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Mar 9 2009, AP

Shows about French drag artistes and Scottish soldiers took top honors at the Laurence Olivier Awards recognizing the best of the London stage.

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The Labour Party’s Glenrothes by-election candidate Lindsay Roy, right, and former Labour Party government minister John Prescott campaign in Glenrothes Scotland Wednesday Nov, 5, 2008. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is not on the ballot, but...