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London Marathon security will be stepped up
LONDON — Security will be tightened for this weekend's London Marathon, which is to go ahead as planned in spite of the Boston bombings, authorities and organizers said Tuesday. Scotland Yard is also gearing up for the challenge of securing the...
Tags: BBC, Margaret Thatcher, Terrorism, Harry of Wales, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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Stewart raised more than $146,000 since January in Lt. Gov. race
Prince William County Board of Supervisors chairman Corey Stewart, who is seeking the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor, raised $146,204.75 in the first quarter of 2013. Monday was the deadline for candidates to submit their campaign...Tags: Stafford County, Executive Branch, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Government, Elections
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Snyder raised more than $276,000 since January in Lt. Gov. race
Pete Snyder, who is seeking the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor, released his fund raising numbers for the first quarter of 2013 Monday showing he raised more than $276,000. Monday was the deadline for candidates to submit their campaign...Tags: Executive Branch, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Government, Elections, Prince William County
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Culture clash: New history of Chicago taps into our malaise
Thomas Dyja looked at me with abject horror, then humor, then, as his face crumbled in defeat, resignation. A face that said, "See? This is why I wrote a 412-page cultural history of Chicago at midcentury that — as much as it pulls together...
Tags: Hugh Hefner, Columbia University, Willis Tower, Dave Garroway, Fine Artists
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Thatcher opponents push 'The Witch' up the charts
This post has been corrected. See note below.LONDON -- The British Broadcasting Corp. faced a dilemma Friday: Would it play "Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead" when everyone knows the song has become a biting reference to the late Margaret Thatcher? The network's solution: turn the song into a sound...Tags: BBC, Entertainment, Same-Sex Marriage, Elizabeth II, Censorship
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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: Republic of Ireland, European Union, Elizabeth II, Labor Legislation, Personal Finance
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Dutch get a new monarch: Willem-Alexander succeeds Beatrix
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.LONDON -- With an exchange of smiles and the flourish of a pen, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands abdicated the throne and her son Willem-Alexander took her place Tuesday to become the country’s first king in more than a century. In a simple...Tags: Japan, Charles, Prince of Wales, Heads of State, Government, Netherlands
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Queen Elizabeth: Should she stay or should she go?
So here’s the real question about the Tuesday ceremony in Amsterdam in which Queen Beatrix abdicated and passed the robe (they don’t wear crowns) to her son, Willem-Alexander, who just turned 46: Did Britain's Prince Charles, who was in...
Tags: Charles, Prince of Wales, Heads of State, Summer Olympics, Elizabeth II, Government
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Six men plead guilty in Britain to planning terror attack
LONDON -- Six men pleaded guilty Tuesday to planning a terrorist attack that failed only because the far-right rally they were targeting in central England ended before they arrived. Police discovered the plot after searching the men’s car...
Tags: Terrorism, Islam, Justice System, Prosecution, Elizabeth II
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Harry Potter and the royals' studio visit
Two of America's favorite British things -- the royals and Harry Potter -- converged over the weekend. Nothing like that wee bit of magic to knock us off our broomsticks! Prince William, his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, (the former Kate...
Tags: Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Charles, Prince of Wales, Christopher Nolan, Star Wars (movie), GQ
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8 get jail terms for terrorism
Arab News, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaA special court in Riyadh has sentenced eight defendants from among a 12-member cell to different prison terms, ranging between four months and eight years, on terror charges. According to the initial verdicts announced by the court, the first defendant...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Prisons, Prosecution, Assassinations
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Center for disease prevention and control to be set up
Arab News, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaThe Kingdom will set up a national center for disease prevention and control. "The National Center for Disease Prevention and Control aims at monitoring, reducing and preventing the spread of infectious and noninfectious diseases," Minister of Culture...Tags: Malaysia, Abdullah II of Jordan, Disease Prevention, Science and Technology, Jeddah (Saudi Arabia)
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