President Ahmadinejad called the release an Easter gift to the British people.

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Russian Czar Alexander III commissioned craftsman Peter Carl Faberg?? in 1885 to craft an egg as an Easter gift for his wife, Empress Maria Fedorovna.

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Doubts have been raised about the future of a company set up to exploit a 17th Century royal gift for the common good of an Easter Ross village.

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Woollons and Harwood, which has kitchenware and gift shops in Thirsk and Helmsley, was due to cease trading at Easter.

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And tomorrow, my family will join Christians around the world as we thank God for the all-important gift of grace through the resurrection of His son, and experience the wonder of Easter morning.

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Mr O'Leary announced the gift after his horse Akorakor won a race at the Irish Grand National meeting at Fairyhouse on Easter Monday.

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