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Former British PM Margaret Thatcher Admitted to Hospital

LONDON (Oct. 20) -- Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was hospitalized in London last night after failing to recover from a bout of flu. Thatcher, 85, was taken by ambulance from her home in West London's luxurious Belgravia neighborhood to the nearby Cromwell hospital for "routine" tests and treatment, a...

Pope Meets Abuse Victims As Thousands Protest London Visit

(Sept. 18) -- Pope Benedict XVI met with five victims of priestly child abuse as part of his official trip to Britain, while thousands marched the streets of London in protest against his visit. Benedict prayed with the victims and said that the Catholic Church is "continuing to implement effective measures to safeguard...

Margaret Thatcher's Rigorous Diet Secret: Eggs

(Jan. 31) -- Margaret Thatcher's uncommon determination wasn't only reflected in her becoming Britain's prime minister by buttering up the bourgeoisie and undoing the unions. She also managed to lose 20 pounds in two weeks by eating 56 eggs. According to revealing personal papers published on Saturday, as the Iron Lady...

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Margaret Thatcher Lookalike Stars In Taiwanese Ad

Admirers may be surprised to see the Iron Lady appears to have made a new career move - promoting compterized airconditioning units.

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Margaret Thatcher Hoax: Death Of Ex-Prime Minister Of Great Britain Publicized By Unlikely Source

An erroneous report of the "death" of Margaret Thatcher, the prominent ex-prime minister of Great Britain, was mistakenly publicized today by the most unlikely source.

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05/29/12 Government U-turns: the laddie's for turning Source: The Guardian - London - UK The U-turn gained its peculiar place in Tory psychology with a joke that Margaret Thatcher told â very possibly without understanding it.
05/29/12 Postal services: stamped upon Source: The Guardian - London - UK In Margaret Thatcher's time, the early arguments over the privatisation of key public services were so heated, so polarised, that even the most disengaged voter would have had an idea about what was at stake.
05/29/12 Thirty-six years of failure: a brief history of... Source: Redding.com - Redding CA The 1988 conference...put climate change on the global agenda and proposed a specific initial target for a global reduction in the emission of greenhouse gases - 20% below 1988 levels by 2005 - on the way to a much larger ultimate reduction, to be set following further research and debate."
05/26/12 Housing upheaval can be traced back to Thatcher Source: LabourList.org If further evidence was needed that the Government is destroying our communities then it came by the bucket load with proposals to relocate hundreds of housing benefit claimants.
05/22/12 The Iron Lady Source: The Bulletin - Bend OR Some movies arrive pre-stamped with a consensus opinion.

Background on Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, , née Roberts (born 13 October 1925) is a British politician and the longest-serving (1979–1990) British prime minister of the 20th century, and the only woman ever to have held the post.

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