takeshi Ogura, Japan Pool) JAPAN OUT</p><p>Bereaved family members and relatives of fallen soldiers attend a memorial service jointly held by Japan and the United States to mark the anniversary of one of World War II's bloodiest and most symbolic battles on the remote island of Ioto, 700 miles (1,100 kilometers) south of Tokyo, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Iwo Jima is now officially called Ioto in Japan. (AP Photo/Takeshi Ogura, Japan Pool) JAPAN OUT</p><p>Yasunori Nishi, chairman of Iwo Jima Association of Japan, speaks during a memorial service jointly held by Japan and the United States to mark the anniversary of one of World War II's bloodiest and most symbolic battle on the remote island of Ioto, 700 miles (1,100 kilometers) south of Tokyo, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Iwo Jima is now officially called Ioto in Japan. (AP Photo/Takeshi Ogura, Japan Pool) JAPAN OUT</p> http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/12/17284353-book-returned-to-estonian-library-69-years-latehttp://www.polls.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/12/17284353-book-returned-to-estonian-library-69-years-lateeubookoddodd-newsestoniaworld-war-iiworld-newsoverdue-bookTue, 12 Mar 2013 15:40:02 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post