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John Lancaster Gives Chennai Turbo Riders Fourth Win On Day 1 Of Indian Racing Festival Round 4
Chennai Turbo Riders continued their relentless assault on the championship by clinching their fourth win of the season through veteran Britisher Jon Lancaster as the Round 4 of the Indian Racing League
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Britain's 'Chat Show King' Michael Parkinson Dies At 88
Michael Parkinson, the veteran British chat show host whose decades-spanning career featured interviews with some of the world's highest profile figures, has died at the age of 88, his family said Thursday.
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Alireza Akbari, Ex Official Executed By Iran On Spying Charges, Was Paid $2.4 Million By MI6: Report
Alireza Akbari, a veteran of the Iran-Iraq war that raged from 1980-1988, was arrested sometime between March 2019 and March 2020.
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UK Veterans, Health Workers Get Prime Seats At King Charles Coronation
Around 4,000 UK Armed Forces veterans and healthcare workers will be offered a prime viewing spot opposite Buckingham Palace in London for the Coronation of King Charles III, the British government announced on Sunday.
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In Remarkable Rescue Op, Man Evacuates Lion And Wolf From Ukraine In Bus
A four-day mission to rescue a lion and a wolf from war-torn Ukraine had a happy ending with the two zoo animals "settling in well" in Romania, Tim Locks - the British war veteran who spearheaded the rescue op - has said.
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Boris Johnson Vows Democracy Will Triumph Over Evil After UK MP Killing
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday led tributes to veteran Conservative MP David Amess, who was stabbed to death while meeting constituents, as police probed whether a suspect arrested was motivated by Islamist extremism.
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Boris Johnson To Lead Tributes To UK MP David Amess Killed In Knife Attack
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will lead tributes on Monday to David Amess, the veteran lawmaker stabbed to death while meeting constituency voters, as police questioned a man for what they say could have been a terrorist attack.
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UK Minister Says He Was Wrong About Afghan Veterans Taking Their Own Life
A British junior defence minister said on Monday that he was wrong when he said that some former British soldiers had taken their own lives due to anger over the US-led withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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Dan Evans, Jannik Sinner Sweep To ATP Titles In Australian Open Warm-Ups
British veteran Dan Evans broke through to win his first ATP Tour title Sunday after 14 years of trying, while Italian teenager Jannik Sinner bagged the second of his short career.
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India vs England, 1st Test: England Players Wear Black Armbands As Mark Of Respect For Captain Tom Moore
India vs England: England players are wearing black armbands in the first Test against India as a mark of respect for British war veteran Captain Tom Moore, who died earlier this week.
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World War II Veteran, 99, To Help Open Hospital After Raising $29 Million
Captain Tom Moore, a 99-year-old British war veteran who has raised more than $29 million for the health service by walking 100 laps of his garden, will be a guest of honour at the opening of a new field hospital next week.
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"They Are Brave": 99-Year-Old Briton Raises Millions For Health Workers
A 99-year-old war veteran has raised more than 2 million pounds ($2.5 million) for British health workers by attempting to walk the length of his garden one hundred times before his 100th birthday later this month.
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COVID-19: Indian-Origin British MP Discharged From Hospital
Veteran Indian-origin British lawmaker Virendra Sharma on Tuesday urged everyone to strictly follow the government's social distancing advice to help control the coronavirus pandemic as he revealed his own COVID-19 diagnosis and discharge from hospital.
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British MP Keith Vaz Resigns From Parliament Amid Drug Scandal
Veteran British lawmaker Keith Vaz has announced he is standing down from parliament, just weeks after he was censured in a cocaine scandal.
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Labour MP Lindsay Hoyle Replaces John Bercow As UK Parliament Speaker
British MPs on Monday selected veteran Labour lawmaker Lindsay Hoyle to be parliament's new speaker, replacing John Bercow in a role once little-noticed but now reshaped by the fractious turmoil over Brexit.
