Big Ben renamed Elizabeth Tower
30 June BBC
The clock tower widely known as Big Ben is to be
renamed the Elizabeth Tower in honour of the Queen, the House of
Commons has confirmed. It follows a campaign, backed by most MPs and
the three main party leaders, to rename the tower in recognition of
the Queen's 60 year reign.
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'Call us Myanmar', Burma tells Aung San Suu Kyi
30 June BBC
Burmese officials have told opposition leader
Aung San Suu Kyi to call the country by its official name,
Myanmar.The country was renamed Myanmar in 1989 by its then military
rulers and the change has been widely adopted since.
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102-year-old Filipino man Becomes US citizen
30, June, ABC
Like many young immigrants, Joaquin Arciago
Guzman came to the United States looking for the American dream. In
1928, at age 18, he left the Philippines for the Salinas Valley in
California to harvest lettuce and cabbage for 40 cents an
hour.Eighty-four years later, at the age of 102,
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