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Memory Keepers

After the A-bomb survivors die, who will be Hiroshima's memory keepers?

Seventy years after the atomic bomb, a chance encounter in Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park gives an 87-year-old survivor hope that his memory will live on. Meanwhile in Latin America, journalists struggle with escalating threats to press freedom. And: can the US decrease gun violence by treating it like an infectious disease? Gary Slutkin, a Chicago-based epidemiologist, certainly thinks so. Plus, a look back at the Attack on Orleans— the first and only time that World War I reached America’s shores.

Picture: Masaaki Murakami, a volunteer guide at Hiroshima's Peace Memorial Park, listens to 87-year-old atomic bomb survivor Noriho Azuma. Credit: PRI’s The World

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27 minutes

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Sat 8 Aug 2015 19:32GMT

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  • Sat 8 Aug 2015 04:32GMT
  • Sat 8 Aug 2015 13:32GMT
  • Sat 8 Aug 2015 19:32GMT

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