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Kate Middleton delivers first speech, but media focus on blue dress (+video)
Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, gave her first public speech at the Treehouse charity. But her sartorial selection was as big a story in Britain as her delivery.
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Australia braces for fresh wave of flooding in Brisbane
Brisbane prepares for fresh flooding and another town recovers from an 'inland tsunami,' as Australia waits for a reprieve from weeks of rain and flooding.
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What happens when you remove all traffic signs? A German town finds out.
In a counterintuitive approach to reducing car accidents and making streets safer for pedestrians and cyclists, a German town has nixed all traffic signs and traffic lights in the town center.
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Are towns really safer without traffic lights?
One German community removes lights and signs in a daring experiment and sees accident rates decline.
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Britain eyes Swedish law on sex workers
Government minister Vernon Coaker arrives Thursday in Stockholm, where the number of street prostitutes has declined by one-third since 1999.
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