Prince William to fly an air ambulance

As the first-born child to the late Princess Diana and the Prince of Wales and second in line to the British throne, Prince Wiliiam has never been far from the public eye. Click through the gallery for a look back at every year of his life so far.

Prince Charles and Princess Diana leave St. Mary's Hospital in London with Prince William on June 22, 1982. A bulletin announced that the royal baby weighed 7 pounds, 1 1/2 ounces.

Prince William takes his first steps in public with his parents in the walled garden at Kensington Palace on December 14, 1983.

Accompanied by his nanny Barbara Barnes, Price William waves as he leaves St. Mary's Hospital after visiting his mother and his newborn brother, Prince Harry, on September 16, 1984.

From the balcony of Buckingham Palace, a young Prince William watches the Trooping of the Color in 1985 with Lady Gabriella Windsor, left, and Lady Zara Phillips.

Prince William waves from a carriage en route to the wedding of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson on July 23, 1986.

Wearing a regulation school uniform, Prince William waves to the press on his first day at Wetherby School on January 15, 1987.

In 1988, Prince Charles and Princess Diana visit Palma De Mallorca, Spain, with their two sons.

Prince William and Prince Harry ride bicycles with their parents in 1989 while on holiday in the Scilly Isles.

On a private beach in 1990, Prince William shovels sand onto his mother. Photos of the young prince with his adoring mother were common as media interest swelled.

Prince William and Prince Harry wave from the deck of the Royal Yacht Britannia in 1991.

Princess Diana and Prince William wait for Prince Harry after attending the annual Easter Sunday church service in 1992 at St. Georges Chapel inside Windsor Castle.

Prince William grimaces after riding Splash Mountain at Disney World's Magic Kindom in Florida. He was with friends of the royal family on a three-day vacation in 1993.

Accompanied by Prince William, Princess Diana arrives at Wimbledon before the start of the women's singles final in 1994.

Queen Elizabeth II, Prince William and Prince Charles attend a service commemorating VJ Day outside Buckingham Palace in August 1995. The event was in honor of the day Japan surrendered to Allied forces, effectively ending World War II.

Prince Charles and Prince Harry, at left, stand for anthems as Prince William, right, looks around during the Wales-Scotland game in the 1996 Five Nations rugby championship.

At age 15, Prince William and his brother Harry, 12, bow their heads after their mother's funeral at Westminster Abbey on September 6, 1997. Princess Diana died in a car crash in Paris that August.

Prince William receives flowers from an adoring crowd in Vancouver on March 24, 1998. He was on a weeklong vacation with his father and brother, though they also made time for official engagements.

Britain's Queen Mother joins Prince Charles and his sons during an occasion marking her 99th birthday at her London residence in 1999.

Prince William hammers a log while helping construct walkways in a remote village in Chile during his Raleigh International expedition in 2000.

In 2001, Prince William, left, and Prince Harry take part in an exhibition polo match in Gloucestershire, England.

The royal family stand vigil besides the Queen Mother's coffin at Westminster Hall on April 8, 2002. Prince William, right, stands alongside Prince Harry, Princess Anne and Sophie of Wessex.

A London officeworker licks a first-class stamp that was issued to mark Prince William's 21st birthday in 2003. Commemorative coins were also minted for the occassion.

Prince William makes his water polo debut for the Scottish national universities squad in the annual Celtic Nations tournament in 2004.

In 2005, Prince William graduates from St. Andrews University in Scotland with a degree in geography.

Queen Elizabeth glances up at her grandson, right, as she inspects the parade at the Royal Military Academy in 2006. Prince William graduated as an Army officer and later went on to receive his Royal Air Force pilot's wings

Prince William and Prince Harry speak on stage with Sir Elton John, far left, during a concert they put on to celebrate Princess Diana on July 1, 2007. The event fell on what would have been their mother's 46th birthday and marked 10 years since her death.

Prince William sports a beard for the first time in public at a Christmas Day church service in 2008. He was clean-shaven by early January.

