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Man Tried To Steal Magna Carta, 800-Year-Old Symbol Of The Law, Police Say

Police in Salisbury, England, have arrested a man accused of trying to steal the Magna Carta — the 1215 document that established basic tenets of the rule of law.
British police say a man tried to steal the Salisbury Cathedral's Magna Carta, one of four original documents that have survived. Here, a schoolboy looks at the Magna Carta in the cathedral's Chapter House.

Police in Salisbury, England, have arrested a man who, they say, tried to steal the Magna Carta — the 1215 document that established basic tenets of the

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