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  • 11Prime Minister of the United Kingdom — Infobox minister office border = parliamentary minister = prime title = Prime Minister jurisdiction = the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland incumbent = Gordon Brown tookoffice = 27 June 2007 appointed by = Elizabeth II monarch …

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  • 12June 1922 in the United Kingdom — See also: May 1922 in the United Kingdom, July 1922 in the United Kingdom, and the Timeline of British history. Close of Engineering DisputeThe result of the ballot of the unions other than the Amalgamated Engineering Union was announced on June… …

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  • 13Reform of the House of Lords — For almost a century, governments in the United Kingdom have attempted to find a way to undertake a comprehensive reform of the House of Lords, which is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. This process was started by the… …

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  • 14George III of the United Kingdom — George III redirects here. For other uses, see George III (disambiguation). George III …

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  • 15Wars of the Roses, Causes of —    Civil war erupted in fifteenth century England for many interrelated reasons. While Tudor and Elizabethan commentators found the chief cause of the conflict in the 1399 deposition of Richard II and its attendant break in the legal line of… …

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  • 16List of The Dresden Files characters — The Dresden Files series features a diverse cast of complicated characters. Contents 1 Main characters 1.1 Harry Dresden 1.2 Karrin Murphy 1.3 Bob …

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  • 17House of Commons of the United Kingdom — Infobox Legislature name = The Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled coa pic = House of Commons logo.png coa pic = session room = House of Commons.jpg house type = Lower House… …

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  • 18History of the Ryukyu Islands — This article is about the history of the Ryukyu Islands southwest of the main islands of Japan. Okinawa Prefecture Japanese transcription(s)  – Japanese 沖縄県  – Rōmaji Okinawa ken Okinawan transcr …

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  • 19North of England and the Wars of the Roses —    Although far from LONDON and subject to the raids and disorders that were endemic on the Scottish border, the northern counties of England played a larger role in the WARS OF THE ROSES than the region’s relative lack of wealth and population… …

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  • 20ennoble — v. a. 1. Raise to nobility, raise to the peerage. 2. Exalt, dignify, elevate, raise, aggrandize, enlarge, engreaten, greaten …

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