Prince William walks with a group of homeless people during a 2009 hike with Centrepoint, the United Kingdom's largest youth charity for the homeless. William became the patron of the organization in 2005.

During his first official overseas visit, Prince William is welcomed to Sydney with a traditional smoke ceremony by local Aboriginal elder Uncle Max in 2010.

After their wedding service, Prince William kisses his wife, Kate Middleton, on the balcony of Buckingham Palace on April 29, 2011.

Prince William throws a foam javelin as his wife, now the Duchess of Cambridge, stands at his side during a visit to Nottingham, England, on June 13, 2012. The couple were in the city as part of Queen Elizabeth II's diamond jubilee tour, marking the 60th anniversary of her accession to the throne.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge depart St. Mary's Hospital in London with their newborn son on July 23, 2013. Prince George was born a day earlier, weighing 8 pounds, 6 ounces.

Prince George and his parents celebrate his first birthday at a butterfly exhibition at the Natural History Museum in London on July 2.

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• Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, has taken on a new role as an air ambulance pilot


• The duke previously worked as as a search and rescue pilot for the Royal Air Force


• Prince William is the first royal in direct line to the British throne to have taken a civilian job


• He will be based near his country home on the Queen's Sandringham Estate

(CNN) -- Britain's Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, is going back to work, taking on a new role as an air ambulance pilot.

The duke will start training in September, a year after leaving the Royal Air Force, where he flew search and rescue helicopters. He will have his first air ambulance shift in spring 2015.

It's the first time a royal who's in direct line to the throne has taken a civilian job. The East Anglian Air Ambulance is operated by a private company, Bond Air Services, but the Duke will donate his salary to charity.

He'll be based near his country home on the Queen's Sandringham Estate, which should allow him to remain a hands-on dad to his one-year-old heir Prince George.

A palace spokesman said Prince William was "hugely excited and motivated" by his new job.

"The Duke sees this as a true form of public service, helping people in their most difficult times," the spokesman said. "He regards his work with the RAF search and rescue force as having been an exceptional privilege and the Duke wanted to make his own contribution to the outstanding work of the air ambulance service."

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The high-profile royal would have had to weigh up the risks of taking on a civilian, as opposed to military, role. Public interest could affect not only his work, but potentially also that of medics and patients on board his aircraft. There is the heightened possibility of phone footage emerging of his rescues which could compromise privacy and security. There's also the risk of additional hoax calls.

These were not a major issues whilst Prince William was a military search and rescue pilot because he was working in a remote part of west Wales and over water. The two air ambulances in East Anglia are the most widely used in the UK and operate in a built-up area. Their usual landing spots include school playing fields; residential gardens; car parks; beaches and any open space deemed possible by the pilot.

William is currently on what officials have described as a "transitional year," focusing on his royal duties and charitable work. He always planned to return to work and was keen that it would involve flying.

Most air ambulance pilots have a military background like the Duke, who joined a squadron based at RAF Valley after qualifying as a search and rescue pilot in 2010. He undertook 156 search and rescue operations, resulting in 149 people being rescued. He is highly skilled.

Andrew Egerton Smith, chairman of the East Anglian Air Ambulance said: "Having the Duke of Cambridge as one of our pilots is marvelous news as he brings much experience to the charity after his successful career as a search and rescue pilot. We have an outstanding track record of attending people in their hour of need which is recognized and generously supported by our local communities."

William will spend the autumn and winter in training with the East Anglian Air Ambulance and, once qualified, will start co-piloting in the spring of next year. He will work from Cambridge and Norwich Airports doing both day and night shifts. The Duke is then expected to progress to the position of helicopter commander.

The palace said the pilot role would be the Duke's "primary occupation." Its statement added: "But his roster will take into account the duties and responsibilities he will continue to undertake on behalf of The Queen, both in the United Kingdom and overseas. The Duke will also continue his work with his patronages and with the Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry."

The Duke has always been keen on a role beyond his royal duties whilst he is still second in line to the throne. This job will allow him to balance both positions whilst having his young family close-by.

