WEDDING WATCH: Do you wear your plaid pants? -L'Associated Press

WEDDING WATCH: Do you wear your plaid pants?(PA) - 2 hours ago

London (AP) - as Prince William and Kate Middleton bind the node, the Associated Press journalists are hunting down the most interesting details of Westminster to points around the world. Here's the latest on the big event.

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8: 57 pm

Located right on the TV coverage: a man in the crowd a port tail and a formal plaid pants and jacket. You wear your whole plaid?

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8: 53 pm

AP Cassandra Vinograd - CassVinograd Twitter - tweets just outside Westminster Abbey: one of the disadvantages of royalwedding Mania (hash tag)? Getting around London! Tube filled with flags, the folk tiare.

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8: 47 PM

AP Caryn Rousseau in Chicago will report Friday on the royal wedding festivities to the United States. Here are some of what she said is expected:

-Full English breakfasts and British-themed parties are planned throughout the country.

-Colbie Caillat sing during a live viewing party in New York City Times Square.

-At Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, about 250 guests were invited to wear clothes prince and Princess.

-Various restaurants and bars are suspended bunting Union Jack and the hosting of the watch parties. Drinks rarely themed will include "the windsor knot" and "The bitter Queen."

-Of course, many will gather in homes in the States. Expect lots of scones and cucumber sandwiches.

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8: 39 pm

Jennie Bond, one of the greatest experts of Britain on the Royal family - and a consultant paid for Associated Press date of marriage - said there is a suspicion that Prince William would be appointed the Duke of Cambridge.

"The Queen visits Cambridge before so many people thought that this was how it was going to be."

Called link title "a personal gift of the Queen, a mark of his esteem." to his grandson

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8: 37 pm

Breaking: Guests at the Royal Wedding began to enter in Westminster Abbey.

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8: 29 pm

Its titles fail to Prince William. The Queen appointed him the Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Strathearn and Baron Carrickfergus.

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8: 22 pm.

Big news on the costume of marriage! Well, small news. It is not on the dress.

Prince William will wear the Scarlet of the Irish Guards officer, AP Gregory Katz said Friday. Royal experts say that his choice of military ceremonial dress noted his desire to strengthen its image as a dedicated military, rather than the party boy jumping club, that he was once qualified.

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8: 01 pm

Breaking: Buckingham Palace said Prince William and Kate Middleton will receive the title of Duke and the Duchess of Cambridge.

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8: 00 a.m.

Some headlines in British newspapers:

-The Times of London: "to marry her prince.

-Daily Mirror: "more happy day of our lives".

-The Guardian: "two people will marry today - with 2 billion people watching."

-Daily Express: "" today William and Kate invite... the nation to celebrate our happy day""

-The Sun: "MOM would be so proud."

-Daily Mail: "Smile that says more waiting"

-Financial Times: "' hand in marriage: single life goodbye" "

-The Independent: (in several photos of marriage) "step interested in Royal Wedding?" Turn to page 6. ?

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7: 56 pm

AP Jonathan Shenfield and Andrea Foa work the crowd in the streets of London. Here are some of what people are saying near the Palace of Buckingham and along the Mall.

-Ingen Elise Kolste, consultant of the Norway: "I love them." I think that they are very good. When I saw William shaking hands with all people, it appears therefore that his mother and it's a good thing to be. ?

-Julie Lischer, visit Atlanta: "we have celebrities." Hollywood, this is the kind of our Royal family and it is not the same and we are so happy for will and Kate and following to grow, it's just very exciting. ?

-Anna Jones, who works in a store of Straffordshire in England: "we are so happy to be here - we believe that we have one of the best spaces."

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7: 37 am

Forget the dress (for the moment). Let's start with accessories:

Marriage of Kate ring made of Welsh gold by Wartski society, which has long ties to the Royal family.

AP Gregory Katz reported that Welsh gold, which is appreciated for its quality and rarity, was used in Royal Weddings since 1923. It was worn by Queen Elizabeth II, and the late Princess Diana.

As you may have heard today, it is the single ring ceremony - William has decided not to wear one. At least he'll never have to worry about losing.

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7: 25 pm

A 1902 - one of the Royal trucks - State Landau will carry William and Kate of the Abbey of Westminster at Buckingham Palace, the Palace, said Friday morning. This means that they will have top-down - in fact, it is not a top - so that they catch a drop of water, or both if the weather turns to the South.

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7: 13 am

Is - this too early to talk about beer? Not the royal wedding day. AP Fergus Bell, who is roaming Trafalgar Square, said he saw people wheeling crates of beer in the bar tent.

