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Kate gets SAS training amid kidnap threat

LONDON: Prince Williams wife Kate Middleton has been given special training to protect herself,a media report said. The 29-year-old Duchess of Cambridge recently took the intensive personal protection programme of Special Air Service a specialised forces regiment of the British Army amid fears she has become a kidnap target,The Sun reported.

Alfred Hitchcocks earliest film found

LOS ANGELES: Three reels of legendary filmaker Alfred Hitchcocks 1924s film The White Shadow,thought to be his earliest work,has been found in New Zealand. Just in time for the filmmakers 112th birthday,archivists announced the discovery of the first half of the film,The Hollywood Reporter said.

Australian school bans kids rolling up sleeves

MELBOURNE: An Australian school,which earlier tried to ban hugging,is now cracking down on students rolling up their sleeves. William Duncan State School in Gold Coast announced a rule that banned rolling up jumper sleeves keeping with its strict uniform policy.