1st female Beefeater at Tower of London
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A woman joined the protectors of the Crown Jewels on Monday as one of the famed Beefeaters of the Tower of London, becoming the first female Yeoman Warder since the corps of Tower guards was created in 1485.
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Science & environment: Flight goes ahead despite thermal shield cracks as two missions are headed by women for first time.
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The first panda in Europe to be conceived naturally by animals in captivity is born at a zoo in Vienna.
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A German Shorthaired Pointer took home  the Best in Show prize at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show  on Tuesday, beating out more than 2,000 competitors to become  top dog at the world's largest dog show.
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A transsexual golfer has made history by becoming the first to qualify for the Ladies&#39; European Tour. Danish-born but Australian raised Mianne Bagger, 37, said she was &quot;thrilled and excited&quot; to be taking part in the tournament next season.
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Tom Jenkins photographs stage one of this year's tour.
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One year ago, he was nearly hairless, pink and weighed about four ounces, less than most bagels. On Sunday, his first birthday, giant panda Tai Shan is an active, 56-pound cub and the star attraction of the National Zoo.
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By KRISTEN DAVENPORT, PHOTO BY JANE PHILLIPS
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A growing number of wild and exotic animals are being spotted  roaming free in the UK, a survey shows.
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Building sites across Englandâs North West will be graced by a pink LCB mini-excavator that will appear on a building site for the first time this October within the framework of the Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
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Female sheep are found to use their horns to fight over food during a new study by Edinburgh scientists.
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Ellen MacArthur is made a Dame as she arrives in the UK after sailing solo around the world in record time.
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SUNLINE always had great timing on the track - an attribute she hasn&#39;t lost as a broodmare. The greatest racemare of them all produced her first foal yesterday, a filly born at New Zealand&#39;s famous Cambridge Stud, south of Auckland.
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By Matt Tullis, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Dec. 18--It's early in the morning and Colo sits in her normal spot, the center of Cage 1. She is wedged between two concrete trees. A milk crate is on her right, and a rope dangles in front of her.
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Cattle worriers to explain bovine girl-on-girl
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Feminism breaches walls of the fortress after over 500 years
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Denmark&#39;s Mianne Bagger yesterday made history by becoming the first transsexual woman to earn a place on the on next year&#39;s Robe di Kappa Ladies&#39; European Tour.