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Kate Middleton: 10 royal baby facts

After two years of marriage Prince William and Kate Middleton are expecting their first child. What can the world expect with the untraditional couple's parenting style?

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Global News Blog Did Romanian mom torch Monet, Matisse, and Picasso along with her slippers?

The art world fears that the mother of a man suspected in the theft of seven masterpieces from a Dutch art museum burned the priceless evidence.
Opinion To combat hunger, give land rights to world's poor women

A lack of land rights for the poor fuels global hunger. With no ownership, land is poorly cultivated, and families subsist as day laborers or indentured servants. Giving land to the poor, especially women, allows them to grow food for their families and sell crops to pay for education.
Hung up over not hanging up, Britain mulls modern mobile manners

An incident at a London department store has sparked a national conversation about mobile communications etiquette.
Modern Parenthood Kate Middleton on the move, but the baby's not here yet (+video)

Kate Middleton left Kensington Palace for cooler digs. The nursery, as part of the couple's new home, is still under repair. A roundup of the Kate Middleton royal baby watch.
Africa Monitor As Zimbabwe election approaches, West softens its condemnation

In July, Zimbabweans will vote in another election likely to be rigged by the ruling party. But President Robert Mugabe's small reforms have eased pressure from the West.
Stocks inch higher in record day on Wall Street

Stocks rallied in the closing minutes on Wall Street Friday, closing high enough to post new record highs for the Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poor's 500 index. Profits at big banks Wells Fargo and JP Morgan came in better than expected, and that helped financial stocks.
Thousands mourn British soldier Lee Rigby slain in London

British Prime Minister David Cameron and London Mayor Boris Johnson joined Rigby's family at Friday's funeral in northwest England.
Greenpeace Shard climbers: Activists protest Arctic drilling

Greenpeace Shard climbers: Environmental activists in London attempted to climb Western Europe's tallest building Thursday, in protest of drilling for oil in the Arctic. The Greenpeace Shard climbers were about halfway up the skyscraper by midmorning.
Turtle Diary

A poignant novel of two lost souls and a dream of freedom, from the author of "Riddley Walker."
Royal baby watch: Britain counting down to royal baby's arrival (+video)

Royal baby watch: The royal baby's arrival will be announced via Twitter, websites, and with a notice outside Buckingham Palace.
Chapter & Verse Colin Firth statue appears in London lake as 'Pride and Prejudice' tribute

A statue of Colin Firth, dressed as Mr. Darcy in an homage to his 'Pride and Prejudice' role, has appeared in the Serpentine Lake in London. Colin Firth emerging from a lake in 'Pride and Prejudice' was recently voted the most memorable moment in British drama.
Energy Voices Why oil prices rise on Egypt unrest (+video)

Oil prices spiked above $102 a barrel Wednesday as protesters poured into the streets of Cairo and the Egyptian military ousted President Mohammed Morsi. Egypt is critical to regional oil transportation and has investors worried that protests could spread elsewhere in the region.
As Britain grapples with austerity, baby boomers feel the heat

There is a growing consensus in Britain that it is prosperous pensioners' turn to feel a little pain.
Levitating magician: How magicians use science to deceive

Levitating magician: A viral Pepsi ad shows an English magician apparently levitating alongside a double-decker bus. How are we so easily fooled by magic?
After London murder, an effort to smear victim's family?

A former London undercover policeman alleged he was ordered to dig up dirt on the family of Stephen Lawrence, the victim in a famous racially tinged murder 20 years ago.
Could Snowden make Ecuador's leader 'the new Chávez?'

In championing Snowden, President Correa is further cementing his image as a successor to Chávez who can take on the US.
Kate Middleton: 10 royal baby facts

After two years of marriage Prince William and Kate Middleton are expecting their first child. What can the world expect with the untraditional couple's parenting style?
Global News Blog A year in asylum, Assange digs in for the long haul

The Wikileaks founder says even if the Swedish investigation against him were dropped, he would not leave his 'space station' existence in the Ecuadorean embassy in London.
Global News Blog Will new British surveillance revelations fuel another hacking backlash?

British agency GCHQ's involvement in the NSA's global surveillance have some drawing parallels with the phone-hacking scandal that rocked the British media.
Land of KGB shrugs over US-British G-20 spying claims

Russians say few surprises in Guardian revelations; that tapping was aimed at Dmitri Medvedev not Vladimir Putin lessens impact in Moscow.
Terrorism & Security As G8 kicks off, Snowden documents reveal snooping at past summit

The latest documents released by former NSA employee Edward Snowden reveal a broad range of surveillance rolled out during the 2009 G20 summit in London, targeting both allies and opponents.
With tax evasion on G8 agenda, Cameron eyes Britain's own havens

Ahead of next week's G8 summit, the UK prime minister hopes to convince leaders of British overseas territories like Bermuda and the Cayman Islands to end their tax-sheltering policies.
Briefing NSA surveillance 101: What US intelligence agencies are doing, what they know

US intelligence agencies are gathering massive amounts of US telephone calling data and social media data on both foreigners and citizens. Here are seven questions and answers about what is known so far.
Turkish government offers referendum: Will it quell protests?

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government proposed a referendum on an Istanbul development project on Wednesday. Meanwhile, protests continued in Taksim Square's Gezi Park. Four people have died and more than 5,000 have been injured in the two-week-long protests.
Global News Blog Four teens arrested for Islamic school fire in apparent Woolwich murder fallout

The fire, which caused only minor damage and injuries, is just the latest in a spate of anti-Muslim incidents in Britain that have followed the May 22 killing of soldier Lee Rigby.