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Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC (born 13 October 1925), is the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, in office from 1979 to 1990. She was leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 until 1990. She is the only woman to have been Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. (UPI Photo)


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LONDON, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- The British Wind Energy Association said it supports a recent report from Carbon Trust.
PARIS, July 7 (UPI) -- France-based EDF has commissioned a new wind farm in the United Kingdom.
ATLANTA, June 10 (UPI) -- A new study finds the United States produces more embryonic stem cell research than any other nation, but when compared with other forms of research it lags.
CHICAGO, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- Aon Corp. says it plans to pay $30 million in cash for Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. reinsurance brokerage units in the United States and the United Kingdom.
GLASGOW, Scotland, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Subsea oil and gas has become one of the United Kingdom's fastest-developing sectors.
LONDON, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- A record number of people in the United Kingdom sought bankruptcy protection in 2007, the British Ministry of Justice reported Friday.
LIVERPOOL, England, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- British scientists have determined a major avian influenza outbreak would most likely involve the United Kingdom's duck meat industry.
UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Protests staged around the globe Saturday condemned Myanmar's military government for its violent repression of pro-democracy demonstrators.
BASINGSTOKE, England, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- Shire said Thursday it launched Fosrenol in the United Kingdom for the treatment of patients with chronic kidney disease.
LONDON, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Al-Qaida has chosen the United Kingdom as its primary target for recruiting new terrorists, according to senior intelligence officials.
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