| Mary Queen of Scots Is Deposed |
| Mary Stuart was Queen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567. After Mary's husband, Lord Darnley, was murdered and she was implicated in the plot, she was forced to abdicate. Mary fled to England, where she faced a murder inquiry and became a prisoner of the English government. After conspiracies to put her on the throne of England were uncovered, she was tried for treason and ultimately beheaded. Some accounts say her executioners asked for her forgiveness. What is she said to have replied? |
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| Prince Andrew, Duke of York, Marries Sarah Ferguson |
| Prince Andrew is the third child and second son of Queen Elizabeth II. He has held the title of Duke of York since his marriage to Sarah Ferguson in 1986. Initially, the Duke and Duchess appeared to have a happy marriage, but problems soon surfaced, and the marriage collapsed shortly after tabloid pictures were released showing the Duchess cavorting with her financial advisor. Where does Prince Andrew sit in the line of succession to the British throne? |
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| Chinese Leader Deng Xiaoping Restored to Power |
| As a supporter of Mao Zedong, Deng was named to several important government posts. However, Mao grew to fear Deng's popularity and forced him out of office after launching the 1966 Cultural Revolution. After Mao's death in 1976, Deng reemerged to serve as the de facto ruler of the People's Republic of China until the early 1990s. His reforms turned the world's most populous nation into an economic and political force, but his reputation was tarnished by his handling of what 1989 event? |
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| Olympic Committee Bans Iraq From Beijing Games |
| The International Olympic Committee confirmed its decision to ban Iraq from taking part in the Beijing Olympics because of the governments interference with sports by disbanding the country's National Olympic Committee, Reuters reported. |
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| Ex-Astronaut: Aliens Are Real and NASA Knows It |
| Former Apollo 14 moon-walker Edgar Mitchell says extraterrestrials have visited Earth, but alien contact has been covered up by governments for decades. |
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| Obama Tour Hits Germany |
| Democratic presidential hopeful lands in Berlin, meets German chancellor, set to make victory column speech• McCain: No VP Decision ... Yet | EXCLUSIVE VIDEO• BOURBON ROOM: Major Garrett Blogs From Germany• McCain Set to Meet the Dalai Lama in Aspen |
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| Hurricane Dolly Leaves Flooding, Destruction in Texas |
| Hurricane Dolly slammed ashore and then loitered over deep south Texas as a tropical storm, dumping as much as a foot of rain in places and ripping roofs off buildings with 100 mph winds. |
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| Killer Aerial Drone Begins Combat Operations in Iraq |
| It looks more Star Wars than Iraq War, an unmanned aerial killer ready to fly its first combat mission in Iraq. But the MQ-9 Reaper is more than just a stunning sight it may represent the future of combat aviation. |
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| Cancer Center Warns of Risk From Cell Phone Use |
| Head of prominent cancer-research institute contradicts years of studies, says people should limit putting mobile handsets up against their heads. |
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| USGS: Arctic Holds 90B Barrels of Oil |
| The area north of the Arctic Circle has an estimated 90 billion barrels of undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and 1,670 trillion cubic feet of technically recoverable natural gas, the U.S. Geological Survey announced Wednesday. |
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| Improbably Divine: 10 Unlikely Religious Artifacts |
| A cut of meat found in Nigeria seems to depict the name of the Prophet Muhammad and has diners flocking to see it from miles around. The so-called 'Allah Meat' has inspired scholarly debate and returned an unlikely phenomenon to the spotlight. |
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| Toddlers Die in Similar Cases of Being Left in Cars By Dads |
| Two French toddlers died of heat exhaustion when their fathers allegedly forgot they were strapped in child seats in the back of their cars as they went to work. |
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| Caylee's Grandma: 2 Reported Sightings in Georgia |
| The grandmother of an Orlando toddler missing for more than a month said there have been two reported sightings of Caylee Marie Anthony in Georgia and she believes the child is with someone heading to Charlotte, N.C. |
| Read More...(Source: FOXNews.com - Thu, 24 July 2008 10:26:14 EST) |