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To: Alan Smithee who wrote (42854)	12/7/2005 5:11:10 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

Airline Passenger Who Made Threat Killed AP - 17 minutes ago MIAMI - A passenger who claimed to have a bomb in a carry-on bag was shot and killed by a federal air marshal Wednesday on a jetway to an American Airlines plane that had arrived from Colombia, officials said. Authorities did not immediately say whether any bomb was found. Homeland Security Department spokesman Brian Doyle said the dead man was a 44-year-old U.S. citizen. It was the first time since the Sept. 11 attacks that an air marshal had shot at anyone, he said. news.yahoo.com

To: Alan Smithee who wrote (42854)	12/7/2005 5:20:08 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

Margaret Thatcher Admitted to Hospital AP - 59 minutes ago LONDON - Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was admitted to hospital on Wednesday after feeling faint. Thatcher, who governed Britain from 1979 to 1990, turned 80 in October and has grown frail in recent years following a series of small strokes. The Conservative Party said she would be kept in Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London overnight as a precaution and doctors were confident she would be well enough to leave Thursday morning. * Why Thatcher still looms over politics at BBC * Essential Margaret Thatcher at Thatcher Foundation * Slideshow: Margaret Thatcher news.yahoo.com ============================================================= Why Thatcher still looms over politics Analysis By Nick Assinder Political Correspondent, BBC News website She has been out of office for 15 years, there have been two prime ministers and four, soon to be five Tory leaders since that day. Baroness Thatcher Baroness Thatcher served as prime minister between 1979 and 1990 Yet, as she celebrates her 80th birthday, the figure of Margaret Thatcher still looms large over British politics. Tony Blair almost glows when he is compared favourably to her and, it is often claimed, no Tory candidate will get a look in with the grassroots party unless they pay due respect to her political memory. That last is why every one of the current candidates either mentioned her by name or invoked her memory in their campaign speeches at the Blackpool conference. The bottom line is that, for many Tories, she was simply the greatest leader they have had since Churchill, both personally and politically. Personally because nobody had ever seen anything quite like this handbag-wielding, unapologetic class warrior before. And politically because she transformed Britain in a way you either loved or loathed, depending largely on which side of the class war you found yourself on. Natural heir Few doubt that she had such an impact on British society - and arguably the world - that whoever came after would be struggling to match it or find another, radical route forward for Britain. Tony Blair Blair is seen as Thatcher's heir And it is often claimed that, to a greater or lesser extent, we are all Thatcher's children now because she shifted the hub of politics. Tony Blair succeeded in coming to power by promising not to tear up all the reforms she delivered but to put a more socially caring face on her Britain. And, ironically, much of would-be Tory leader David Cameron's attraction is that he would plough that very same furrow. When his friends call him the heir to Blair, they are also saying that he is a natural heir to Thatcher. And, whoever takes over from Tory leader Michael Howard in December, they will have more than one eye over their shoulder. news.bbc.co.uk ============================================================== Prior to Thatcher GB was "the sick man of Europe". It had about the worst economy of that group of nations. She tore much of British socialism up by the roots. Now GB is one of Europe's shining lights, and the nations that used to overshadow it, such as France, Germany, and the Scandinavian countries, are scrambling to keep their socialistic boats from sinking.