Minutes of a British War Cabinet meeting reveal that the British had cited the laws of conquest and military occupation to avoid sharing the administration with the French under a civilian regime.

An investigation by the TV news program 60 Minutes revealed that some people in positions of power actually held phony degrees issued by Hamilton University, such as Cessna Aircraft Co.

Minutes from the Bank of England's meeting on Dec. 9, when interest rates were held at 5.5 percent, revealed that the monetary policy committee might increase rates early next year, analysts said.

Minutes could also reveal problems involving heating or cooling, chronically noisy tenant-shareholders or leaks in the roof that may affect a prospective buyer's apartment.

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On November 4, 2007, 60 Minutes revealed Curveball's real identity.

Minutes from this month's meeting of the monetary policy committee (MPC) revealed it was united over keeping interest rates at their record low of 0.5%, despite inflation being well above its government-set target.

Minutes from the MPC's December meeting revealed that some committee members thought the outlook for the economy had deteriorated during the month and further money printing would be required in due course.

Minutes from August's meeting, published on Wednesday, also revealed that the committee discussed a fresh round of quantitative easing - the radical recession-busting policy of creating electronic money.