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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 23 Dec 2013

    Wartime codebreaker Alan Turing given posthumous royal pardon, overturning 1952 homosexuality convictionhttp://bbc.in/1eB4Duq 

    4:03 PM - 23 Dec 2013
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      1. Mark Souster‏ @SousterRacing 23 Dec 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking About time. One of WW2's real heroes

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      2. Benjamin Damage‏Verified account @BenjaminDamage 23 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @alex_tea What about all the persecuted non-wartime codebreakers? Shouldn't they get pardons too?

        2 replies 4 retweets 5 likes
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      1. Prof Sue‏ @SueBridgewater 24 Dec 2013
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        “@BBCBreaking: Wartime codebreaker Alan Turing given posthumous pardon for1952 homosexuality conviction http://bbc.in/1eB4Duq ” Long overdue

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      1. Arvind Virmani‏ @dravirmani 24 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking India, can we do better, wrt human rights of gays?? @CChristineFair

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      2. Phil de Semlyen‏ @PhildeSemlyen 23 Dec 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Well, that took long enough MT “@BBCBreaking: Wartime codebreaker Alan Turing given royal pardon http://bbc.in/1eB4Duq ”

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      1. Anne Mai Bertelsen‏ @annemai 24 Dec 2013
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        Finally! RT @BBCBreaking: Wartime codebreaker Alan Turing given royal pardon, overturning homosexual conviction http://bbc.in/1eB4Duq 

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      1. Jamie Platt‏ @JamiePlatt1 23 Dec 2013
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        Finally! "@BBCBreaking Wartime codebreaker Alan Turing given posthumous royal pardon, overturning 1952 homosexuality conviction."

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      1. Paul King‏ @kluap 25 Dec 2013
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        “@BBCBreaking: Wartime codebreaker Alan Turing given posthumous royal pardon http://bbc.in/1eB4Duq ” Good to see; long overdue

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      1. John‏ @Proud19 25 Dec 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @BradLindenSoCal u can't pardon what was done 2 him chem castration as well as loss of his genius the world lost on that 1

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      1. Джош‏ @alrightjosh 24 Dec 2013
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        "@BBCBreaking: Wartime codebreaker Alan Turing given posthumous royal pardon, overturning 1952 homosexuality conviction" 61 years too late..

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      1. Mehrnush‏ @Mehrnushh 24 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Royal what??? Don't you think it's you who have to beg his Pardon? You royal bitches!

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      1. Yvonne Banks‏ @YvonneB87 23 Dec 2013
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        About time; took long enough. "@BBCBreaking: Alan Turing given posthumous pardon. http://bbc.in/1eB4Duq "

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      1. Keith Anderson‏ @erasmus_east 23 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @barrabest About time! A true hero

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      1. Christian Antognini‏ @ChrisAntognini 23 Dec 2013
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        .@BBCBreaking to know more read the following book: Turing - Pioneer of the Information Age by B. Jack Copeland

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      1. Lyn‏ @The_Bairn 23 Dec 2013
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        .@BBCBreaking:Wartime codebreaker Alan Turing given posthumous royal pardon,overturning 1952 homosexuality conviction http://bbc.in/1eB4Duq 

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      1. Brian Jones‏ @Darthspoog 23 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @ivorytowerjourn too little........too late.....

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