Sify (Free subscription) | yesterday
Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher's son became a spy for South Africa in a bid to avoid being prosecuted for his alleged involvement in a failed coup in Equatorial Guinea, a newspaper reported Sunday.
Sify (Free subscription) | yesterday
A new Channel 4 series, set in 1986, has dramatised the tense relationship that existed between Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
The Age (Free subscription) | yesterday
Margaret Thatcher's son Mark reveals he became an informer for South African secret services in desperate bid to avoid being prosecuted for his role in bungled coup.
Anorak News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Are poppies getting bigger? As you know Anorak has been promoting No Poppy Day in Afghanistan – a time to turn our back on drugs.
Times Online (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
THE prime minister tells the Queen she is buying a retirement home in the comfortable London suburb of Dulwich. The monarch’s reply is as sarcastic as it is snobbish: “That’s near Peckham, isn’t it'” The Queen then makes another cutting remark about politicians who “come and go”, drawing a vigorous riposte from Margaret Thatcher. The scene of barely suppressed hostility, set in 1986,...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
PARIS – British prime minister Margaret Thatcher warned France’s ambassador months before German’s 1990 reunification of a domineering chancellor, Helmut Kohl, who “sees himself as the master”, diplomatic notes reveal.
Reuters (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
PARIS (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher warned France's ambassador months before German's 1990 reunification of a domineering Chancellor Helmut Kohl who "sees himself as the master," diplomatic notes revealed Thursday.
Free Media Online Blog (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
As the world celebrates 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall it is right that we should reflect on the impact of those momentous months. Read more: Margaret Thatcher: Reflections on Winning the Cold War
Cape Times (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
British coup plotter Simon Mann returned home from prison yesterday saying he wants the son of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher and others to face justice for a conspiracy to oust Equatorial Guinea's government.
Leftnews.org (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
“The British soldier’s premature release, just 15 months into a 34-year prison sentence imposed last summer, is widely considered to have been linked to his testimony during his trial that the bungled coup’s organising team included Sir Mark Thatcher, son of the former prime minister Baroness Margaret Thatcher” Also see: Mark Thatcher faces court...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
MARGARET Thatcher warned France's ambassador months before Germany's 1990 reunification that domineering chancellor Helmut Kohl "sees himself as the master",
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
MARGARET Thatcher warned France's ambassador months before Germany's 1990 reunification that domineering chancellor Helmut Kohl "sees himself as the master",
ENN: Top Stories (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
President Lyndon Johnson and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher made stark warnings about global warming decades ago, but convincing evidence for action only amassed in recent years, experts say. A 190-nation U.N. conference in Copenhagen in December is due to agree a new U.N. pact to curb greenhouse gas emissions to slow a rise in temperatures to prevent floods, droughts, wildfires...
The Osterley Times (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
The British mercenary, Simon Mann, who was convicted of an attempt to bring about a coup in equatorial New Guinea, has stated that he would be willing to give evidence against Margaret Thatcher's son, Mark, and and the oil tycoon Eli Calil; who were both rumoured to be co-conspirators in the botched attempt to take over the west African state. Speaking as he flew back to Britain from...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
The former French president Jacques Chirac has expressed his admiration for Margaret Thatcher despite their bitter clashes.
