Prince William will take not wedding ring

1. April 2011 last updated at 13: 28 GMT Prince William showed the Queen around RAF Valley in Anglesey a wedding ring, St. James chose not wear Prince William's Palace says.

But his bride Kate Middleton, 29, wearing a band made from gold from the Clogau of St David's mine in Bontddu in North Wales.

The announcement about the rings came when the Queen of Prince William, 28, visited at the RAF base in Anglesey where he as search and rescue works pilot.

More details were also revealed on the participation of the armed forces in the wedding on 29 April.

From the Clogau of St David's gold was me for a number of royal wedding bands such as the Queen, the Queen Mother, and Diana, Princess of Wales used for.

The Queen was in 1986 with a fresh supply of gold from the mine and it is from this that Miss Middleton ring takes place.

A St James of Palace spokeswoman said: "after the engagement her Majesty the Queen, Prince William was some gold, a wedding ring to make."

"In accordance with the couple want Miss Middleton will wear a ring." "It will be the ring of Prince William."

William's does not carry father, the Prince of Wales, a wedding band, his grandfather, the Duke of Edinburgh.

Trumpeter and tornadoes

With only four weeks go to the wedding at Westminster Abbey, the Ministry of defence as much as military personnel revealed will play a role:

more than 1,000 members of the army, Navy and RAF will line the route from Westminster Abbey to the Buckingham Palacethey then be through a series of military bands, including trumpeter State by the Royal Marines, the grenadier guards and the Scots Guardsinside Westminster from the yacht household cavalry and eight RAF trumpeter play after fanfare will be of service, a select few staff - selected on the basis of their personal relationship with Prince William or their services to their service - line the Abbeya will leave the path, the newlyweds will go, as they guard of honour, consisting of members of the Welsh guards, is outside Buckingham Palaceat 1330 BST expect them, an advance flight with the battle of Britain Memorial flight over Buckingham Palace will take place. Two typhoons and two tornadoes will also be included

Gen Sir David Richards, Chief of the defence staff, said: "it is a great honour for the soldiers and soldiers take part and one that they and their families will remember with pride."

"they reflect the feelings of the whole of the armed forces, who share their pride in supporting this national celebration."

The Queen had to keep their hat in strong winds on the RAF Valley

"For those in the path food party an special and poignant honor are many have served together with Prince William, and I am sure that they delighted in is among the first to see his Royal Highness in addition to his bride under will take."

The information as the Queen and the Duke of her grandchildren on a personal tour Valley were taken by Red Army FACTION.

He showed them the equipment of the air crew winch people security and told them about some who rescues part had taken over, in.

They visited also the Moran building, a new training facility for Hawk pilots.

The Queen the building was officially opened in December but had to cancel due to the snow.

This time she saw with wind speeds of up to 50 mph, and her joke William: "I was worried would blow away your hat."

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U.S. unemployment rate hits two year low

1. April 2011 last updated to see 14: 23 GMT: U.S. group forced low-paid JobsThe U.S. unemployment rate fell to a new two year low in March by 8.8%, from 8.9% in February.

It was the fourth monthly drop in a row. The unemployment rate declined in the last four months by one percentage point.

Employer jobs 216.000 in March, the US Department of labor said, higher than the market expected.

"This is an indication that the recovery will continue," said David Sloan of IFR economy.

The most new jobs were in the private sector, in factories, shops and health care and education- and created several professional and financial services.

The new private sector jobs offset job losses in the public sector, mainly due to the cuts by the local government.

"Are of course good and can one hope that we continue to increase the market in the months to see", said Bernard Baumohl, Managing Director and global Chief Economist of the Economic Outlook Group.

If employers keep on job creation in this rate, how many economists expect, it will more 2.5 million new jobs in the United States by the end of the year.

"The steep decline in the unemployment rate and the solid employment growth in the last months are encouraging," said the Chairman of Council of economic advisers, Austan Goolsbee, in a post on the White House blog.

That little, but do widespread worry about to relieve, which is to make not enough jobs for the 7.5 million lost during the recession to create the economic recovery in the United States.

"As long as millions of people are looking for jobs, there are still lot of work doing the jobs replace lost in the downturn," Mr. Goolsbee confirmed.

Inflation fears

Analysts were also concerned about the possible impact of rising oil and other commodity and energy markets.

"There's a nagging concern, which may put at risk the job Outlook as energy prices to keep escalating," said Mr Baumohl.

", Is a squeeze on household spending and business investments, and one questions must be, if we see this slow the pace of hiring."

