Reaction to Death of Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher

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Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher died peacefully after a stroke this morning, her spokesman announced Monday. She was 87 and was not only Britain’s first woman Prime Minister, but the longest-serving Prime Minister this century.

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