Carol Thatcher, daughter of British PM Margaret Thatcher visits Los Angeles

UPI Almanac for Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- The costs each year to the taxpayer of taking over the health and pension obligations of a bankrupt General Motors will be almost as high as the loan GM now seeks from Congress.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- What is next for the Republican Party after its historic whipping Tuesday? Try four years of denial.

LONDON, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- British sources say the only terrorist to survive the 1980 siege of the Iranian Embassy in London won't be sent back to his native country.

UPI Almanac for Monday, Oct. 13, 2008.

UPI Almanac for Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008.

LONDON, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Now the recession watch in Britain is getting really serious. Punch Taverns, the country's largest operator of pubs, a classic symbol of English life, has decided to scrap its dividend to shareholders after a drop in sales of more than 3 percent. The company blamed "challenging trading conditions."

LONDON, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher first began showing signs of dementia in 2000, the baroness's daughter Carol wrote in a newly released memoir.

LONDON, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Leo Abse, a longtime member of the British Parliament known for advocating gay rights and divorce reform, has died.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- French President Nicholas Sarkozy took a leaf out of Margaret Thatcher's guidelines on leadership Wednesday with his surprise visit to Afghanistan following the deaths of 10 French troops in a mountain battle east of Kabul.