Though the dove of peace was the symbol of Ecevit's party, he authorized Turkey's invasion of northern Cyprus in 1974, when Turkish Cypriots feared a Greek military coup.

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Some 200, 000 Germans gathered at the Brandenburg Gate in a show of sympathy, some holding small American flags, others holding little figurines of doves -- the symbol of peace.

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Following the end of World War II, President Truman issued an Executive Order to standardize the Presidential Seal, and the Coat of Arms was modified so that the eagle faces to its right, the direction of honor, and also toward the olive branch, a symbol of peace, rather than toward the arrows which represent war.

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Japanese ambassador Keiichi Hayashi told those present the stone was a "symbol of human suffering during World War II and the ongoing quest for peace".

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The modern Games room is devoted exclusively to Pierre de Coubertin, the man credited with organising the modern Olympics in the 1890s, again in the name of peace among nations, as well as designing its interlocking ring symbol.

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Merlijn Twaalfhoven (Netherlands), composer and musician, has started some exceptional projects in Jordan, the Palestinian Territories, Syria and the Netherlands, using music to create links and thus serving as a symbol of peace.

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