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Australia and New Zealand mark Anzac Day


Australians and New Zealanders are marking Anzac Day to remember those who died fighting for their country.

The Anzacs were the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps who suffered huge losses at Gallipoli in Turkey in a failed allied assault in 1915.

New Zealand PM John Key has made an address in the UK, while his Australian counterpart, Julia Gillard, is taking part in a ceremony in South Korea.

Anzac Day has become one of the most revered occasions in both countries.....

Read entire article at BBC