Jo Shapcott wins the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry, its judges saluting the “calm but sparkling Englishness” of her award-winning verse.
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Poet Shapcott wins Queen’s Medal
A former Marine corporal who repeatedly braved enemy fire in attempting to rescue four comrades in Taliban-infested eastern Afghanistan has been selected to receive the Medal of Honor, the highest award given to members of the armed services, the White House announced Friday. Dakota Meyer, a former turret gunner and scout sniper from Kentucky, is only the third living veteran of the Afghan and Iraqi conflicts to be chosen for the honor, and he is the first living Marine to be designated for the award since 1973. Read full article > >
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Former Marine corporal to be awarded Medal of Honor
President Barack Obama next month will present the Medal of Honor to the first living Marine to receive the recognition for actions in Afghanistan or Iraq, the White House announced Friday.
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Marine to receive Medal of Honor
Surrounded by eminent German Americans, President Obama gave a toast to German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the White House Tuesday night. Merkel was given the Medal of Freedom, the highest honor that can be bestowed on a civilian. The two heads of…
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Obama Toasts German Chancellor
American cyclist Tyler Hamilton, the 2004 Olympic gold medalist, has voluntarily surrendered his medal, after admitting to doping during his cycling career. Hamilton was one of Lance Armstrong’s teammates on the United States Postal Service Team, and…
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Hamilton Loses Cycling Gold Medal
There was a moment that came and went quickly during Monday’s White House ceremony posthumously awarding the Medal of Honor to two Army privates who were killed in the Korean War.
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Canadian election, Greenpeace river protest, Medal of Honor ceremony, student demonstration in Algeria, White House Situation Room during bin Laden killing and more from around the world.
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During a somber ceremony Monday, President Obama bestowed the Medal of Honor posthumously upon two Army privates — Anthony T. Kaho’ohanohano of Pukalani, Hawaii, and Henry Svehla of Belleville, N.J. Both died in the Korean War.
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Obama awards Medal of Honor posthumously to two Korean War veterans
Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta, the nation’s only living Medal of Honor recipient for the current wars, is leaving the Army and will focus on his education, a spokesman said.
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Medal of Honor recipient leaving Army
Sir David Chipperfield is to receive the prestigious Gold Medal from the Royal Society of British Architects.
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Gillian Clarke, Wales’ national poet, becomes the second Welsh winner of the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry.
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Poet Clarke awarded Queen’s medal
The controversial video game Medal of Honor has gone on sale despite calls by the UK Defence Secretary for it to be banned.
President Obama awarded the Medal of Honor to Staff Sgt. Robert J. Miller. At the White House, Miller’s father expressed “a sense of awe” at his son’s heroism.
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Green Beret who died saving comrades gets highest honor
The makers of Medal of Honor have reversed their decision to let gamers take on the role of the Taliban.
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Medal of Honor U-turn on Taliban
The former Manchester United and England footballer Nobby Stiles is to sell the medal he received when England won the World Cup in 1966.
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Nobby’s World Cup medal to go under the hammer
Elizabeth Hurley boutique opening, blown-up levee and more in the day in photos
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