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Remembrances
9:03 am
Mon April 8, 2013

Margaret Thatcher's Life And Legacy In Britain

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Originally published on Mon April 8, 2013 10:09 am

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DAVID GREENE, HOST:

On a Monday, it is MORNING EDITION, from NPR News. I'm David Greene.

Britain and the world are reflecting this morning on the life of Margaret Thatcher. The former British prime minister has died at the age of 87. Britain's current Prime Minister David Cameron remembered her this way.

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Remembrances
8:57 am
Mon April 8, 2013

Britain's Iron Lady, Former Prime Minister Thatcher, Dies

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Margaret Thatcher became Britain's first female prime minister in 1979 and served until 1990. In 1992, she was elevated to the House of Lords to become Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven. Thatcher died Monday at age 87 following a stroke, her spokesman said.
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Thatcher strolls through the grounds of Scotney Castle in Kent, England, where she was a tenant of a National Trust flat. With her in this March 1979 photograph are her husband, Denis, and their twins, Mark and Carol.
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Prime Minister Thatcher (left) shows off her scroll after receiving an honor from the London Borough of Barnet at Barnet Town Hall, Feb. 6, 1980. With Thatcher is the mayor of Barnet, Councilor Rita Levy.
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Thatcher sits in a Chieftain during her one-day visit to 1st British Corps units and soldiers training in Lower Saxony, West Germany, in September 1983. During this visit, Thatcher observed and closely followed a full-scale Battle Group Attack.
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Thatcher stands by a memorial cairn built from 255 stones (one stone for each British serviceman killed) that were brought from the Falkland Islands as part of commemorations of the 25th anniversary of the end of the conflict, at the Falkland Islands Memorial Chapel in Pangbourne, England, June 14, 2007.
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Britain's Prince Charles and Margaret Thatcher are joined by the first female Chelsea pensioners, Dorothy Hughes (left) and Winifred Phillips, as they attend the opening of the new Margaret Thatcher Infirmary at London's Royal Hospital Chelsea, March 25, 2009.
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Thatcher waves to members of the media as she stands on her doorstep in London, following her return home from the hospital, June 29, 2009. Thatcher, suffering from dementia, had fallen and broken her left arm.
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Thatcher, President Ronald Reagan and U.S. Secretary of State Alexander Haig (center) outside No. 10 Downing St. during Reagan's state visit to London. Reagan and Thatcher had a close working relationship.
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Margaret Thatcher became Britain's first female prime minister in 1979 and served until 1990. In 1992, she was elevated to the House of Lords to become Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven. Thatcher died Monday at age 87 following a stroke, her spokesman said.
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Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
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Originally published on Mon April 8, 2013 1:14 pm

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher died Monday following a stroke. She was 87. Despite many accomplishments during her 11 years in office, she was a divisive figure, and there is still much bitterness surrounding the woman who was dubbed the Iron Lady.

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The Two-Way
8:48 am
Mon April 8, 2013

Top Stories: Thatcher's Death; Kerry's Trip To Mideast

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Good morning.

Our early headlines:

-- Former British Prime Minister Thatcher Dies

-- Blocked Or Breaking Through? Mixed Signals On Gun Bills

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The Two-Way
8:08 am
Mon April 8, 2013

Former British Prime Minister Thatcher Dies

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Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in 1981. She died Monday, at the age of 87.
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British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher meets personnel aboard the HMS Antrim 08 January 1983 during her five-day visit to the Falkand Islands.
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, left, and former British Prime Minister Thatcher arrive at Claridge's in London for a dinner to celebrate the former Prime Minister's 70th birthday on October 16, 1995.
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Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan waves as he greets next to former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as she arrives to visit him at Reagan Library, on February 4, 1991.
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Margaret Roberts, later Thatcher, the youngest candidate in the Conservative Party in 1950, plans her election campaign.
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Originally published on Mon April 8, 2013 12:12 pm

Margaret Thatcher, who as British prime minister in the 1980s became known as the "Iron Lady" for her tough economic policies, her partnership with President Reagan in standing up to communism and the short war with Argentina over the Falklands, has died.

Her spokesman, Lord Bell, tells the British Press Association that Baroness Thatcher died Monday following a stroke. She was 87.

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The Two-Way
7:39 am
Mon April 8, 2013

Blocked Or Breaking Through? Mixed Signals On Gun Bills

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This AR-15 style weapon was on display in March at the 7th annual Border Security Expo in Phoenix, Ariz. It's among the type of weapons that advocates of new gun laws want to see banned.
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Originally published on Mon April 8, 2013 8:05 am

If this is President Obama's "make-or-break week on guns," as Politico declares, then it starts with considerable confusion about where things stand regarding the likelihood of passing new gun control laws.

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