JERUSALEM: Albanian President Bamir Topi visits Israel's Holocaust memorial, Yad Vashem
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JERUSALEM: Albanian President Bamir Topi visits Israel's Holocaust memorial, Yad Vashem
- Title: JERUSALEM: Albanian President Bamir Topi visits Israel's Holocaust memorial, Yad Vashem
- Date: 16th May 2008
- Summary: TOPI AND HIS WIFE, TEUTA HALL OF REMEMBRANCE/ CHOIR SINGING
- Embargoed: 31st May 2008 13:00
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- Topics: International Relations
- Reuters ID: LVAC158NEPCR31021WSONRZ3UXTJ
- Story Text: Albanian President Bamir Topi participated in a memorial ceremony at Israel's Holocaust memorial, Yad Vashem in Jerusalem on Thursday (May 14).
Topi laid a commemorative wreath, and increased the memorial flame during a ceremony in remembrance of the six million Jews killed by the Nazis during WWII in Europe.
Topi was one of hundreds of world leaders, businessmen, economists, technology experts, and other dignitaries in Jerusalem attending Israeli President Shimon Peres's three day Presidential Conference which opened on Tuesday (May 13).
The conference was organised as part of Israel's celebrations of its 60th anniversary. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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