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Below are several highlights from the Pax Christi USA/Nevada Desert Experience 2005 national conference, "Many Stories, One Vision for a Nuclear Free World." The conference was held in Las Vegas, Nevada from August 4-7, 2005, and commemorated the 60th anniversary of the U.S. bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Keynote Presentation

The Impact of U.S. Nuclear Testing on the Marshall Islands - by Tony deBrum, former Senator of the Marshall Islands

2005 Teacher of Peace Award Presentation

Pax Christi USA's National Council's Teacher of Peace Award Presentation to Monsignor Ray East

2005 Pax Christi USA Book Award

Orbis Books receives unprecedented honor from Pax Christi USA - Maryknoll Magazine

Photo Slideshow from "Many Stories, One Vision for a Nuclear Free World"

Photographs from the conference and action

News Links

Nevadans mark anniversary of bombings with vigils - The Associated Press

Arrests at Nevada Test Site as activists mark Hiroshima anniversary - National Catholic Reporter

Thousands Mark Hiroshima, Nagasaki - People's Weekly World

Anti-nuclear activists gather to remember blasts - Los Alamos Monitor

Locals trek West to protest weapons - The Times of Trenton (N.J.)

Activists mark A-bomb anniversary in U.S. - The Associated Press

Links for more information on nuclear weapons

Nevada Desert Experience

Western States Legal Foundation

Physicians for Social Responsibility - Los Angeles

Episcopal Peace Fellowship

Buddhist Peace Fellowship

Citizen Alert

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