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John Lancaster Gives Chennai Turbo Riders Fourth Win On Day 1 Of Indian Racing Festival Round 4
Chennai Turbo Riders continued their relentless assault on the championship by clinching their fourth win of the season through veteran Britisher Jon Lancaster as the Round 4 of the Indian Racing League
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Britain's 'Chat Show King' Michael Parkinson Dies At 88
Michael Parkinson, the veteran British chat show host whose decades-spanning career featured interviews with some of the world's highest profile figures, has died at the age of 88, his family said Thursday.
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Alireza Akbari, Ex Official Executed By Iran On Spying Charges, Was Paid $2.4 Million By MI6: Report
Alireza Akbari, a veteran of the Iran-Iraq war that raged from 1980-1988, was arrested sometime between March 2019 and March 2020.
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UK Veterans, Health Workers Get Prime Seats At King Charles Coronation
Around 4,000 UK Armed Forces veterans and healthcare workers will be offered a prime viewing spot opposite Buckingham Palace in London for the Coronation of King Charles III, the British government announced on Sunday.
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In Remarkable Rescue Op, Man Evacuates Lion And Wolf From Ukraine In Bus
A four-day mission to rescue a lion and a wolf from war-torn Ukraine had a happy ending with the two zoo animals "settling in well" in Romania, Tim Locks - the British war veteran who spearheaded the rescue op - has said.
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Boris Johnson Vows Democracy Will Triumph Over Evil After UK MP Killing
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday led tributes to veteran Conservative MP David Amess, who was stabbed to death while meeting constituents, as police probed whether a suspect arrested was motivated by Islamist extremism.
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Boris Johnson To Lead Tributes To UK MP David Amess Killed In Knife Attack
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will lead tributes on Monday to David Amess, the veteran lawmaker stabbed to death while meeting constituency voters, as police questioned a man for what they say could have been a terrorist attack.
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UK Minister Says He Was Wrong About Afghan Veterans Taking Their Own Life
A British junior defence minister said on Monday that he was wrong when he said that some former British soldiers had taken their own lives due to anger over the US-led withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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Dan Evans, Jannik Sinner Sweep To ATP Titles In Australian Open Warm-Ups
British veteran Dan Evans broke through to win his first ATP Tour title Sunday after 14 years of trying, while Italian teenager Jannik Sinner bagged the second of his short career.
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India vs England, 1st Test: England Players Wear Black Armbands As Mark Of Respect For Captain Tom Moore
India vs England: England players are wearing black armbands in the first Test against India as a mark of respect for British war veteran Captain Tom Moore, who died earlier this week.
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World War II Veteran, 99, To Help Open Hospital After Raising $29 Million
Captain Tom Moore, a 99-year-old British war veteran who has raised more than $29 million for the health service by walking 100 laps of his garden, will be a guest of honour at the opening of a new field hospital next week.
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"They Are Brave": 99-Year-Old Briton Raises Millions For Health Workers
A 99-year-old war veteran has raised more than 2 million pounds ($2.5 million) for British health workers by attempting to walk the length of his garden one hundred times before his 100th birthday later this month.
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COVID-19: Indian-Origin British MP Discharged From Hospital
Veteran Indian-origin British lawmaker Virendra Sharma on Tuesday urged everyone to strictly follow the government's social distancing advice to help control the coronavirus pandemic as he revealed his own COVID-19 diagnosis and discharge from hospital.
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British MP Keith Vaz Resigns From Parliament Amid Drug Scandal
Veteran British lawmaker Keith Vaz has announced he is standing down from parliament, just weeks after he was censured in a cocaine scandal.
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Labour MP Lindsay Hoyle Replaces John Bercow As UK Parliament Speaker
British MPs on Monday selected veteran Labour lawmaker Lindsay Hoyle to be parliament's new speaker, replacing John Bercow in a role once little-noticed but now reshaped by the fractious turmoil over Brexit.
