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Sarah Palin ‘thought about abortion’
Campaigners on both sides of the US abortion debate have been reacting over the weekend to the surprising admission by Sarah Palin that she briefly considered having an abortion -
though she didn't use the word - after learning that her unborn son Trig was going to suffer from Down's... [continued]
People: Sarah Palin's pick for AG 'supports rape' 
People: Comic-book Obama takes axe to Palin
Hunger strike threat by Roxana Saberi
In the absence of an American embassy in Tehran, the Obama administration has approached the Swiss, who are represented in the Iranian capital, to try to ascertain in what conditions the
American-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi is being held and to help negotiate her freedom. Saberi was sentenced to eight... [continued]
Obama's letter to Russia piles pressure on Iran
Actor Paul Newman exposed as ‘a drunk and a womaniser’
Seven months after Paul Newman's death from cancer, an American film critic is about to publish a book which suggests that the much-loved actor, famed for his charity work and his
long marriage to his wife Joanne Woodward, was actually a drunk and a womaniser. Shawn Levy, film critic... [continued]
People: Hollywood hero Paul Newman dies
In pictures: The life of Paul Newman
Novelist JG Ballard dies at 78
The British author JG Ballard, who died on Sunday at 78 after battling cancer for several years, did not like being called a science fiction writer. "By calling a novel like Crash science fiction, you isolate the book and you don't think about what it is," he said. Ballard preferred... [continued]
Nicolas Sarkozy insults Spanish PM
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, as reported here on Friday, has managed to mock not only President Barack Obama - whom he called "inexperienced" and "not always up
to scratch with decisions and efficiency" - but also the Spanish Prime Minister, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. It transpires that the latter insult... [continued]
People: Sarkozy turns guns on President Obama
The day Charlie Watts punched Mick Jagger in the face
A Rolling Stones fanzine editor, who followed the band around the world for 17 years, getting the occasional interview in reward for his tenacity, has published a book in which he claims that
relations between Mick Jagger and the rest of the band so awkward that the other called him... [continued]
People: Jerry Hall takes a swipe at Jagger
Kate Garraway ‘fury’ at Derek Draper’s ruse
One of the many women unamused by Damian McBride's proposed smear campaign, discussed in emails to LabourList blogger Derek Draper, was Draper's wife, the GMTV
presenter Kate Garraway. According to the Sunday Telegraph, Garraway (pictured) was so angry that she pulled out of a joint television appearance she and... [continued]
The Mole: Brown must listen to the women in his life
People: McBride - 'My days with Michelle Obama'
