Joining 12 other women now in an elite men's club, the star power of a first lady, the women say, will help their causes.

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"Evita, " which opens Christmas Day, is a screen opera about the life of Eva Peron, the daughter of a poor farmer who rose to power as the first lady of Argentina's President Juan Peron in the 1940s.

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Mr Cameron and all other members of the current cabinet, as well as colleagues of Lady Thatcher during her 11 years in power, were among 2, 300 mourners at the funeral at St Paul's Cathedral.

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Lady Verma said that without more detail from the Hafren Power consortium ministers could not make an assessment on the impact to consumers.

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Energy Minister Lady Verma made clear the government's frustration with the lack of detail put forward by the Hafren Power consortium behind the project.

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