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Nobel peace prize winners call on Obama to visit Hiroshima

TOKYO (AP) — Five Nobel peace laureates are calling on President Barack Obama to visit Hiroshima later this year to re-energize his call for a world without nuclear arms, strengthening a drive by the site of the world's first atomic bomb attack to host the U.S. leader.A visit to Hiroshima, which the U.S. bombed in 1945, killing about 140,000 people and hastening the end of World War II , would be unprecedented for a sitting U.S. president and would be highly controversial. Many Japanese feel the bombing was an unjustified use of excessive force, while many in America believe it saved countless lives by forcing Japan to surrender.Hiroshima is seeking to have Obama join the 11th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, which it will host in November. The White House has said Obama currently has no plans to visit Hiroshima, but he is expected to be in Japan at around that time to attend another summit meeting in Yokohama, just outside Tokyo.Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009.Th...

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  9. Talks to Resolve Honduras' Political Crisis Resume

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  11. Ousted Honduran Leader Pushes for More Sanctions

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