However, others to slow wage growth, which could offset the impact of higher energy and commodity prices had.

"Soft result mark yet, that underlying inflationary pressures are held back," said David Mann, regional head of research for the Americas at Standard Chartered in New York.

Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Commerce cut unexpectedly its estimate of fourth quarter growth to an annualized rate of 2.8%, by 3.2% previously.

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UN staff in Afghanistan protest killed

1. April 2011 last updated at 15: 10 GMT at least eight United Nations have been killed foreign workers in Afghanistan during an attack on a connection in the northern city of Mazar-e Sharif UN, officials say.

A protest on the incineration of the Qur'an in a church the violence occurred U.S. last month.

Had in Mazar-e Sharif several hundred people peacefully protest, when the scene violent suddenly.

Demonstrators shouted "Death in the United States, after Israel's death" after Friday prayers and went to attack the site.

On 20 March, Pastor Wayne Sapp set light to a copy of the Koran in a church in Florida.

The burning was another in the presence of Terry Jones, U.S. Pastor which last year drew condemnation of his aborted plan, to burn the Quran on the anniversary of the attacks of 11 September.

Protests against the Florida found burning in several Afghan cities on Friday - the demonstrators in Herat one called "Day of anger", Afghanistan Noor TV channel reports.

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Libya air raid 'civilians killed'

1. April 2011 last updated at 14: 32 GMT the BBC's Ben Brown: "A doctor told us seven civilians killed" seven civilians died and a coalition 25 were air strikes on a pro-Gaddafi convoy in East Libya hurt, it has a doctor told the BBC.

Dr. Suleiman Refardi, said el Argobe RAID in the village of Zawia Wednesday, 15 km (9 miles) of Brega occurred.

The strike hit a truck with ammunition, and the resulting explosion destroyed two close nearby houses.

The dead were in the age of 12 to 20, said Dr. Refardi. NATO says that it be investigated the claim.

The news comes as opposition leader Mustafa Abdul Jalil said the rebels would agree to a truce if Col Muammar Gaddafi's troops withdraw from cities.

"We agree on a cease-fire on the condition that our brothers in the Western cities have the freedom of expression and also, that the forces that have besieged the cities stand out," he told a press conference in the eastern rebel stronghold of Benghazi.

But he said, would the rebels not to demand back down, which must go Col Gaddafi.

'No rage'

Dr. Refardi told the BBC that the Libyan Government convoy had included tanks, artillery and trucks with ammunition.

A direct hit on an ammunition truck and trailer on a street in Zawia el Argobe a hail of shrapnel into nearby homes sent, he said.

Four of the dead were female, including three children from the same family, between 12 and 16 years, BBC reported Ben Brown of Brega.

The NATO led air strikes targeting Libyan Government tanks and ammunition supply convoys

Three boys aged between 14 and 20 years were also killed.

He said Dr. Refardi had spoken, the family of the girl, who had been slain and "was it not anger" with the coalition forces.

"When Ajdabiya had entered these tanks it would have been a massacre," he said.

"they [the Libyan people] are expecting more than this because they know the Gaddafi forces use civilians as a shield."

NATO officials told BBC that they made inquiries "down our operations chain all information to find out if indeed in the page operation that would support this claim".

Meanwhile, the BBC's Wyre Davies in Ajdabiya says rebels there on press around the town of Brega oil to the front.

Many enthusiastic if disorganized, he drive insurgents mounted in pickup trucks with heavy machine guns on the back, reported.

The BBC's Nick Springate in Brega says the flagging morale rebel fighters - usually ill-equipped and untrained - apparently well trained soldiers in all has a number of well armed, military uniform have been increased. It is not clear, where they have been our correspondent adds.

Gen Younis Abdel-Fatah, the former Libyan Minister of the Interior, which the rebels, übergelaufen also rebels outside Brega has.

Earlier, the BBC learned that a Libyan Government Envoy, Mohammed Ismail, had been in London in the last few days for talks with the authorities of the United Kingdom.

The UK Foreign Office says that in all your contacts with Libyan officials, it is clear, which made "Gaddafi has to go".

News of the visit was to the UK after former Foreign Minister of Libyan Moussa Koussa flew and said, was that resigned his post.

Since then, there were other unconfirmed reports that he converted more older Libyans are.

Al-Jazeera TV, said the Minister of intelligence, Deputy Foreign Minister and General Congress speaker waited for flights in Tunisia.

Oil Minister Shukri Ghanem has denied reports that he left to Libya.

