Letters by Napoleon, Churchill kept in laundry room
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One of the word's greatest collections of historical letters, including a note written by Napoleon to his lover Josephine, has been found in a filing cabinet tucked away in a Swiss laundry room.
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Media & professional: Â· New chance to catch up on basics or play to strengthsÂ· Hitler and Churchill are no longer compulsory
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The memoirs of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his unpublished will go under the hammer in Paris.
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The National Archives announced today that it has uncovered in its stacks a hand-written note sent by Abraham Lincoln to one of his top generals four days after the battle of Gettysburg, at the height of the Civil War.
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By Mackenzie Carpenter, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  Feb. 20--When she's not popping them in her aged VCR for yet another  viewing, Ruth Ann Rieland keeps all the treasured home videos of her children  and grandchildren, along with her photo albums, in a closet by the front door.
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Two notebooks confiscated from former South African president Nelson Mandela during his long imprisonment have been returned to him.
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Reader Richa Agarwal sends us a picture.
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Newly declassified British documents provide a window into heated Cabinet discussions on Iraq, Israeli-Arab relations, protecting the environment, and a secret deal on when the prime minister would step aside for his ambitious No. 2.
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The details of letters written from Princess Diana to Dodi Al Fayed are revealed at the inquest into their deaths.
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Amsterdam, Netherlands - A Holocaust-era diary and love letters written by a Jewish teen for her Dutch boyfriend while she was imprisoned in an internment camp in 1943 have been donated to a Dutch archives.
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On a shelf in a locked basement room underneath the British Museum, are kept 11 wooden tablets; they are covered in purple velvet.
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A coffee mug held by Prime Minister Tony Blair during a newspaper interview proved to be an appropriate prop to drive home his message about staying in power.
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A painting by Winston Churchill, given by Britain's World War Two leader to U.S. President Harry Truman, is expected to fetch up to 500,000 pounds ($1 million) at auction in December.
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The full text of David Blunkett's resignation statement
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Brian Haw lives in one of the most exclusive neighbourhoods in London, albeit in a makeshift tent, with a statue of Winston Churchill as his neighbour and one cause in mind.
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Penguin sketches by Captain Scott and Ernest Shackleton are found in a  Cambridge University basement.
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HASTINGS, Neb. - Mike Johanns is out as Nebraska's governor, but his stationery will stay. Gov. Dave Heineman said he would have his name printed at the bottom of Johanns' stationery. To do otherwise would be wasteful, Heineman said.