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To: Emile Vidrine who wrote (6967)2/5/2005 5:02:21 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER  Respond to of 22250
 
Re: ...the Auschwitz Remembrance Day that lasts for a week. Sure, you can observe it around the globe like solar eclipse, this colossal Canossa: the entire world from Alaska to Antarctica stands still listening to the Jewish prayer and begs forgiveness.

The "entire world from Alaska to Antartica"?!? Check again:

The presidents of Israel, Germany, Poland, Russia, and France will be among 30 heads of state[*] converging on the town of Oswiecim (the Polish town better known by its German name of Auschwitz). Europe's royal houses will also be well represented.

Washington is sending vice-president Dick Cheney, while all three living former US presidents, Bill Clinton, George Bush senior, and Jimmy Carter, are also expected to attend.

Britain is sending Prince Edward and the foreign secretary, Jack Straw, to the event, a level of representation that has raised eyebrows among some organisers and diplomats.
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army.mod.uk

[*] That is, 25 EU members + US, Israel, Russia, Vatican (Mgr Lustiger), Canada, etc