The Cambridges' country house, Anmer Hall, is being renovated and is set in idyllic rural surroundings which affords the family more privacy than their official residence at Kensington Palace, London, which is constantly monitored by photographers.

Activist finally meets stolen grandson

Estela Carlotto, the president of Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo (Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo), smiles after announcing the recovery of her grandson Guido --the son of her daughter Laura missing in 1977.

• Estela Carlotto's grandson was taken by government forces during Argentina's dictatorship


• She never lost hope that he was alive


• A DNA test confirms the identity of her grandson


• The mother was killed while in captivity

(CNN) -- Estela Carlotto's wish was to hug her grandson before she died -- a dream not easily granted to those like her who had a family member snatched at birth during Argentina's military dictatorship.

During her nearly four-decade journey, she became the leader of the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, a famous group of Argentine activists dedicated to reuniting kidnapped babies with their birth families.

And this week, she learned her wish will come true, when the Abuelas, as the group is known, announced that Carlotto's own grandson has been identified through a DNA test.

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More than 100 people have been reunited thanks to the efforts of the Abuelas, but the news that the search for the group's leader is fulfilled struck a strong chord in Argentina.

"He searched for me," Carlotto told reporters. "What the grandmothers say came to be: 'They will come search for us just as we continue to search for them.'"

The kidnappings of children by government forces during Argentina's 1976 to 1983 military dictatorship is among the darkest chapters in a period commonly called the Dirty War.

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Carlotto's daughter, Laura, belonged to an urban guerrilla group called Montoneros, according to the Abuelas. She was in her young 20s when she was arrested -- kidnapped, the activist group says -- and imprisoned in 1977. Laura was 2½ months pregnant when she was detained.

On June 26, 1978, she gave birth at a military hospital to a son she named Guido. But afterward she was returned to her cell without her baby. Two months later, she was executed, according to the Abuelas. Her remains were exhumed and identified in 1985.

The dictatorship left Estela Carlotto without a daughter, and in the dark about what happened to her grandson. But she has said in interviews that she never lost hope that he was alive.

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"He's beautiful," she told a reporter, her voice filled with the same tenderness of a grandmother doting a newborn's photo.

But for the moment, details about her grandson's life remain few to protect his privacy.

The 36-year-old man identified as Guido Montoya Carlotto is Ignacio Hurban, director of a music school in the city of Olavarria, about 220 miles southwest of Buenos Aires.

According to the Grandmothers, Hurban had some doubts about his life story and in June initiated contact with the Abuelas with his suspicions. He submitted to interviews with the group as well as a DNA test that confirmed the match.

A crowd of supporters burst into cheers when Carlotto retold the moment when she got the call that "this is your grandson with 99.99% certainty."

It isn't clear when the man first had doubts about his origins, but the group mentioned that in the past he had participated in events for the Grandmothers.

Among the first to call Carlotto after the news was revealed was Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. Both women cried as they celebrated the outcome.

And as for that long-awaited hug, Argentina's state-run Telam news agency reported that grandmother and grandson would be reunited for the first time in person Wednesday evening.

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Russia extends Snowden's stay

Edward Snowden gets three more years of residency in Russia.

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• Snowden's disclosures in 2013 made him an icon among some


• Edward Snowden is a former government information technology contractor


• U.S. authorities have charged him with espionage and theft of government property

(CNN) -- Edward Snowden, who leaked secret information about U.S. spying programs, has been granted an extension to stay in Russia for three more years, his attorney said in a televised press conference in Moscow Thursday.

Snowden recently formally requested that Russia's government extend his temporary asylum, and Snowden attorney Anatoly Kucherena said the request had been accepted.

"As of August 1, 2014, Snowden has received residency for three years," Kucherena told reporters Thursday.

Snowden's temporary asylum in Russia ended on July 31. He'd been holed up at a Moscow airport for five weeks before the Russian government granted asylum for one year on August 1, 2013.

Snowden has kept busy working for a Russian website and speaking out on the disclosures about the U.S. government's spying programs and processes that he helped make public.

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Snowden's disclosures in 2013 made him an icon among those who praised him for risking his future to expose these secrets and a villain among those who accused him of being a lawbreaker who betrayed the United States.

