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Japan marks 75th anniversary of Nagasaki atomic bombing 

The atomic bomb dropped by the US over Nagasaki killed tens of thousands of people in an instant. During a ceremony marking the bombing’s anniversary, the city’s mayor called for a global ban on nuclear weapons.

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The U.S. dropped a bomb on Hiroshima 75 years ago. The toxic effects are still being felt. 

“It’s too late to stand up after everyone dies,” said Masaaki Takano, 82, who walked home from school amid toxic “black rain” that followed the blast.

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