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Today, in London, July 22th of 2013, thousands of Britons broke into song and dance outside the palace gates. Officials announced that the future king was born at 4:24 p.m., weighing 3.75 kilograms, at central London's St. Mary's Hospital. He was the Prince William and Kate Middleton’s son. The royal tradition keep a terse statement that announced only the time of birth, the infant's gender and that mother and child were doing well. It gave no information about the baby's name. "Her Royal Highness and her child are both doing well and will remain in hospital overnight," it said. William also issued a brief statement, saying "we could not be happier." Kingdom’s press aides had talked about preserving Kate Middleton's "dignity" throughout the pregnancy. The way the birth was handled showed that the palace's impressive stagecraft could give the royals a bubble of privacy even in the age of Twitter and 24-hour news bro...

A British national resident in Spain has been caught stealing several bottles of Russian Vodka. Spanish authorities are planning to issue an expulsion decision against him. He cannot be expelled as his behavior does not represent a serious and genuine threat to Spanish society. This example means a big problem. In fact, in USA, there is a crime prevention organization, NASP. It provides programs and technical support for retail theft with its primary focus on petty theft or non-professional consumer shoplifting - a crime generally defined as stealing merchandise from a retail store with the intent to deprive the owner of that property Facts: More than $13 billion worth of goods are stolen from retailers each year. That's more than $35 million per day. There are approximately 27 million shoplifters (or 1 in 11 people) in our nation today. More than 10 million people have been caught shoplifting in the last five years. Shoplifting affects more than the off...