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By not in system - AOL NewsLONDON -- British police say guests at the royal wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton will have to pass through security checks to enter Westminster Abbey. Indigo / Getty Images Security checks will be required for guests at Friday's wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton at Westminster Abbey. Police would not say what methods will be used. Some 5,000 police will be deployed at the wedding and 60 people have been barred as part of their bail conditions from entering the area. Metropolitan Police Commander Christine Jones said Wednesday that there is no ...
Leaked Files Show Gitmo Inmate Released After Informing on 123 Others
By not in system - AOL NewsLONDON -- Leaked U.S. military documents reveal that a Guantanamo Bay detainee was freed after informing on 123 other prisoners, despite concerns about the reliability of his evidence, a British newspaper reported Tuesday. The Guardian, The New York Times and El Pais are publishing details of more than 750 leaked U.S. military dossiers on terrorist suspects held at Guantanamo. They reveal that the detainees ranged from close associates of Osama bin Laden to seemingly innocent men held even though they were judged to pose little threat. The Guardian said the prolific informer, a Yemeni man ...
Beckham, Elton, Mr. Bean to Attend Royal Wedding
By not in system - AOL NewsLONDON - David Beckham, Elton John and Mr. Bean actor Rowan Atkinson will mingle with dozens of royal guests at Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding, according to an official guest list released Saturday that includes one uncomfortable presence - the Bahraini crown prince accused of a brutal crackdown on protesters. St. James's Palace also released the seating plan at Westminster Abbey, which showed that relatives of William's mother Princess Diana are sitting across the aisle from the royal family, joining the Middletons in an exception to the traditional division of a church into a ...
Millions of Dollars Donated for Malaria Drugs Stolen
By not in system - AOL NewsLONDON -- A leading global health fund believes millions of dollars worth of its donated malaria drugs have been stolen in recent years - perhaps hundreds of millions of dollars worth - vastly exceeding levels of theft previously suspected, according to confidential documents obtained by The Associated Press. The internal investigation by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria comes two months into a new anti-corruption program that the fund launched after an AP report detailing fraud in their grants attracted intense scrutiny from donors. In internal documents detailing ...
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Movement for Happiness Launches in Britain
By not in system - AOL NewsLONDON -- Is there a science of happiness? A growing band of economists, politicians and academics thinks so -- and is putting theory into practice by starting a "mass movement for a happier society." Action for Happiness launched today in London, encouraging hugging, meditation and random acts of kindness. It is getting under way as the British government asks statisticians to measure the economically battered nation's well-being. The nonprofit group's founders include a former Downing Street policy chief, Tony Blair's biographer and an eminent economist. They say happiness -- long ...
PM Tells Royal Watchers They've Got a Right to Party on April 29
By not in system - AOL NewsLONDON -- Britons: Your country needs you to party. Prime Minister David Cameron today urged local authorities not to use bureaucratic rules to prevent street parties celebrating the April 29 royal wedding. www.bauergriffin.com The British prime minister has said that civic councils shouldn't put up roadblocks to street parties planned for the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. Cameron said civic councils should not block plans for parties by imposing rules requiring licenses, insurance protection and other bits of red tape. "I'm very much saying today if people ...
Sailor Charged With Murder in Nuclear Sub Shooting
By not in system - AOL NewsLONDON -- Police charged a Royal Navy sailor on Sunday with murdering an officer aboard a British nuclear-powered submarine. Able Seaman Ryan Donovan, 22, is also charged with the attempted murder of three other crew members on HMS Astute. Lt. Cmdr. Ian Molyneux, the sub's weapons engineer, was shot dead Friday while the submarine was docked in the southern English port of Southampton. Another officer was seriously wounded before the gunman was disarmed by fellow sailors and visiting dignitaries. As well as the murder charge, Donovan is charged with attempting to kill Lt. Cmdr. Christopher ...
1 Dead After Shooting Aboard UK Nuclear Sub
By not in system - AOL NewsLONDON -- A British sailor aboard a nuclear-powered submarine allegedly shot dead a crew member and seriously wounded another Friday while the vessel was on a goodwill visit to an English port, officials said. A sailor was detained aboard HMS Astute and arrested on suspicion of murder. Police and military officials said the incident was not related to terrorism, but offered few details about what may have prompted a sailor to open fire during a tour of the submarine by local dignitaries, including the mayor of Southampton, in southern England. Britain's Press Association news agency ...
London Boot Camp Held for Pint-Size 'Princesses'
By not in system - AOL NewsLONDON -- A scene straight from "My Fair Lady" played out at a posh London hotel Saturday as a dozen girls in frilly dresses attended a "princess boot camp" ahead of this month's royal wedding. The pint-size wannabe princesses learned how to walk straight, eat with decorum and curtsy. Never mind that it's doubtful any of them will come within spitting distance of the royals at the April 29 wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. But if they did, they wouldn't spit. Akira Suemori, AP Vivienne Bartels, 7, learns how to curtsy in front of a cardboard cutout of Britain's Prince ...
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