Main stories in tonight's 1800 Seven News

AAP General News (Australia)
04-25-2008
Main stories in tonight's 1800 Seven News

SYDNEY, April 25 AAP - Highlights of tonight's Seven News at 1800.

- Australians, as well as Turkish locals, have gathered at Anzac Cove at Gallipoli
for a very sombre commemoration of Anzac Day.

- There were also Anzac Day services at Villers-Bretonneux in France, where diggers
stopped the German advance on Paris on the Western Front in World War I.

- Australians serving in Iraq and Afghanistan have honoured lost comrades in ceremonies
on Anzac Day.

- Flag-waving men, women and children have lined the streets of Sydney to honour war
veterans taking part in the annual Anzac Day march.

- Old diggers have gathered in pubs in Sydney's Rocks district for some informal reunions
following Anzac Day services and marches.

- Tens of thousands have gathered at the War Memorial in Canberra where Prime Minister
Kevin Rudd said Australians should strive for peace but be ready if peace fails.

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