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  • 7
    Oct
    2012
    12:23pm, EDT

    Calling all zombies to 'Shocktober'

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    Visitors to the Shocktober Fest dressed as zombies pose at Tulleys Farm on Oct. 6, in Turners Hill, England. People dressed as zombies from around the United Kingdom have converged on Tulleys Farm in an attempt to set a new Guinness World Record for the most zombies together in one place.

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    A fake hand sits on a picnic table as visitors to the Shocktober Fest enjoy a meal at Tulleys Farm on Oct. 6, in Turners Hill, England.

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    Visitors to the Shocktober Fest dressed as zombies enjoy the occasion at Tulleys Farm on Oct. 6, in Turners Hill, England.

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    Visitors to the Shocktober Fest dressed as zombies pose at Tulleys Farm on Oct. 6, in Turners Hill, England.

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    Visitors to the Shocktober Fest dressed as zombies raise their hands in unison at Tulleys Farm on Oct. 6, in Turners Hill, England.

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  • 6
    Oct
    2012
    2:28pm, EDT

    Undeterred by jail time, 'The Naked Rambler' is back on the trail

     

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    Stephen Gough makes his way south through Peebles in the Scottish Borders, on Oct. 6, following his release the day before from Saughton Prison. The rambler has 18 convictions and has been in and out of prison since 2006 for offenses ranging from not wearing clothes in front of the sheriff, breach of the peace and contempt of court.

    Stephen Gough, known as 'The Naked Rambler,' has spent more than six years in Scottish prisons for refusing to put his clothes on. He was released from prison Friday after serving his latest sentence for public nudity. He has twice traversed the island of Great Britain wearing only boots, socks, a backpack and sometimes a hat.

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    Stephen Gough maeks his way south through Peebles in the Scottish Borders on Oct. 6.

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    Stephen Gough chats with a man he encountered on the road as he makes his way south through Peebles in the Scottish Borders.

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    Stephen Gough ends his walk for the day near Peebles in the Scottish Borders.

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    64 comments

    It is wonderful how nudity brings out the 9-year old in all of us. Who cares if he is naked? He would not be wandering naked for long, up here in Alaska. Nude hiking is possible a few days a year, but between the mosquitoes and the long, cold, winters, he would need a new hobby.

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  • 4
    Oct
    2012
    12:59pm, EDT

    Search for missing schoolgirl April Jones continues in rural Wales

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    Members of a mountain rescue team search the River Dyfi as the hunt for missing April Jones continues on Oct. 4 in Machynlleth, Wales.

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    Police forensic officers enter Mark Bridger's house in Esgairgeiliog, Mid Wales on Oct. 4. Police continued to question Bridger about the disappearance of five-year-old April Jones, who went missing from her home town of Machynlleth, on Monday.

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    Missing five-year-old girl April Jones.

    The search for a missing five-year-old girl in a rural area of Wales was stepped up on Thursday, three days after she went missing. Jones was last seen getting into a vehicle on Monday near her home in the rural market town of Machynlleth.

    Police have arrested 46-year-old Mark Bridger in connection with her disappearance.

    Rescuers appealed for volunteers with "good local knowledge" to search 32 villages around the town as it emerged that the missing girl needs regular medication for cerebral palsy.

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    Volunteer Kirsty Kelly helps to search for missing schoolgirl April Jones, near Aberangell, Mid Wales on Oct. 4.

    6 comments

    Is there any chance that this little girl is still alive? Either way, this is simply tragic. Let us pray for her and her family and do whatever we can as a community to help them out, however this story ends.

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  • 1
    Oct
    2012
    6:45pm, EDT

    London landmarks turned pink for breast cancer awareness

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    The Tower of London is illuminated pink for Breast Cancer Campaign's 'Turn London Landmarks Pink' for breast cancer awareness month on Oct. 1, 2012.

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    The HMS Belfast is illuminated pink for Breast Cancer Campaign's 'Turn London Landmarks Pink' for breast cancer awareness month, Oct. 1.

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    Trafalgar Square is illuminated pink for Breast Cancer Campaign's 'Turn London Landmarks Pink' for breast cancer awareness month, Oct. 1.

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    Buckingham Palace is illuminated pink for Breast Cancer Campaign's 'Turn London Landmarks Pink' for breast cancer awareness month, Oct. 1.

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    Somerset House is illuminated pink for Breast Cancer Campaign's 'Turn London Landmarks Pink' for breast cancer awareness month, Oct. 1.

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    A Queen's Guard stands guard as Buckingham Palace is turned pink for Breast Cancer Campaign's 'Turn London Landmarks Pink' for breast cancer awareness month, Oct. 1.

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    The Tower of London is illuminated pink for Breast Cancer Campaign's 'Turn London Landmarks Pink' for breast cancer awareness month, Oct. 1.

