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Henry Allingham
Royal tributes for oldest veteran
The Queen leads the tributes to Henry Allingham, one of the last surviving World War I servicemen, who has died aged 113.
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Oldest WWI veteran dies

Joe Robinson UK pupils in China quarantine
More than 100 schoolchildren from the UK and US are quarantined in Beijing after eight tested positive for swine flu.

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A US spacecraft takes pictures of Apollo landing sites on the Moon, showing footprints and hardware left behind decades ago.


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