UPCOMING ON FRIDAY, JULY 19, 2013
RUSSIA-OPPOSITION TRIAL
KIROV, Russia A Russian court to decide whether Alexei Navalny, a leading opposition figure, should be freed from prison while he appeals his five-year conviction for stealing timbers. Conviction and jailing of Navalny, who has become the leader of the most serious opposition movement to President Vladimir Putin's rule, has been criticized heavily by the United States and the European Union.
BRITAIN-ROYAL PATERNITY LEAVE
LONDON He may be royal, but when it comes to paternity leave Prince William is in the same boat as everyone else. Like thousands of other new fathers in Britain, he will get two weeks off when his child is born. Along with British society, the royal family has been gradually modernizing its attitudes to birth and parenting. William's father, Prince Charles, was present at the birth of his two sons, who were born in a hospital rather than a palace both breaks from royal tradition. But William is the first senior royal to receive statutory paternity leave, which was introduced in Britain in 2003. By Jill Lawless.
