11.   Veterans, who last month sued Japan for their wartime suffering, said the fact that the letter was private showed how far Japan had yet to go.

12.   Upon his appointment as the Philippine representative to the war crimes tribunal in Tokyo, he was worried that others would question his objectivity because of his wartime suffering.

13.   Vukovar strikes a deep chord among Croats, who see it as a symbol of their wartime suffering and forced exile from Serb-held lands.