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Prince William's Cousin Zara Phillips Sets Wedding Date

All the talk is about Prince William and Kate Middleton, but theirs isn't the only royal wedding in the works. William's cousin Zara Phillips and her fiance, Mike Tindall, will tie the knot on July 30 in Scotland, Buckingham Palace announced today. Phillips, 29, and rugby star Tindall, 32, will trade vows at Canongate...

Heavy Snowstorms Pummel Europe [PHOTOS]

(Dec. 1) -- Photos and video footage of gridlocked freeways, congested airports and overburdened cleanup crews are hitting the Web as travelers across Europe document the heavy snowstorms battering the continent. Snow and freezing temperatures have forced at least four major European airports to close, and Britain...

Early Freeze Halts Planes, Trains, Automobiles in Europe

LONDON (Dec. 1) -- There are still three weeks to go until the first day of winter, but heavy snow and freezing temperatures have already swept across Europe, causing chaos throughout the continent. At least four major airports in Western Europe have been forced to close. London Gatwick (the U.K.'s second busiest),...

Scotland Honors Nazi-Fighting Polish Army Bear

(Oct. 13) -- The accomplishments of the ursine allies of World War II are often overlooked, but not by the city of Edinburgh. They're building a $318,000 monument to honor "Private Wojtek," a 500-pound brown bear that served in the Polish Army in the fight against the Axis before retiring to the Edinburgh zoo. "Wojtek"...

Pope Compares Atheism to Nazism, Draws Fire

LONDON (Sept. 17) -- Pope Benedict XVI has been accused by secularists of making "a terrible libel" during his first papal visit to Britain, after he appeared to associate atheism with the crimes of the Nazi regime during World War II. In a speech to Queen Elizabeth II and members of the Royal Family in Edinburgh,...

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06/02/12 Queen starts Jubilee festivities Source: Nation News - Barbados The Queen has watched the Derby at Epsom, having earlier driven on the race course to begin the first major event of the Diamond Jubilee weekend marking 60 years of her reign.
06/02/12 Scotland ring the changes for Australia Source: New Zealand City Scotland have made six changes to their team ahead of their Test against Australia in Newcastle on Tuesday.
06/02/12 End of Borders jury trials? Source: Berwickshire News - Berwick-upon-Tweed - Northumberland - UK A LEADING local lawyer admitted this week that cost-saving plans by the Scottish Court Service (SCS), which include the closure of three of the region's four sheriff courts, were "more drastic and worrying than we were expecting".
06/02/12 Speedway: Edinburgh Monarchs 56 Sheffield Tigers 37 Source: The Star - Sheffield - South Yorkshire - UK SHEFFIELD failed to replicate their marvellous comeback from Thursday ad they crashed to defeat at Edinburgh.
06/02/12 The Queen, the Duke and the prints Source: Telegraph - London - UK Three weeks before the appointment, Struth visited Windsor Castle to choose a setting.