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Last broadcast on Wed, 11 Nov 2009, 06:00 on BBC Radio 5 live.
Synopsis
Nicky Campbell and Shelagh Fogarty with the latest news as services take place around the country and throughout the world to mark Armistice Day - commemorating the end of the First World War.
Also, the man known as the Washington sniper, who shot dead ten people in 2002, has been executed.
In sport, support grows for the inclusion of the old firm in a two division Premier League.
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For the Fallen
As our own tribute to Armistice Day, we asked some children and visitors at the Imperial War Museum to recite For the Fallen, the poem written by Laurence Binyon.
1 1:06.23 -
Lord Mandelson on remembrance
Lord Mandelson tells Nicky about the importance of remembrance and his memories of his grandfather, Herbert Morrison, who was Home Secretary during WW2.
2 2:05.40 -
Another adviser resigns from Government's Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
Dr Simon Campbell has resigned from the Council and tells Nicky that his resignation was announced before he had the opportunity to inform the Home Secretary personally.
3 1:47.39
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Wed 11 Nov 200906:00
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