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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Lockerbie shuns limelight as Libya unravels (AP)

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 05:00 PM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 1988 file photo, a police officer walks past the wreckage in Lockerbie, Scotland of Pan Am Flight 103 from London to New York. The Dec. 21, 1988 explosion would quickly transform the Scottish town into a byword for international terror. Now it is being remembered again because of the 2011 conflict in Libya, the country that accepted responsibility for blowing up Pan Am Flight 103. (AP Photo)AP - One winter's night in 1988, dozens of bodies fell from the sky onto the green fields surrounding a small stone church a few miles outside this Scottish town.

Bahrain crown prince to miss royal wedding (AFP)

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 12:35 PM PDT

The Crown Prince of Bahrain on Sunday announced he has declined an invitation to attend Britain's royal wedding because of ongoing unrest in the Gulf kingdom. Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, pictured in 2009, said he had delayed sending his regrets, hoping for the situation in Bahrain to improve before Prince William and Kate Middleton marry on April 29, his office said in a statement.(AFP/File/Karim Sahib)AFP - Bahrain's crown prince on Sunday turned down a controversial invitation to the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton because of ongoing unrest in the Gulf kingdom.

Troubled Bahrain declines royal wedding invite (AFP)

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 11:43 AM PDT

The Crown Prince of Bahrain on Sunday announced he has declined an invitation to attend Britain's royal wedding because of ongoing unrest in the Gulf kingdom. Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, pictured in 2009, said he had delayed sending his regrets, hoping for the situation in Bahrain to improve before Prince William and Kate Middleton marry on April 29, his office said in a statement.(AFP/File/Karim Sahib)AFP - The Crown Prince of Bahrain on Sunday announced he has declined an invitation to attend Britain's royal wedding because of ongoing unrest in the Gulf kingdom.

Bahrain crown prince declines royal wedding invite (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 10:38 AM PDT

Reuters - Bahrain's crown prince said he would not attend Britain's royal wedding on April 29 because of continuing unrest in his Gulf Arab kingdom, defusing a potentially embarrassing row over his invitation.

Bahrain crown prince declines royal wedding invite (AP)

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 10:13 AM PDT

FILE - In this Monday, June 11, 2007 file photo the Crown Prince of Bahrain, Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, right, speaks during the 96th International Labor Organization, ILO, Assembly at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. The full list of confirmed guests and the seating plan for the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton were released by the British monarchy Saturday April 23, 2011. St. James's Palace also confirmed for the first time that Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa will be attending, despite British concerns about the treatment of activists there. Bahrain's royal family ordered a wide-ranging brutal crackdown against pro-democracy demonstrators that started in mid-February. At least 30 people have died, including four in custody, and many well-known activists and lawyers have been imprisoned. (AP Photo/Keystone, Sandro Campardo, File)AP - Bahrain's crown prince on Sunday declined an invitation to attend Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding, saying he did not want the Gulf nation's unrest to tarnish the celebration.

Wills and Kate: Royal honeymoon ahead (AP)

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 03:19 AM PDT

FILE - This Aug. 2002 file photo shows Balmoral Castle, near Ballater in the Scottish Highlands. In real estate, it's location, location, location. For royal honeymooners, it's privacy, privacy, privacy. Once they are man and wife, Prince William and Kate Middleton may combine the two by honeymooning at the queen's 50,000-acre Balmoral estate in Scotland, a family holding so vast that the couple could relax without worrying about their every movement being tracked by long-lensed paparazzi. They would likely combine a stay in Scotland, a beautiful spot but with iffy weather, with a visit to a reliably sunny locale, royal experts believe.(AP Photo/Martin Cleaver)AP - In real estate, it's location, location, location. For royal honeymooners, it's privacy, privacy, privacy.

All bets are on for royal wedding wagers (AFP)

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 02:15 AM PDT

A tourist holds a commemorative Royal Wedding carrier bag in central London on April 23. British bookmakers are having a field day taking bets on every aspect of the royal wedding, from the first dance to the Queen's hat -- and Prince Philip nodding off during the ceremony.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - British bookmakers are having a field day taking bets on every aspect of the royal wedding, from the first dance to the Queen's hat -- and Prince Philip nodding off during the ceremony.

Cameron blasted as coalition tensions surface (AFP)

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 12:16 AM PDT

Prime Minister David Cameron (R) and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg are pictured through railings during a visit to a hospital. The sense of discord between the Conservative-Liberal Democrat governing coalition has grown with Clegg launching a direct blast at Cameron.(AFP/Lefteris Pitarakis)AFP - The sense of discord between the Conservative-Liberal Democrat governing coalition grew on Sunday as Deputy PM Nick Clegg launched a direct blast at Prime Minister David Cameron.

The great escape: Brits flee royal wedding (AFP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 07:51 PM PDT

Photo illustration. Fully 45 percent of Britons are not planning to watch the royal wedding, a survey has indicated and millions of people in the country are planning to go on holiday instead.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - While much of the country grinds to a halt for the royal wedding next week, Susie Cleary will be camping with friends in the wilds of rural Wales, in blissful oblivion.

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