The former government information technology contractor collected information on spy programs -- in which the NSA mined phone and Internet metadata from thousands of people inside and outside of the United States -- and exposed the programs to the media.

U.S. authorities have charged him with espionage and theft of government property.

No change in U.S. stance

The White House says the extension of Snowden's asylum in Russia doesn't change the U.S. government's desire for his return.

"There's been no change in our position: Mr. Snowden faces felony charges here in the United States," said Ned Price, a spokesman for the National Security Council.

"He should return to the U.S. as soon as possible, where he will be accorded full due process and protections."

U.S. intelligence agencies fear Snowden has achieved celebrity as a leaker and could be inspiring others to disclose classified national security information.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently commented on Snowden's case in an interview with the German magazine Der Spiegel.

"I think he is a poor messenger for the message that he's trying to take credit for," she told the magazine.

"I think he could have provoked the debate in our country without stealing and distributing material that was government property and was of some consequence," Clinton said.

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Ex-judge calls own ruling racist

• Judge sheds doubt on a murder conviction he handed down in 1999


• He says he told the convicted man's lawyer, "I think I made a mistake"


• On Thursday, a new judge could overturn the verdict against Donald Kagan


• "It's not fair," says family of victim shot in scuffle that led to Kagan's conviction

(CNN) -- It was something former New York Supreme Court Judge Frank Barbaro just couldn't get out of his mind: His 1999 second-degree murder conviction of a white man who said he killed a black man in self-defense.

On Thursday, 15 years after that conviction, a new judge is expected to announce her decision either to overturn the murder conviction or let Barbaro's decision stand.

The case is being revisited because Barbaro, a white judge who had gained a reputation as a staunch supporter of civil rights, says his own racial bias may have led him to convict the suspect of murder.

"I couldn't get out of my mind the look on the lawyer's face when I said I found him guilty. And the defendant on the stand, like he was pleading to me, 'It just happened, it just happened,' and that was sort of haunting me," Barbaro said earlier this year in an exclusive interview with CNN.

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The defendant was Donald Kagan, now 39, who was charged with the murder of Wavell Wint, 23, after shooting him during a confrontation at a Brooklyn movie theater in 1998.

Kagan, who is white, testified during a two-day trial before Barbaro that during the confrontation he had been afraid of Wint, who was black.

Kagan said he came to the theater armed because the neighborhood had a reputation of being unsafe.

Wint, according to the trial record, had been confrontational with a number of people that night before the encounter with Kagan. Wint was not armed.

When their paths eventually crossed, words were exchanged and they scuffled. Wint was shot and killed, and Kagan was charged with murder. Barbaro landed the bench trial.

Barbaro said it may have been because of his reputation for fairness that Kagan chose to put his fate in the judge's hands and not a jury's.

In his opinion, Barbaro wrote, "The circumstantial evidence convinces the court that when [Kagan], in response to [Wint's] verbal taunts, pulled out his gun for the second and last time, he fully intended to kill [Wint].''

He said later that he did not give much weight to the self-defense argument presented by Kagan's attorney. He was convinced at the time that Kagan was racist and wanted to kill a black person, he said.

Barbaro found Kagan guilty of second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon. He was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison, where he remains today.

'I think I made a mistake'

Several years after the Kagan verdict, Barbaro wondered if he may have been wrong to convict him of murder.

Barbaro always had his pulse on the cause of civil rights. He stuck up for the underdog in his personal life and professionally, as a lawyer and former state legislator, before becoming a judge. Was he so influenced by his civil rights passions that he had assumed the only reason Kagan shot Wint was because Wint was black? Had he given Kagan a fair trial?

Patti Barbaro, the judge's wife, told CNN earlier this year, "He said, 'I really feel I need to revisit this case. I need to get the transcripts. I don't feel comfortable with this. It's been haunting me.'"

Finally, in 2011, Barbaro called Kagan's defense attorney Jeff Adler and made an amazing admission:

"I think I made a mistake," he told him. He asked the attorney to send him the transcript of the trial.

