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Tobacco control vital to health
Every year, tobacco kills nearly six million people. It remains the largest preventable cause of death on the planet.(5/30/2013 2:28:31 AM) |
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Mutiny on the Bounty court martial first edition for sale at Bonhams
The mutiny on HMS Bounty is one of the best known incidents in British Naval history. Photo: Bonhams. LONDON .- An exceptionally rare copy of the minutes of the 1792 court-martial of the Bounty mutineers is to be sold at Bonhams Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Photographs sale in Knightsbridge London on 19 June. It is estimated at £25,000-30,000.(5/26/2013 10:11:48 PM) |
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Mutiny on Bounty: Rare copy of minutes of court martial revealed after 221 years
The testimony of William Peckover, who remained loyal to the ship's captain, William Bligh, would help to shed light on the events on one of the most notorious incidents in British naval history.(5/22/2013 2:11:23 PM) |
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