Cheers, marriage watchers.

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7: 03 pm

It is cool and cloudy in London at this time, but the Met Office, meteorological service national of Britain, said there will be "thinned development." But scattered showers are possible, so if you are in the city, bring your brolly. (For non-initiates, which is an umbrella in these regions).

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Bomb kills 2 soldiers of the NATO in Afghanistan - Associated Press

Bomb kills 2 NATO soldiers in Afghanistan (PA) - 4 hours ago

Kabul, Afghanistan (AP) - A bomb killed two soldiers from NATO and a gunman shot and killed a peace Council local official in the South of the Afghanistan where thousands of Afghan and international troops are preparing they to a resurgence of spring expected Taliban attacks, officials said Sunday.

The coalition stated that the service members were killed on Saturday. He did not provide additional details, or nationalities of the troops.

Earlier, NATO reported that a third service outside member died Saturday, when a coalition helicopter crashed in the province of Kapisa Alasay district to the East.

The death of 133 killed three litters the number of soldiers from NATO in Afghanistan so far this year.

Also the Ministry of the Interior in the South, a gunman assassinated Abdul Zahir, Helmand provincial deputy of the Council of peace and former top civilian leader in Marjah district, late Saturday in the provincial capital of Lashkar Gahsaid Sunday. Zahir was also a member of the Council for the local improvement area and key members of the Alizai tribe.

Appointment of Zahir Marjah district at the beginning Chief last year became controversial when folders and reports in Germany showed that Zahir was used as a framework more four years imprisonment for news attempted manslaughter for stabbing his son in 1998. A U.S. official confirmed that Zahir had a criminal record in Germany, but Zahir refused ever to spend time in a German prison.

His record was involved, because at the time, he was the man responsible for convincing the inhabitants of Marjah the central Afghan Government could better provide for them than the Taliban. Afghan and coalition forces launched a major offensive in Marjah in February 2010 in the rout of the insurgents from their strongholds in Helmand. Later, Zahir was named the face of a new local government - a key to the strategy of fight test against insurgencies of NATO.

NATO also confirmed Sunday that Afghan and coalition forces killed three leaders of the Haqqani network, a group of insurgents with close ties to al-Qaeda that operates primarily in the provinces of Paktika, Paktia and Khost. So far this year, more than 15 leaders Haqqani and over 130 other insurgents affiliated with the network have been captured or killed.

More than 90 prisoners were taken in Khost province, where the three is died Friday.

Among those killed was Salih Khan, a leader of Haqqani in Nadir Shah Kot district. According to the coalition, he formed the bomb, orchestrated car bomb attacks and handled logistics and communications for the insurgents in the region. In the past week, led Khan 20 fighters in two attacks on the coalition of advanced base operations, said coalition.

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The Court ordered the name of Mubarak off the coast of buildings - Detroit Free Press.

Egypt

An Egyptian court ordered Thursday that the name of ousted President Hosni Mubarak and his wife, Suzanne, are removed from all schools public and the institutions, the most recent step the legacy of 29 years of the former leader in the power of dismantling.

At the beginning of his reign, Mubarak said that modesty, he wanted his name on public buildings. But there are now hundreds, even thousands, of schools, streets, squares and libraries bear known as his wife and a major in central Cairo subway station.

In announcing the decision, Judge Mohammed Hassan Omar said "people have discovered corruption Mubarak trip."

Mall in Colorado

Authorities examined video of security Thursday in a shopping mall in Colorado where the discovery of a bomb pipe and propane two tanks after a fire has raised a possible link to the attack on Columbine High school massacre. The fire coincided with the twelfth anniversary of the fatal shooting of 2 kilometres.

No arrest had been made, but dozens of law enforcement officers have been scouring the video and other following leads to identify a man seen entering the mall through a side door not normally used by the public. The Mall reopened Thursday.

Southwest Plaza Mall propane tanks were discovered in the corridor of the Court of food after the fire was reported on Wednesday at 11: 50. The Columbine shooting started at 11: 12 and unexploded pipe bombs and a tank of propane with attached explosives have been found in the cafeteria of the school after the shooting.

Japan

Dam plans utility to protect the largest nuke plant

Tokyo Electric Power Co. will build a dike to protect its larger nuclear plant against a tsunami like which eliminated its Fukushima Dai-ichi plant, causing the worst nuclear crisis in 25 years.

TEPCO plans to build a wall to a height of 50 feet above sea level at the coast of its plant Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear power plant Northwest of Tokyo, Tanaka Ai spokesman said by telephone. Three of the seven reactors remain shut out at the station after an earthquake in 2007 caused radiation leaks.

