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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