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Fri, Dec 2 2011

World Tree of Hope to Be Dedicated at S.F. City Hall

World Tree of Hope to Be Dedicated at S.F. City Hall

Also tagged: Anita Lee, Children's Peace Monument, Delancey Street Foundation, Donna Sachet, Gavin Newsom, Hiroshi Inomata, Jeff Cotter, Karen Kai, LGBT community, Mayor Ed Lee, obama, origami cranes, Rainbow World Fund, Sadako Sasaki, San Francisco Boys Chorus, San Francisco City Hall, Veronica Klaus, World Tree of Hope

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee and First Lady Anita Lee join the Rainbow World Fund (RWF), the only international humanitarian aid organization that is based in the lesbian, gay, bisexual,...

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Sat, Aug 7 2010

Calls for Peace 65 Years Later

Calls for Peace 65 Years Later

Also tagged: 65 years, APEC Summit in Yokohama, atomic bomb, Darrell Miho, France, Great Britain, hibakusha, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony, Japan, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, Korean War, Nagasaki, President Barack Obama, Setsuko Thurlow, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, U.S. Ambassador Japan John Roos, United Nations

Thousands of visitors stand in line in the sweltering heat to pay their respects at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony in Peace Park on Friday, the 65 anniversary of the world’s first atomic bombing....

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