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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, Trials, United Kingdom, Defendants, Prosecution
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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: Henry Kissinger, Mining, United Kingdom, Diana, Princess of Wales, Anglicanism
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French countess is key advocate for AIDS patients in Myanmar
SHWEPYITHA, Myanmar — After her heroin-addict husband died five years ago, Ei Ei Phyu discovered she was HIV-positive. She thought her life was over until friends directed her to the open-air clinic here where she receives antiretroviral medicine....
Tags: AIDS, HIV, Burma, Human Rights, Justice and Rights
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Chinua Achebe dies at 82; Nigerian writer
JOHNANNESBURG, South Africa — When Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe was in college, a European professor assigned "Mister Johnson," which portrayed Africa as a land of grinning, shrieking savages. Time magazine called it "the best novel ever written...
Tags: Goodluck Jonathan, Africa, Awards and Prizes, Entertainment Events, Colleges and Universities
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Boris Berezovsky dies at 67; outspoken Russian tycoon, enemy of Putin
LONDON — Boris Berezovsky, a self-exiled and outspoken Russian tycoon who had a bitter falling out with Russian President Vladimir Putin, has been found dead in southeast England. He was 67. In recent years, the one-time Kremlin powerbroker-...
Tags: Russia, Chelsea F.C., Blackmail and Extortion, United Kingdom, Andy Warhol
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Chinua Achebe, author of 'Things Fall Apart,' dies at 82
Nigerian-born author Chinua Achebe has died. The 82-year-old was best known for his gorgeously written historical novel that served as an indictment of colonialism, "Things Fall Apart." Published in 1958, "Things Fall Apart" soon became an international...
Tags: Joseph Conrad, Authors, Chinua Achebe, Africa, Literature
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George Lowe dies at 89; climber was on Everest expedition with Hillary
After Sir Edmund Hillary's historic ascent of Mt. Everest, everyone knew Hillary's name. Far fewer knew about his indispensable partner, George Lowe. Hillary and his friend Lowe were the only two New Zealanders on the 1953 expedition to the top of the...
Tags: Nepal, New Zealand, Elizabeth II, Movies, United Kingdom
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Coachella 2013: Soulful devotion to new sounds
Even before the release of her debut album, the English singer Jessie Ware was attracting next-big-thing buzz with appearances on tracks by cutting-edge dance-music artists such as SBTRKT and Joker. But she wasn't born hip. "Growing up, I was the person...
Tags: Earnings, Local Natives (music group), Radio, Hot Chip (music group), SBTRKT (music group)
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‘Avengers’ assemble — in England! Sequel shooting plans revealed
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesThe Avengers are going to England. Screen Daily is reporting that writer-director Joss Whedon will film his highly anticipated sequel ...... -
Scotland to vote on independence in September 2014
LONDON – Voters in Scotland will head to the polls in September 2014 to decide whether to go it alone as an independent country or remain in Great Britain with England and Wales. The referendum could lead to the biggest political shakeup in the...
Tags: Politics, Labour Party (UK), David Cameron, Scotland, Referenda
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Ruth Prawer Jhabvala dies at 85; Oscar-winning screenwriter
For years, people who read Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's novels assumed she was born in India. She wrote about swamis, social climbers, duplicitous landlords and other characters from the Indian bourgeoisie who inevitably found themselves colliding with...
Tags: James Ivory, Asthma, Shirley MacLaine, Germany, The Holocaust (1934-1945)
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A visit to London's cemeteries
LONDON — What are the first sights you seek when you travel to a new city? The museums? The top restaurants? Or the cemeteries? I choose cemeteries. Although some people think that's weird, I find them a through-the-looking-glass way of...
Tags: Daniel Defoe, Adultery, John Jackson, Epidemics and Plagues, Architecture
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