Raja Ashraf voted in as Pakistan Prime Minister
23 June, BBC
Pakistan's ruling party candidate has been
elected prime minister, three days after the Supreme Court forced
former PM Yousuf Raza Gilani from office. Raja Pervez Ashraf, who
won 211 votes in the 342-seat house, was a last-minute choice after
a judge ordered the arrest of the preferred candidate.
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George Washington’s copy of US Constitution sells for nearly
$10m
23 June, Daily Telegraph
George Washington's personal copy of the US
Constitution and Bill of Rights sold for $9.8 million at auction on
Friday, setting a record for an American book or historic
document.Several bidders at Christie's New York salesroom and others
on the telephone competed for the first American president's signed,
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Olympic torch: Torchbearer proposes during relay
23 June, BBC
A torchbearer has proposed to his eight-months
pregnant girlfriend during day 31 of the Olympic torch relay from
Middlesbrough to Hull.David State, 25, from Redcar, who works with
the Scout movement and raises money for charity, knelt as he asked
Christine Langham, 27, to marry him. She accepted and Mr State then
had to carry on his stint in Loftus, Teesside.
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