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...One member dubs Antarctica “truly, a land of unsurpassed desolation”. 1911 Norwegian Roald Amundsen beats Britain’s Robert Scott to become the first to reach the South Pole....
...Lucy Worsley is chief curator of the Historic Royal Palaces....
...A report by President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF party says that the Von Pezold family, which owns large estates in Zimbabwe also covered by a BIPPA, is seeking compensation of a reported $600m (equal to 5.5...
...Lucy Worsley, chief curator at Historic Royal Palaces, says: “It was all about conspicuous consumption....
...The SFO is examining the relationship between Mr Tchenguiz’s brother, Robert, and the bank’s senior executives....
...January 17 1912: Captain Robert Falcon Scott arrived to plant the Union Jack at the South Pole. “Great God,” he famously wrote in his diary, “this is an awful place.”...
...What Mr Worsley-Worswick describes as a “last-minute land grab” is one of the most obvious signs of the new government’s weakness....
...Zimbabwean white farmers’ groups on Monday claimed President Robert Mugabe’s nationalist party had launched a fresh drive to force them from their land – only days after forming a coalition government designed...
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