China held a grand parade in Beijing to mark the defeat of Japan in World War Two, displaying its military power on an unprecedented scale.

中国在北京举行了盛大的阅兵式以纪念在二战中战胜日本，并前所未有地展示了自己的军事实力。

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As we mark this International Day, let us recognize the wide-ranging and long-term consequences of damaging the environment -both in peace and times of war.

在我们纪念这一国际日之际，让我们认识到，无论是在和平时期还是在战争时期，破坏环境都会造成广泛而长期的后果。

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One of the Times’ insiders not only likens the squabble to “world war three” but also dubs it “the biggest ego battle in history”. So much for Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony.

《泰晤士报》一名内部人士不仅将这两人的对抗比作“第三次世界大战”，并称之为“人类历史上最大的个人对抗”，甚至胜过凯撒大帝与安东尼之间的对抗。

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The costly D-Day battle would mark a turning point in the war, and would change the lives of survivors like Earl Norwood.

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The project is part of plans to mark the centenary of the start of the war.

BBC: ?5m pledge for school World War I battlefields trips

Lord Fowler described the government's decision to create the BBC Trust as a "shambolic compromise" and said it was a "direct result of the government's dispute with the BBC on their early coverage of the Iraq war, a questioning which looks frankly nearer the mark with every witness that appears before the Iraq Inquiry".

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Mr Aurandt said it had been a central feature of his museum's exhibition to mark the 200th anniversary of the war.

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