TEPCO has been fighting to contain radiation spewing Fukushima plant after an earthquake of magnitude 9 on 11 March triggered a tsunami that flooded the station, knocking cooling systems.

Indonesia

Nineteen suspected terrorists arrested Thursday led the police to five massive bombs buried under a gas pipeline near a Catholic Church just outside the capital of the Indonesia, officials said.

Djoko Suyanto, Minister of security, believes militant Islamists had been drawn before attack of Easter celebrations. The US Embassy urged Americans to be vigilant.

Explosives defused safely on the premises, had been created to blow by cell phone to 9 hours of the morning today. The Church is large enough to contain 3,000 individuals.

Resignation: Senator John Ensign, R - Nev., 52, announced Thursday that he will resign in the midst of an investigation of ethics, insisting that he has done nothing wrong, but said that he could are no longer subject his family and his constituents in a more thorough investigation. He said he will send Vice President Joe Biden a letter today.

Top 100: Time magazine has named U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. President Barack Obama wrote the tribute for the shot that arizona Democrat in magazine may issue, saying that she "prayers of a rooting for her nation."

Rules again Cuba: The Treasury Department released new rules Thursday that make it easier for schools, churches and cultural groups to visit Cuba U.S. and increase the amount of money that can send the Americans.

Landslide: A landslide before dawn today left one person dead and about 40 missing in the South of the Philippines, said officials.

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Japan said the zone of exclusion nuclear plant - Associated Press

Japan said the exclusion zone around the plant (PA) nuclear - 48 minutes ago

TOKYO (AP) - Japan declared a zone of 12 miles (20 kilometres) to evacuate around its plant tsunami-crippled nuclear a zone of exclusion Thursday, urging residents to comply with the order in the interest of their own safety.

Secretary General, said Yukio Edano Government order took effect at midnight, was intended to prevent the unrestricted entrance in the mainly desert zone ordered evacuated after the tsunami and earthquake in the month last sinking of power of the plant in Fukushima Dai-ichi and cooling systems.

He gave no details of penalties for violating the order.

"We beseech the understanding of residents." We really want to residents not to enter the areas, "said Edano. "Unfortunately, he y still some people in the fields."

Officials, said that the order was intended to limit exposure to radiation from leaking from the plant and to control the entry to prevent theft.

Edano said authorities would arrange for residents to return for about two hours collecting the assets needed brief visits. Residents must go through radiation screening, he said.

Prime Minister Naoto Kan was visiting the region Thursday to meet with local officials and evacuees to discuss plans for the strict application of the evacuation zone.

Residents of almost of all the area around 80,000 left when the area was evacuated on March 12, but some were his return and police could not legally block.

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Turkish boat evacuates hundreds of wounded from the Libya for treatment - the Canadian Press

Turkish boat evacuates hundreds of wounded from the Libya for treatmentBy Associated Press - 28 minutes ago

ANKARA, Turkey - Turkish A ship evacuating hundreds of wounded from the Libya arrived Aegean side of Turkey Tuesday where a field hospital scrambled to provide emergency treatment.

Hospital transformed ferry injured residents of the besieged Libyan city Misrata and the stronghold of rebels in Benghazi for treatment in hospitals through the West of the Turkey. Over 160 ambulances were waiting.

Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ahmet Davutoglu, has declared Monday that the secure Turkey a temporary ceasefire in Misrata through the intense "telephone diplomacy" over the weekend that allowed the ship pick up the wounded. Misrata, 125 miles (200 km) southeast of the capital, Tripoli, have been largely cut off from the world for weeks.

Health Minister Recep Akdag Tuesday said "secure the ceasefire was critical" for the operation. It was only intended to allow safe passage of Turkish ferry in and out of the Libyan ports and is not part of the ceasefire agreement that attempts to Turkey to negotiate between Gaddafi and the opposition, officials said.

The ferry is carrying 321 wounded and 108 other Libyan accompanying. The boat which transported medical supplies in Libya, is also back with 29 foreigners, including those of the Greece, the Ukraine, Great Britain, Uzbekistan, Germany and Finland and dozens of Turks.

"The Turkey has become a leader country" in providing humanitarian aid, worldwide Akdag told journalists at the port of Cesme, as he waited for the arrival.

The Turkish Government has funded the trip and the Turkish Red Crescent and Islamic aid group HHI has provided staff and supplies. Twelve Turkish jets and a frigate provides protection for the ferry.

The Turkey evacuated 25,000 Turkish workers and more than 6 000 foreign Libya since he has succumbed to the chaos.

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