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Queen shakes hands with Martin McGuinness
Jun 27th, 2012
The queen shook hands with former IRA commander Martin McGuinness on Wednesday in a landmark moment in Northern Ireland's peace process, Buckingham Palace said. (Source: AFP) -
By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's coalition government put a crackdown on immigration at the heart of its legislative agenda on Wednesday in the hope of stopping an exodus of voters to a populist anti-immigration party before a national election in 2015. In a pageantry-rich ceremony marking the annual opening of Britain's parl... [Full Article]
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