Thousands Gather to Remember the Fallen at Gallipoli Centenary

Thousands of Australians, New Zealanders and Turks gathered on Turkey's Gallipoli peninsula on Thursday ahead of the 100th anniversary of one of the bloodiest battles of World War I. Security was especially tight as the former adversaries now face a common threat from Islamist militant violence. A century ago, thousands of soldiers from the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) struggled ashore on a narrow beach at Gallipoli during an ill-fated campaign that would claim...

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