current events; Baroness Thatcher dies

9/4 Tuesday                               Baroness Thatcher dies               from: BBc news

Tributes continue to be paid at home and abroad to Baroness Thatcher after her death at the age of 87.

David Cameron said she had been a "great Briton" while US President Barack Obama called her a "great champion of freedom and liberty".

The funeral of the former prime minister is expected to be held next week.

The ceremony, with full military honors, will take place at London's St Paul's Cathedral. Lady Thatcher, Britain's first female premier, was Conservative prime minister from 1979 to 1990 and won three successive general elections.

She died "peacefully" after suffering a stroke while staying at the Ritz hotel in central London. She will not have a state funeral but will be accorded the same status as Princess Diana and the Queen Mother.

The union jack above Number 10 Downing Street has been lowered to half-mast while Parliament will be recalled from its Easter recess on Wednesday to enable MPs to pay tributes.

Summarize:

British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher died, at the age of eighty-seventh year. Has announced Mark and Carol Thatcher and the death of their mother's by stroke. The Thatcher took Britain's prime minister from the Conservative Party from 1979 to 1990, the first woman to hold this position in the country. The funeral of the former prime minister is expected to be held next week. She will not have a state funeral but will be accorded the same status as Princess Diana and the Queen Mother.

Vocabulary word:

MPs: member of Perlman.

Funeral: when a person died, they do a Funeral.

Conservative: A person who is opposed to change and holds to traditional values and attitudes.

Tributes: gift that is intended to show gratitude, respect, or admiration.

Ceremony: weather for the funeral.