Obama arrives at Hiroshima atomic bomb park

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HIROSHIMA, Japan (AFP) — Barack Obama arrived at Hiroshima’s atomic bomb park Friday on a historic first visit by a sitting US president.

Obama was greeted by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, where he was due to lay a wreath at the cenotaph to victims of the 1945 nuclear strike.

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