He told the BBC today radio programme: "I'm in my Office in Tripoli working." "I try my best, try to keep this oil industry as an industry, try the damage as low as possible to keep, which is done with the installation, to the safety of personnel and the industry tried to secure the personal [and] to prevent the looting."

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New protests break out in Syria

1. April 2011 last updated at 14: 39 GMT emergency laws grant Syria's notorious security services wide ranging powers new anti-Government protests in various Syrian cities after Friday prayers, despite heavy security erupted.

Eye-witnesses reported that hundreds of people on the streets sing "Freedom!" The State news agency said demonstrators demanded reforms be speeded up.

Reports say security forces fire on protesters in Damascus suburb of the State Duma, opened with at least three people.

Had a day of the martyrs, of the dozens of people during two weeks of protests in honor synchronized activists Friday killed.

President Bashar al-Assad said earlier this week, that demonstrations part of a foreign "Plot were".

In a speech on Wednesday Mr Assad not announce the repeal of emergency legislation such as some analysts had predicted.

However, the President said later he had a Committee of law and to examine emergency - lift unpopular since 1963 led.

Support for Mr Assad was encouraged officially join regime also in evidence, with huge crowds shows of support for the regime in Damascus on Tuesday.

' Locked in'

On Friday, Deraa took demonstrators into the streets, Al Qamishli, Hassakeh and also Latakia, eyewitnesses said.

Allegedly, the demonstrators chanted "We want freedom!" and "The blood of the martyrs is not cheap!"

An eye-witness in Deraa told the BBC that the army used tear gas, had to disperse the crowds and several people injured had been.

Duma at least three people were killed when security forces say the fire on the demonstrators, opened reports. Also, a number of people were injured.

The towns of Qamishli and Hassakeh are in the North-East of Syria. The region is the Centre for the Kurdish population, which so far in the last two weeks of protests dispassionately, reports the BBC's Lina Sinjab in Damascus.

But in Qamishli and Hassakeh, demonstrators chanted "not Arabic, Kurdish, we want a national unity" in an attempt, all accusations of attempt, one Kurdish movement make to defeat, our correspondent says.

It adds that in Damascus a heavy security presence around the most important mosques is - began in particular the great mosque, where the first against the Government to protest.

Hundreds of security and pro-Government gangs to the mosque gathered and later with people pray in mixed.

The doors of the mosque were closed to prevent any protests, our correspondent says.

People are also reportedly locked in the al Rifa'i mosque in Damascus, where the prayers some chanting of "one who kills his people is to be a traitor" and "We are all Syrians".

"We fear, arrested, we want only freedom for those who are being held." You (the Government) security and bus waiting for us outside have "An admirer told the BBC."

Activists and rights groups estimate that 60 to 130 people in clashes have died in the past two weeks.

Government officials say the death toll is closer to 30.

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Showdown for Ivory Coast rivals

April 1, 2011 last updated at 15: 10 GMT Abidjan resident, Yann: "I heard a lot of gunfire and explosions" troops supported the UN-recognised President of C?te d'Ivoire, Alassane Ouattara, appear ready for a final push to his rival, Laurent Gbagbo displace, which refuses to give up the Presidency.

In the city, Abidjan, Pro-Ouattara, forces launched an attack on the fortified presidential residence.

French troops took approximately 500 foreigners a military camp in the midst of increasing uncertainty in the city.

Supporters launched a fresh offensive on Monday Mr Ouattara.

International him Mr Ouattara when President recognized declared Commission after the elections last year to the winner of a November runoff election, but was also Mr Gbagbo claimed victory.

'Mortar fire'

The BBC's John James in the Centre of Bouake says, this looks like the last hours for Laurent Gbagbo Government.

There is heavy fighting in the area around the presidential residence. "I still heavy gunfire and according to thud listening to mortar fire," a resident told the BBC.

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It is the real risk of a bloodbath in Abidjan, a city of five million people.

Although Laurent Gbagbo decides to flee, some of his militant supporters, known as the young patriots, been given weapons and was repeatedly told that Alassane Ouattara and his followers not true Ivorians are. You can decide to continue to fight.

As well as armed groups in the city are bad disciplined Pro-Ouattara.

Is a patchwork of fields, each controlled by different groups. Committed United Nations peacekeeping forces and French troops in strategic points around the city, to protect civilians.

But if riots break out, with the militant attack on civilians from groups as on the other side, allies and other United Nations peacekeeping forces will fight to its mandate.

A military source who said close to camp Gbagbo told of Reuters that Pro-Ouattara were forces attacking compound, added, that the Republican Guard and militia fought back.

