Commemorations began on Friday with the arrival in Derry of several naval vessels representing both sides of the conflict.
Amid the commemorations which effectively began over the weekend there have been some developments in the standoff with Iran.
Meanwhile, Herbie Hamrol works in his Daly City supermarket, and takes part in earthquake commemorations as and when they happen.
Monday's cremation marks the end of several days of commemorations for the former monarch, who died of a heart attack.
Commemorations will also be held in some of the towns where the orbiter's wreckage rained down that bright Saturday morning.
Museums, conferences, debates and commemorations would stand on flimsy ground, however, if the physical record of the past is missing.
Mr Salmond said some memorials were in need of an upgrade to get them up to standard for the commemorations.
On his way to the 65th D-Day commemorations in France, President Obama plans a curious stop-over in Germany, my home country.
The dates, all associated with military commemorations, are 2 February, 9 May, 22 June, 23 August, 2 September and 19 November.
The Russian city once known as Stalingrad is to regain its old name during commemorations of the famous World War II battle on Saturday.
Under the decision, passed by the council on Wednesday, the title "Hero City Stalingrad" will be used during commemorations as "a symbol of Volgograd".
Mr McKnight, who spent a long career sailing on the Irish Sea, was too frail to attend the 60th anniversary commemorations in person last month.
The events in Liverpool follow similar commemorations in London and Londonderry.
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It should also not affect Remembrance Day commemorations on the Hoe.
The Centenary Memorials Restoration Fund is open for applications now with funding available over the course of the four-year centenary commemorations, from 2014 through to 2018.
In their joint statement both David Cameron and Enda Kenny also referred to a series of commemorations which will be marked in 2012 and the years ahead.
Speaking in advance of weekend republican commemorations of the 1916 Easter Rising, Mr Adams said the onus was on Prime Minister Tony Blair to restore the power-sharing institutions.
Interestingly, as Christians and Jews celebrated Easter and Passover this past week, their commemorations prompted much public talk about the relationship between religious scripture and the role of government.
On 1 July, the Irish Minister for Transport, Alan Kelly, became the first member of the Republic's government to take part in the annual Somme commemorations at Belfast City Hall.
The President will participate in commemorations at each of the three locations where we lost so many loved ones: in lower Manhattan, in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and at the Pentagon in Northern Virginia.
"These celebrations or commemorations can have the capacity, if not managed in a sensible and responsible way, to arouse passions, to cause anger, to provoke tension and indeed exacerbate community division, " she said.
Mr McElduff said it appeared from departmental correspondence that it was not keen on commemorating The Famine, but the minister said there was nothing preventing individual groups from holding commemorations for various events.
This year, MLK Day commemorations will coincide with the Presidential Inauguration, so the President is asking all citizens to join him in participating in a National Day of Service on Saturday, January 19.
"All other nations in 2014 will be having pilgrimages to their various monuments where there will be services and commemorations and we the Welsh have nowhere to go, so this needs to be rectified, " he said.
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Meanwhile, Jaroslaw Kaczynski was leading unofficial commemorations.
Mr Lyttle was proposing his party's motion calling on executive ministers to ensure that the events were marked in an inclusive manner, and that they work with the British and Irish governments to develop a co-ordinated approach to the commemorations.
The highlights of the backbench debates over in Westminster Hall look to be the Conservative Richard Harrington's debate on the future of British retail (at 2.30pm) and his colleague Paul Maynard's debate on youth participation in World War I commemorations (4pm).
In the address that he made on Saturday - to mark the centenary of the signing of the Ulster Covenant - Mr McCallister said recent shared commemorations, shared events and shared statements gave the impression that the unity train had left the station.
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