Britain might still be part of France if it weren't for a disastrous flood 200,000 years ago, according to scientists from Imperial College in London.

伦敦帝国理工学院的科学家称，如果不是20万年前的一场灾难性的洪水，英国可能仍然是法国的一部分。

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London, the capital of Great Britain, SE England, is on both sides of the Thames River.

伦敦，大不列颠的首都，位于英格兰东南部，位于泰晤士河两岸。

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The Church of England has introduced the measure in its Southwark diocese in southeast London as concerns mount about the spread of swine flu in Britain, the Financial Times said.

《金融时报》说，由于越来越多的人担心猪流感在英国扩散，英国教会在伦敦东南部的南华克主管教区推荐了这一方法。

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Martin Prince of Britain's Institute of Psychiatry, at King's College in London, was a writer of the report.

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He was buried at Westminster Abbey,in London, among other heroes of Britain.

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The camp has become a source of tension among Calais residents and in France's relations with Britain, with London pushing for tighter border control.

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In 1915, Italy secretly signed the Pact of London with Britain, France and Russia which would put them on the side of the allies in World War I.

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Revoking such benefits is a delicate task: When the City of London, home to much of Britain's financial industry, abruptly axed free electric-car parking in 2008, angry petitions circulated among drivers demanding the privilege be restored, arguing that many of them bought the small, expensive cars mainly to get the free parking.

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So too were new forms of corporate and academic organisation, such as the insurance firm Lloyd's of London and Britain's Royal Society.

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