After reading his own trial record, Barbaro came to the conclusion that in his quest for equality between the races, he completely ignored the trial evidence that had to do with Kagan's claim of self-defense. He realized he really hadn't considered whether Kagan felt an imminent fear for his life during the confrontation.

That began the process of a lengthy new legal battle, with the defense filing a motion to set aside Barbaro's murder verdict based on one of the most unusual claims the courts would ever hear: The trial judge was admitting he had not given the defendant a fair trial.

The judge -- who by then had retired and no longer had jurisdiction in the case -- became, in effect, a witness for the defense of the man he had convicted years earlier.

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Wint's family: 'It's not fair'

Barbaro testified at a December 2013 hearing and was cross-examined by the prosecution, who questioned the judge's memory of events in an effort to discount his admission of racial bias.

The family of Wavell Wint, including his now-grown son, attended that hearing, too. They were angry that the justice they felt they received with the verdict so many years ago could possibly be taken away.

One month later, Wint's family returned to court to hear arguments on the issue by both sides. In an impassioned plea, the prosecution told the court the conviction should stand, that 14 years ago Judge Frank Barbaro thoughtfully issued a very well-reasoned opinion. They said even if his personal beliefs colored his perception of the case, that was not grounds to overturn the verdict.

"It's not fair," said Carmen De Jesus, who was Wint's girlfriend and the mother of his child. "My son grew up without a father, it's not fair. [Kagan] pulled out the gun and he murdered that man." Wint's family told CNN.

Judge ShawnDya L. Simpson, who presided at the December hearing, is expected to issue a decision Thursday. Simpson has postponed giving her decision in this case two times already this year. Those close to the case say there is a possibility she may postpone again.

Even if Barbaro's verdict stands, Kagan still is eligible for parole this fall.

"It wasn't difficult to come forward," Barbaro said after testifying in a hearing on whether Kagan should be freed. "It is painful to know I sent an innocent man to jail."

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State cops to help fight Chicago violence

• Dozens of Illinois State Police to be sent to Chicago to combat gun violence


• Troopers to form "surge" teams with Chicago police


• The 40 officers are expected to be added in the next 30 days

(CNN) -- In yet another sign of the gravity of Chicago's violent crime problem, 40 Illinois State Police officers will soon hit the streets in beleaguered neighborhoods.

The officers represent an expansion of a partnership between Chicago Police and the Illinois State Police.

"Earlier this year I told (Chicago) Mayor (Rahm) Emanuel we would help in any way we could to combat violence in the city. When he requested assistance, I immediately agreed to help," Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn said in a press release announcing the move.

The 40 officers will join the Chicago Police Department's Fugitive Unit and help search for wanted criminals.

"I'm proud to bring so many partners together to focus on real solutions that will help ensure every child in every neighborhood has the safety and opportunities they deserve," Emanuel said in a press release.

The additional officers are expected to be added in the next 30 days.

Chicago is suffering through an awful summer of violent shootings. Over the Fourth of July weekend alone more than 60 people were shot and nine were killed.

The state police and Chicago Police will form "surge" teams with five Chicago Police officers and two state troopers, according to the press release from Quinn's office. The teams will work to find known violent criminals in an effort to get them off of the streets of Chicago.

The expanded partnership will be funded with current state police resources.

And at the city level, steps have been taken to get more boots on the ground. Last week, Chicago Police Superintendent Garry F. McCarthy ordered 150 officers to be taken off of administrative jobs and added to street patrol, Monday through Thursday, CNN affiliate WLS reported.

In addition to heightened police forces, the city is also taking a softer approach to quell crime.

A local supermarket chain will provide food for Faith in Action community events. These events, hosted by community and faith groups, take place in neighborhoods most impacted by violence.

After Faith in Action events were held over Memorial Day, there were no shootings in Chicago for 42 hours, according to a statement from the mayor's office.

"I am very pleased that Mayor Emanuel has committed to a community process to address our public safety challenges," said the Rev. Dr. L. Bernard Jakes of the West Point Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago. "He is listening and responding."

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