Church library buys queen's death warrant
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The only existing copy of the execution warrant against Mary, Queen of Scots, signed by Queen Elizabeth I in 1587, has been acquired by a Church of England library, the library said Tuesday.
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A man receiving Â£300,000 from a health trust after his wife dies following an 'all-clear' wants an overhaul of cancer screening.
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LONDON: A medieval limestone slab which for years has been used as a gravestone for a dead cat called Winkle has fetched more than Â£200,000 at auction.
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Waste disposal, Cumbria style Any reader whose granny has just passed away and who can't really afford a decent send-off should ring Cumbria County Council which recently issued a permit for one chap to dispose of his deceased nan's dismembered body parts at the local tip.â¦
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Queen Elizabeth II has offered Sir Edmund Hillary's family use of the chapel at her Windsor Castle residence to hold a memorial service for the late mountaineer, her office said Friday.
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Spouses of British forces killed overseas between 1914 and 1967 are to get free trips to their loved ones' graves.
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A 710-year-old copy of the declaration of human rights known as the Magna Carta  -  the version that became part of English law  -  was auctioned for $21.3 million, a Sotheby's spokeswoman said
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The cost of the Bloody Sunday inquiry into the deaths of 14 people killed by paratroops in Londonderry in 1972 has risen to 154m, with one QC earning more than 4m.
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By Bowdeya Tweh, Detroit Free Press  Jun. 13--Detroit police responded to a call for what was described as a "pipe device" that was found Wednesday morning in the parking lot of Bushnell Congregational Church.
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The intruder who entered British Queen Elizabeth II&#39;s official Scottish residence and caused a security scare was a reporter from the London-based Sunday Times newspaper, local media reported Friday.
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The federal Bureau of Prisons has decided to return religious materials that had been purged from prison chapel libraries.
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The IRA agrees to allow a Protestant and a Catholic churchman to witness the decommissioning of  its weapons, the BBC learns.
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Â· Archbishops to draw up historic covenantÂ· Conservatives see chance to crack down on dissent
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By Allen Essex, Valley Morning Star, Harlingen, Texas  Sep. 5--HARLINGEN -- The chance to buy a ready-to-use church building in a choice location has drawn interest from more than a half dozen church leaders since a Valley Morning Star story "Death Of A Church" was published Aug. 20.
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By Kathy Morrison, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Dec. 17--With just about a week left for Christmas shopping, I couldn't resist offering a few more suggestions of gifts for readers of chapter books.
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Pope John Paul II's latest book, which includes his account of surviving an assassination attempt in 1981, will go on sale in Italy on Feb. 23, the publisher said Wednesday.
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A 710-year-old copy of the declaration of human rights known as the Magna Carta â the version that became part of English law â was auctioned Tuesday for $21.3 million.