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Alex Ferguson brings legendary reign at Manchester United to end
He's meant so much to English soccer, he was knighted. And now Alex Ferguson is heading off into that good night, confirming that this season will be his last as manager of Manchester United. Ferguson, whose Premier League title this season was his...
Tags: Sports, Manchester United F.C., Soccer, ESPN (tv network), TBS (tv network)
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After London attack, Britain officials begin intelligence review
LONDON — British authorities on Thursday began combing through their intelligence files and evidence from the attack site to determine whether the apparently terrorism-related killing of a young soldier on a London street could have been prevented....
Tags: United Kingdom, England, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Conflicts, Politics
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Thatcher, even in death, divides world opinion
Combative and determined to get her way, Margaret Thatcher divided opinion down the middle in life — and in death. Many leaders lauded Thatcher for her steely determination to modernize Britain's industrial landscape, even at the cost of strikes...
Tags: United Kingdom, Labor Legislation, Twitter, Inc., France, Career and Workplace
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Prime Minister Cameron argues to keep Britain's nuclear arsenal
LONDON – Amid international alarm over saber-rattling by North Korea, British Prime Minister David Cameron made an impassioned defense Thursday for maintaining his country’s independent nuclear deterrent, despite growing domestic complaints of...
Tags: United Kingdom, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, National Government, Government
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Kerry: Progress, no breakthrough in Afghan-Pakistani talks
BRUSSELS -- Afghan and Pakistani leaders met with U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry on Wednesday to try to reverse a deterioration in relations that has threatened Afghanistan’s peacemaking efforts. Invited by Kerry, Afghan President Hamid...
Tags: John Kerry, Islamabad (Pakistan), Politics, National Government, Government
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The Reinhart/Rogoff brawl
WASHINGTON -- An insistent question of our time is how much government debt is too much. Is there some debt level that becomes crushing as opposed to merely costly? The controversy over research by economists Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff shows how...
Tags: United Kingdom, Productivity, Politics, Angela Merkel, Gross Domestic Product
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Britain's plan to regulate the press goes too far
Britain's three major political parties have agreed on a new system of regulating newspapers in the aftermath of shocking invasions of privacy by some tabloid journalists. In this case, unanimity doesn't equal wisdom. The London-based Index on...
Tags: United Kingdom, Elizabeth II, Politics, Freedom of the Press, Newspaper and Magazine
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Margaret Thatcher dies at 87; Britain's first female prime minister
LONDON -- Margaret Thatcher, the grocer's daughter who punched through an old-boy political network to become Britain's first female prime minister, stamping her personality indelibly on the nation and pursuing policies that reverberate decades later, has...Tags: United Kingdom, Career and Workplace, Elizabeth II, University of Oxford, Politics
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To cheers and jeers, Margaret Thatcher is laid to rest
LONDON -- A gun boomed once a minute, like one of her thunderous speeches in Parliament. Gray skies slowly turned blue, the color of her Conservative Party. And even Big Ben fell quiet, in tribute to a woman who loved nothing more than silencing her foes....
Tags: United Kingdom, England, Elizabeth II, Benjamin Netanyahu, Human Interest
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Thousands gather for 'Iron Lady' Margaret Thatcher's funeral
LONDON -- With stately solemnity and military honors, Margaret Thatcher's body was borne through the streets of the British capital Wednesday morning to a funeral service where hundreds of world leaders, colleagues and friends paid their last respects...
Tags: United Kingdom, Benjamin Netanyahu, Elizabeth II, Christianity, Human Interest
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Thatcher critics in Britain counter her official funeral with parties
As Margaret Thatcher was laid to rest in London, scattered protests and parties cheering her death were reported around Britain, a sign of the persistent divisions over her legacy. "I ignore people who say it's in bad taste,” Durham Miners Assn....
Tags: United Kingdom, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Politics, Periodicals
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COLUMN: Britain's hateful politics
BELFAST, Northern Ireland — The death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has prompted reactions from Britain's far left that takes bad taste to new extremes. During its Top 40 music countdown Sunday night, BBC Radio 1 was "forced"...Tags: United Kingdom, The Wizard of Oz (movie, 1939), Heads of State, Politics, Health and Safety at School
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