A plume of smoke seen from the residence, which is located on a peninsula in Abidjan's lagoon.

Mr Gbagbo has seen in public for weeks have been. It is not clear whether he is on the site.

A spokesman, Abdon Georges Bayeto, told the BBC: "The President is not to resign." "He has been elected for five years and are we a struggle to set up."

Mr Gbagbo Adviser in Europe, Toussaint Alain, told the associated press: "President Gbagbo has not the country fled." "He is in Ivory Coast territory, in a safe place where he organizes and leads the resistance."

French troops, who say that they have taken, about 500 foreigners, including 150 French nationals, a military camp after they were threatened by looters in Abidjan.

"It is a security vacuum and opened the way for Raider, through the streets," Reuters news agency said French military spokesman Thierry Burkhard.

A Swedish woman working for the United Nations in Abidjan was killed by shots in her home late on Thursday.

UN and French peacekeepers took Abidjan's international airport.

Read the main world's largest cocoa ProducerOnce oasis of peace and prosperity in West AfricaAlassane Ouattara as President killed elect 2010 international sanctions, to Laurent Gbagbo for go473, a million since the controversial election9, fled to enforce 000 UN peacekeepers monitor 2003 CeasefireMr Ouattara's Government C?te d'Ivoire's country said, Sea or air borders had on another were closed even though later Friday said that the air border had now reopened.

It also explains that there is a curfew from 2100 GMT to 0600 GMT in Abidjan until Sunday.

Mr Gbagbo has refused to renounce the Presidency since November's election.

But the national army almost no resistance has since the start of the offensive by Mr Ouattara supporters, who now assumes that approximately 80% of the country to control.

The Human Rights Office of the United Nations urged Mr Ouattara, his troops, to rein in citing allegations of abductions and attacks on civilians.

"We are disturbing but unconfirmed reports that [Pro-Ouattara forces] have received during their advance towards Abidjan, human rights violations was committing", said Rupert Colville, a spokesman for the UN Commissioner for human rights.

He added the it also reports on Mr Gbagbo forces were killed civilians, and provided that the International Criminal Court was monitoring events in C?te d'Ivoire.

Lightning advance

Many senior officers, including Army Chief Gen Phillippe Mangou, as well as thousands of soldiers and police officers, Mr Gbagbo have given up.

Alassane Ouattara: "today, they are on the doorstep of Abidjan"

However, he retains the support of the Republican Guard, special forces and armed militia known as the "young patriots".

On Friday renewed its call to Mr Gbagbo to bottom are the African Union.

The United Nations, which helped organize last year's elections, certified Mr Ouattara win as legitimate. But Mr Gbagbo claimed the Presidency victory after the Constitutional Council Mr Ouattara lifted.

Since Monday, have the support of Mr Ouattara power lightning progress achieved move from their base in the North. On Wednesday, they captured the capital, Yamoussoukro, and the main port of San Pedro.

Sanctions and stopped cocoa exports in what is the world's largest producer of cocoa beans brought West Africa's second largest economy to its knees, with banks closed for more than a month.

An armed rebellion in the year 2002 share in two - a Department that the elections that were intended to heal the nation.

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April 1 is coming... Give life a little entertainment spirit... ...

April 1 is coming... Give life a little entertainment spirit... ...

A, office applicable

1. Modulation smell coke

Buy a bottle of coke, drank half later, adding vinegar, soy sauce, salt, mustard seasoning and so on, and carefully modulated a colour and lustre is normal smell coke. Meet acquaintances act like it is drinking, then naturally "coke" give up, the other side, the side of unsuspecting thanks big mouthful down, and then, to open the mouth will vomit. Eyebrows You can also make by old formula, such as to mineral water into wine, and to the spirit erguotou beer soap water etc. Against PM

2, toothpaste GaXinBing 

The GaXinBing unpacking and carefully through two cracker, remove the original sandwich, take out toothpaste (best is black teeth 

Cream, tastes good! ) Squeeze appropriate amount to bread, component follow individual "diet" habit, finally to Bob close, try to do too lifelike presentable. You generally no specially use, just put it to obvious place, best to prepare for the GaXinBing patches of the original watching TV and eating, would automatically someone patronage taste. This is called JiangTaiGong fishing, let person the bait. You can also the initiative, everywhere please people, although the risk bigger taste, but there must be many people trap. 

