Australia headed for first hung parliament since WWII

Last Updated: Saturday, August 21, 2010, 23:57

Australia appeared headed for a hung parliament for the first time in 70 years.

Japan’s PM shuns shrine, apologises at WWII ceremony

Last Updated: Sunday, August 15, 2010, 11:54

Japan`s new PM Naoto Kan apologises for the suffering World War II caused.

Russia hands over to Japan remains of 4 WWII soldiers

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 28, 2010, 14:28

Russia has handed over to Japan the remains of four Japanese soldiers who died on the Far-Eastern island of Sakhalin during World War II.

Russians blame Stalin for WW II losses: Opinion poll

Last Updated: Sunday, June 20, 2010, 22:26

Most Russians blame Joseph Stalin for huge losses of life the nation suffered during World War II.

Churchill refined his speech to lift its nation morale in WWII

Last Updated: Friday, June 18, 2010, 16:14

Britain`s wartime Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill altered his speeches a number of times before he finally addressed Parliament during World War II in order to lift the morale of the nation.

Sarkozy in London for 70th anniversary of WWII appeal

Last Updated: Friday, June 18, 2010, 14:31

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and World War II veterans visited London on Friday to mark the 70th anniversary of Charles de Gaulle`s rousing radio appeal to his compatriots to resist the Nazi occupation.

Wreck of WWII freighter believed found off Albania

Last Updated: Monday, June 14, 2010, 21:51

Underwater archaeologists believe they have found the wreck of an Italian merchant ship torpedoed by the British during World War II off Albania`s southern coast.

Lost WW II battleground, remains found in PNG

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 8, 2010, 16:46

The location of the largest WW II battlefield between Oz and Japanese forces in PNG has been discovered after 68 years.

WW-II veteran finds lost wallet after 69 years

Last Updated: Saturday, June 5, 2010, 14:10

This World War II veteran lost his wallet in 1941 but got it back 69 years later, complete with photographs and his Social Security card.

3 killed trying to disarm WWII-era bomb in Germany

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 2, 2010, 21:30

Three experts working to defuse a bomb from World War II were killed when the device exploded, injuring six others, police said on Wednesday.

Russian embassy shows map of 34 Soviet WWII graves on Internet

Last Updated: Friday, April 23, 2010, 13:47

The Russian embassy in Belgium has presented a map on its website that gives detailed information about WWII graves of Soviet citizens on the territory of Belgium.

`Blank spots` of WWII shouldn`t be used to distort history

Last Updated: Friday, April 9, 2010, 15:27

"Blank spots" in the history of the Second World War should not be used to create a distorted version of events "to suit somebody`s immediate interests", a top Russian official said.