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FILE - This is a Friday, April 26, 2013 file photo of Britain's Kate the Duchess of Cambridge arrives with her husband Prince William, not pictured and his brother Prince Harry, rear right, to attend the inauguration of "Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden" near Watford, approximately 18 miles north west of central London. s it a boy? A girl? As the due date for Prince William and the former Kate Middleton's first child nears, observers are also asking: Where will the royal baby spend its first few months? The world won’t know the gender of the baby until it's born in July _ and the answer to the second question isn't as straightforward as one might think. (AP Photo/Chris Jackson, Pool, FILE)

Royal baby causing housing concerns

Last updated Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - 9:23am

LONDON — Is it a boy? A girl? Prince William and the former Kate Middleton aren’t telling, and palace officials are not revealing where the royal baby will spend its first few months, since renovation of their future home at Kensington Palace is taking longer than expected.

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East London transformed for Olympic Games

Sylvia Hui The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - 10:59pm

LONDON -- It was called "outcast London" for its squalid slums in Victorian times, has the dubious reputation as the haunt of Jack the Ripper, and one of Britain's most polluted rivers runs through its long-derelict shipyards and warehouses.

It's no wonder that for a long time, east London has been all but ignored by tourists who stick to the West End, the home of blockbuster musicals, royal palaces, Harrods and Oxford Street.

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Britain's Prince Philip leaves Papworth, a specialist heart hospital, in Cambridge, England, Tuesday Dec. 27, 2011. Prince Philip left hospital Tuesday, after undergoing treatment for a blocked coronary artery. (AP Photo/Chris Radburn, PA)

Britain's Prince Philip leaves hospital

Sylvia Hui The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, December 27, 2011 - 11:19am

LONDON -- Britain's Prince Philip returned to the royal family's country estate Tuesday, after a spell in the hospital undergoing treatment for a blocked coronary artery.

Philip, Queen Elizabeth II's 90-year-old husband, spent four nights in the hospital recovering from a successful coronary stent procedure. He was taken to Papworth, a specialist heart hospital in Cambridge, on Friday after complaining of chest pains.

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Police: Mail bomb could have exploded over U.S.

Sylvia Hui, The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 2:14pm

LONDON — A mail bomb intercepted last month at an English airport could have exploded over the East Coast of the United States, British police said Wednesday.

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In this photo released by Newsmakers PR a part of a set of dentures used by the wartime British Prime Minister Winston Churchill is seen. The dentures were a tool Churchill relied upon to overcome a childhood lisp. They were sold at auction for $23,723 on Thursday.

D-Day Dentures: Winston Churchill's false teeth sold for $23,722 at auction in England

Sylvia Hui, The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, July 29, 2010 - 6:14pm

LONDON -- A partial set of former British leader Winston Churchill's dentures -- described as the teeth that saved the world -- sold at auction Thursday for $23,723.

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(The Associated Press) Passenger's are seen loading their baggage onto a coach at Newcastle International airport, after their flights had been diverted there on Sunday.

British officials relax safety rules over ash

Sylvia Hui The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, May 17, 2010 - 6:11pm

LONDON -- Aviation authorities introduced relaxed flight safety rules Monday to minimize more disruptions caused by a volcano eruption in Iceland, as three of Europe's busiest airports reopened after a dense volcanic ash cloud dissipated.

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