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More than 2,300 guests have confirmed they will attend the funeral of former British prime minister Ma stanley cup rgaret Thatcher. Among the former US presidents, surviving UK prime ministers, world leaders and celebrities who were invited are some high profile would-be guests who sent regrets: Former First Lady Nancy Reagan, whose husband had a close relationship with the late premier, will not be able to attend; nor will former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who shared key moments in history with Britain s so-called Iron Lady. Germany s Angela Merkel is sending her foreign minister, while US power families the Clintons and the Bushes won t be making appearances. In all, 11 serving prime ministers and dignitari stanley cup es representing 170 countries will attend, Downing Street said. Here s a look at who is attending the funeral Wednesday at London s St. Paul s Cathedral. RoyalsQueen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince PhilipGreece s Crown Prince Pavlos and Princess Marie-Chantal of the Hellenes World dignitaries and public figuresFormer US Vice President Dick CheneyFormer US Secretary of State Henry KissingerUK Prime Minister David CameronFormer UK Prime Ministers Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and John MajorGerman Foreign Minister Guido stanley cup WesterwelleFW de Klerk, the last apartheid-era South African presidentUS presidential delegation, led by former secretaries of state George Shultz and James BakerThree-member delegation from US House of Representatives, comprised of Republican Reps. M Xagy Robert O Neill taking credit for killing bin Laden sparks debate
A Pakistan Supreme Court hearing into allegations of misrule by former president Pervez Musharraf resumed on Wednesday, without any lawyers present to defend the ex-army chief, who left for London two months ago. HT Image Last week, a 14-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry ordered Musharraf to answer asics charges that he had violated the constitution by ousting the judiciary and imposing emergency rule in November, 2007 in a desperate move to extend his r stanley cup ule. Fighting a Taliban insurgency in the northwest, dire economic challenges and doubts about its own standards of governance, Pakistan af1 s fragile civilian government can ill-afford the distraction of raking over the past, according to critics. Others say leaders should be held accountable if democratic institutions are to grow, and future generals should be made to think twice before launching coups against civilian governments. The army, which stepped back from politics after Musharraf s ouster, would be loathe to be dragged into the controversy, but generals, having backed Musharraf s actions in 2007, would not want to see their old chief humiliated, according to analysts. Opening proceedings on Wednesday, Chaudhry received no response when asked who was present to represent Musharraf. We haven t received any notice so far and once we get it then we will decide whether to appear before the court or not, Saif Ali Khan, a member of Musharraf s legal team, told Reuters by telephone from Londo