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    48 comments

    It's great to bring more awareness to cancer, but why does society and the media bring so much to breast cancer only? How about ALL cancer awareness? I guess it's because breast cancer affects women almost exclusively. If men had the breast cancer rate and women had prostates, prostate cancer would  …

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  • 15
    Sep
    2012
    6:27pm, EDT

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    TV series inspires festival in United Kingdom

    Performance artists Kitsch & Sync Collective entertain visitors to the Number Six Festival, Sept. 15, in Porthmadog, United Kingdom. The classic Italianate village of Portmeirion in North Wales is staging the first ever No. 6 Festival, named after the famous 1960's cult TV series 'The Prisoner' which was filmed in the village. The three-day festival is a kaleidoscope of entertainment with music, art and performances ranging from poetry to pop and classical music.

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  • 27
    Aug
    2012
    7:01am, EDT

    A festival of colors at London's Notting Hill Carnival

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    Members of the Paraiso School of Samba prepare to perform at the Notting Hill Carnival on August 27, 2012 in London, England.

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    Revelers dance at the carnival on August 26, 2012.

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    A performer dances in the street near police officers during the children's day parade on August 26, 2012.

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    A performer is painted green during the children's day parade.

    London's Notting Hill Carnival, the largest street festival of its kind in Europe — expected to attract around 1 million revelers this year— began on Sunday with brightly costumed dancers and traditional floats parading along a three-and-a-half mile route.

    The Caribbean-inspired celebration, which has taken place every August Bank Holiday since 1966, reaches its climax on Monday. Read more about the carnival from NBC News' U.K. partner ITV News.

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    A woman mixes rum punch.

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    A couple watch the carnival from a first-floor window on Portobello Road.

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    Revelers cover each other in paint and flour.

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  • 16
    Aug
    2012
    7:01am, EDT

    Taxi for Julian Assange? Supporters scuffle with cops outside Ecuador embassy in London

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    A British policeman asks a taxi driver, who had apparently arrived following a request to pick up Julian Assange, to leave after he pulled up outside the Ecuadorean embassy in London, where the Wikileaks founder has sought political asylum, on August 16, 2012.

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    Supporters of Julian Assange gather outside the Ecuadorean Embassy in London on August 16, 2012. Assange has been living inside the embassy since June 19 after requesting political asylum whilst facing extradition to Sweden to face allegations of sexual assault.

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    A supporter of Julian Assange is held by police outside the Ecuador embassy in London on August 16, 2012.

    Updated at 8:52 a.m. ET: LONDON -- Ecuador granted asylum to Julian Assange on Thursday, expressing fury at a threat by Britain to seize the WikiLeaks founder at its London embassy.

    NBC News wire services report — Protesters chanting slogans in support of Julian Assange tussled with police outside the Ecuadorean Embassy in London on Thursday after Britain said it might enter the building to detain the WikiLeaks founder holed up inside.

    A Reuters reporter saw at least three protesters being dragged away by police as the crowd shouted: "You are trying to start a war with Ecuador." About 20 officers were outside the embassy trying to push away the crowd of about 15 supporters. Read the full story.

    Ecuadorian officials have announced they will grant political asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been evading extradition to Sweden for the past eight weeks inside Ecuador's embassy in London. TODAY's Tamron Hall reports.

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    3 comments

    I'm disappointed the Brits are so anal over this. No one likes their dirty laundry shown to the public but the best cure for that is to have no dirty laundry in the first place. Face it Limy's, your just a bunch of scorned little boys..

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  • 9
    Aug
    2012
    8:19am, EDT

    Runners, walkers illuminate Edinburgh hillside in festival performance

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    Runners and walkers dressed in light emitting suits and holding light sticks make their way up Arthur's Seat as part of a dress rehearsal of a mass participation public art piece called 'Speed of Light' on August 8, 2012 in Edinburgh, Scotland.

    The piece which forms part of the annual Edinburgh Festival is set to illuminate the iconic natural monument as hundreds of people make their way up and around the hill, creating streaks of light as they go, Getty Images reports. Each of the walkers' glowing sticks is also set to provide a musical accompaniment as their movement triggers the sticks to create different sounds.

    Scenes from the Fringe: Edinburgh welcomes arts festival season

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    Walkers holding light sticks prepare for the final assent to the summit of Arthur's Seat.

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    Runners taking part in NVA's Speed of Light run in a circle to warm up before the performance.

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    The summit of Arthur's Seat, at an altitude of 822 feet, offers panoramic views of the city of Edinburgh and the Firth of Forth.

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  • 24
    Jul
    2012
    5:27am, EDT

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    A quick tidy-up before the Queen comes over for lunch

    Assisted by a policeman, a worker uses a feather duster to clean a lantern outside the door of Number 10 Downing Street on July 24, 2012 in London, England. British Prime Minister David Cameron is due to host a lunch at Downing Street for Her Majesty the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh as well as past Prime Ministers Sir John Major, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.

