Cameron says Thatcher made Britain great, others snub her

By Andrew Osborn and Peter Griffiths LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron delivered an emotional tribute to Margaret Thatcher in parliament on Wednesday, but political opponents boycotted the debate on her legacy, underlining how divisive a figure she remains even in death. MPs were recalled from their holidays for the first time for the death of a public figure since the Queen's mother died in 2002, reflecting the "Iron Lady's" place in history. ...

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Britain snubs Argentina's Fernandez over Thatcher funeral

By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will not invite Argentine President Cristina Fernandez to Margaret Thatcher's funeral next week in a snub likely to deepen a long-running diplomatic dispute over the Falkland Islands. Thatcher, 87, who died on Monday, led Britain at the time of the 1982 Falklands war ordering her armed forces to repel an Argentine invasion of the contested South Atlantic archipelago which Argentina calls Las Malvinas. ...

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More than 2,000 invited to Thatcher funeral

LONDON (AP) — Invitations to Margaret Thatcher's funeral are going out to more than 2,000 celebrities, dignitaries, colleagues and friends of the late British leader — from former U.S. presidents to composer Andrew Lloyd Webber.

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Euro zone victims betray sneaking regard for Thatcher

By Alan Wheatley, Global Economics Correspondent LISBON (Reuters) - Even in the depths of recession, southern Europe is showing a sneaking regard for the single-minded way that Margaret Thatcher rammed through some of the very policies that are now putting the region on the rack. The free-market principles of the former British prime minister, who died on Monday aged 87, are too radical for those on the euro zone periphery - and elsewhere - who instinctively look to the state for a helping hand. ...

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Thatcher funeral set for April 17; queen to attend

LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II will be among the mourners at the funeral of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on April 17, officials announced Tuesday.

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For Thatcher and Reagan, it was a very "special relationship"

By David Storey WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It was ideological love at first sight for Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan, who made the most unlikely but dominant international pairing of the late 20th century, triumphing side-by-side in the Cold War. Thatcher, who died on Monday in London, defied illness to attend Reagan's funeral in Washington in 2004. ...

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"Iron Lady" Thatcher mourned, but opponents celebrate

By Guy Faulconbridge and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - Admirers of Margaret Thatcher on Tuesday mourned the "Iron Lady" who as Britain's longest serving prime minister in over a century pitched free-market capitalism as the only medicine for her country's crippled economy and the crumbling Soviet bloc. World leaders past and present, from former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to U.S. President Barack Obama, led tributes to the grocer's daughter who sought to arrest Britain's decline and helped Ronald Reagan broker an end to the Cold War. ...

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Meryl Streep on Margaret Thatcher: 'A figure of awe'

Meryl Streep won an Oscar for her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in  the 2011 film “The Iron Lady,” and her performance will likely go down as the most enduring cinematic portrait of the former British prime minister. So after news broke Monday that Thatcher had passed away at age 87, Streep released the following statement:

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Meryl Streep auf Margaret Thatcher: "Eine Figur der Ehrfurcht"

Meryl Streep gewann einen Oscar fur ihre Darstellung der Margaret Thatcher im 2011 Film "The Iron Lady", und ihre Leistung wird wahrscheinlich wie die dauerhaftesten filmische Portrat des ehemaligen britischen Premierministers eingehen. So dass nach der Nachricht brach Montag, die Thatcher am vergangen waren im Alter von 87, veroffentlicht Streep Die folgende Anweisung:

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