3, the song 

Prepare for a water or enamel washbasin (other can send out loud after by the blow of high decibels objects all but) and telephone. Try to use a very formal tone phone call for the other party, after connect according to below words: here is the music station, a X (can say don't say real surname), sir/miss for Y sir/miss point one song, if you wanted to hear, please dial "#" key listen to (average person can click). Thank you, the song is engine 

"When", please listen carefully. Then tap the prepared blow things out, knock only once, 1 of "when" in each other, not the reaction come over, say: thank you for listening before, happy April fool's day, goodbye! 

This method is applicable to between quarters, or available telephone contact friends, who is a close final. In addition on the phone process must not laugh, lest affect effect and atmosphere. 

 4, double postage 

Estimation good time, ahead of time to send a letter of your friends, but don't put stamps, also don't make your mail address write (or it will give you back). This April fool's day one day, your friend will receive a notification issued by the post office, was told that wins he have a postage due mail, please to so-and-so post office and pay for place on get double postage. When he arrived in so-and-so post office, dusty, humbly after sending the postage on double, opened the envelope, but found savoir inside a small note, top write "happy April fool's day." But the joke may time could achieve error, the effect that there may not be an imagination of so good. 

5, gifts 

If someone's birthday on April fool's day, they gave him a write "happy birthday" big box, the box, and filled with scraps of this fluffed up. When he picked up the box, this fall, scraps of fly all over the house, is going to be up for the was a fool. Half an hour 

6, measuring 

With a cut the rope pranksters, stopped a pedestrian, to him for help measure size. Then take the other side of the rope, turned the corner, and stopped another pedestrian, likewise. Then you can hide in the side to complainers. Two people may wait ten minutes, seeing no action to put down the rope head, to find each other ask clear, then just can discover fooled. This is the good way to fool strangers. 

Second, network application: 

1 the most primary methods: simple, suitable for all use computers 

The toilet while others in their computer screen saver, set on and adding * * * *; Fake website administrator speech: "system will restart, please keep hands quit after the work"; E-mail to a friend, first Winzip, packaging, packaging... again Finally make self-extracting files, so circulates several times, finally open letter other only six Word: today is April fool's day! 

2. Easy to let art: appropriate use MSN instant messaging software friends 

Use emergency will are using instant messaging software was a fool ZhiKai, open the instant messaging software revision personal data options, use a keyboard, mouse, will be a fool looks to a comprehensive network of modifications. As for how to change, then take your interest and ability. Finally, don't forget the destruction of all the evidence may expose evidences. This method will not be discovered, not only let be a fool 1:30 was friends don't know who he was, even be a fool myself also 1:30 was confused. 

3, another method is seeking to be fools MSN number 

Himself to apply for a MSN number, according to the details of fools provide your personal information. Will be a fool to join you apply new number contact list, and then began to grab the weakness of "big bombing". This method is mainly to don't let them know of who you are, so in use must note hidden, try not to let the other side to you have suspicion. 

Remind be fools: whenever and wherever there are ten million should remember will leave the computer system lock, again. Once the suspect in Plan, can only be careful, carefully to observe cracked. 

4, bait-and-switch: change is a fool some of computer Settings 

Using the microphone and Windows bringing "recorder" program to record some terrorist or extraordinary voice, and then the Settings for Windows open (closed) machine voice. So when be fools open (closed) machine, suddenly must be jump. Will be a fool in the computer "my documents" of the corresponding target folder change and let its mistake written document all disappear hard. Will be a fool commonly used some application shortcuts target change and let its click shortcut open procedure, but found start-up not and shortcut corresponding program. Note must will shortcut icon to maintain and original procedures. 

These methods a fool's effect is the first-class, enough to be a fool a racing heartbeat, increased blood pressure, emit cold sweat. But when use must careful, because but they made a great mistake. 

Remind: don't give anyone is April fool's day can be as close as your computer's chance. 

5, move hardware 

Computer broke down, average person can see program or whether Internet wrong, seldom consider that slight little hardware you can be a fool also did not go to work, and it will display before the power plug or mouse plug fluffed up so that when be fools work opened his computer will find display screen or hints the mouse can't find, as he did not know what to do, you will easily appears, brace again, then each other not only questions resolved never think be fooled, but also greatly appreciate you? 

Of course there are also "vicious" one court, that is will display contrast to adjust the minimum to screen for dark principle. So, unless the other very talk, or extremely difficult to find the real cause. If he feels is hardware that right, and likely will own computer "big discharging, in order to check eight" reasons. 

Remind: should pay attention to observe carefully monitor power indicator. Whether you can find the problem, see you Not deep spiritual deep.