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  • 12
    Jul
    2012
    7:01pm, EDT

    Riots erupt in Northern Ireland

    Peter Morrison / AP

    Riot police come under attack from a petrol bomb thrown by Nationalist rioters in the Ardoyne area of North Belfast, Northern Ireland on July 12, 2012.

    July 12 is the busiest day of the marching season in Northern Ireland. Thousands of Orangemen and women, accompanied by marching bands, held their main Belfast event commemorating King William III's 1690 Battle of the Boyne victory over Catholic King James II. The tradition is seen as provocation by Irish nationalists who want to be part of a united Ireland. Police fired water cannon at Catholic youths in Belfast after rioting erupted. Read more here

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    Nationalist youths clash with riot police in the Ardoyne area of North Belfast, Northern Ireland on July 12, 2012.

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    Nationalist rioters hold the Irish flag as they face riot police in the Ardoyne area of North Belfast, Northern Ireland on July 12, 2012.

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    Nationalist residents shout at police as an Orange Order parade passes the Ardyone area of North Belfast, Northern Ireland on July 12, 2012.

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    Protestant bandsmen march past the mainly Catholic Ardyone area of North Belfast, Northern Ireland on July 12, 2012.

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    10 comments

    By the way...Everyone knows Jesus is Catholic...so those who are right are right. And there's me thinking he was a Jew.

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  • 12
    Jul
    2012
    1:47pm, EDT

    Secret gardens to bring Londoners relief from Olympics madness

    Olivia Harris / Reuters

    Fassett Square, a residential Victorian square built in the early 1860s, is seen in Hackney, east London, on May 16. The fictional Albert Square, in long-running British soap Eastenders, is based on Fassett Square. With London bracing itself for thousands of visitors during the Olympic Games, locals will appreciate more than ever the wealth of secret gardens and quiet corners dotted around the city.

    Olivia Harris / Reuters

    A family picnics in the private Warwick Square in Pimlico, London, on June 9. The private garden was designed in 1842 by Thomas Cubbitt. With London bracing itself for thousands of visitors during the Olympic Games, locals will appreciate more than ever the wealth of secret gardens and quiet corners dotted around the city.

    Reuters reports -- London based photographer Olivia Harris has spent weeks seeking out the many small areas of green space that nestle amongst London's squares and crescents, where people seek out some peace and quiet or a place to play. As London braces itself for thousands of visitors during the Olympics Games, locals will appreciate even more than ever the wealth of secret gardens and quiet corners dotted around the city.

    Related links:

    • Slideshow: Venues for 2012 London Olympic Games
    • London 2012: Hosting the Games
    • NBC's 2012 London Olympics website

     

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    A woman and boy eat lunch on a bench in Onslow Square Gardens in Kensington, west London, on April 17. The square dates from 1839 and famous ex residents include author William Makepeace Thackeray and the designer of Nelson's Column William Railton. With London bracing itself for thousands of visitors during the Olympic Games, locals will appreciate more than ever the wealth of secret gardens and quiet corners dotted around the city.

     

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    Nothing like a little peace and quiet ....

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  • 5
    Jul
    2012
    2:28pm, EDT

    Tallest building in European Union opened in London

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    Laser lights shine from The Shard over Tower Bridge on July 5, 2012 in London, England. The European Union's highest building, designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano, stands at 310 meters.

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    The Shard, Western Europe's tallest building, was formally inaugurated in London on Thursday by His Excellency Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassem Bin Jabor Al Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar and His Royal Highness the Duke of York. The event marks the physical completion of the exterior of the building, which is fast becoming one of the most recognizable London skyline silhouettes.

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    The Shard stands above London Bridge Station on Thursday in London, England. The European Union's highest building is to be formally inaugurated with a laser show this evening.

    Luke Macgregor / Reuters

    Tower Bridge, Canary Wharf, HMS Belfast and the Swiss RE (known as the Gherkin) building are visible from the 69th floor of the Shard during its inauguration in London.

    The Shard, Europe's tallest building will be officially dedicated. The glass paneling and tapered design have already made it one of London's most iconic landmarks. ITV's Lewis Vaughan Jones reports. 

    Carol Grisanti reports in the World News Blog that the 1,016 foot Shard was built at a cost of $2.35 billion:

    “It’s a vertical city,” said Renzo Piano, the acclaimed Italian architect who designed the building. A city featuring 28 floors of office space, three floors of restaurants, 10 luxury apartments spread out over 12 floors, a five-star hotel with 200 rooms and a viewing gallery on the 72nd  floor, which will be open to the public.  The finished structure suggests harmony, technical perfection and purity of design in architectural terms.

    But try telling that to its detractors -- who say it represents arrogance, power and money as Britain grapples with a double-dip recession and austerity cuts. Critics suspect mega-rich foreigners will be the only people wealthy enough to move in.

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    19 comments

    What sort of half-assed journalism omits 1. The height in feet or meters and 2. Number of stories total, in the first para of the article. This kind of slipshod reporting is just sad!

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