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Photos of United Kingdom

The first Westminster Abbey in London, United Kingdom, was built in the 1040s by King Edward (later St. Edward the Confessor), who enlarged an existing small Benedictine monastery established at the site in A.D. 960. To distinguish it from St. Paul’s Cathedral (the east minster), also in London, it became known as “west minster.” In the mid-13th century, King Henry III built much of the present-day building.

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Tobacco use

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Real GDP per capita

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Labor force

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Unemployment rate

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Public debt

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Current account balance

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Merchant marine

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