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Brown gets no comfort from Obama
Gordon Brown’s apparently irrevocable downward slide is unlikely to be reversed by the grinning presence of Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama, who visits
the Prime Minister in London tomorrow. What might have given Brown a little bounce, or at least a sliver of reflected glory, would... [continued]
Newsdesk: Obama woos 200,000 Berliners 
Young Gadaffi starts war with Europe
The arrest of the Libyan leader's son Hannibal Gadaffi (pictured) in Switzerland – he was held in jail for two days following a fracas at a hotel with domestic staff – has
sparked a major international incident, with Libya banishing Swiss firms like Nestle and halting oil... [continued]
Gadaffi’s son sparks economic war
Tracy Ann Oberman attacked for taking too much credit for play
Actress Tracy Ann Oberman (pictured) has been rounded on by the playwright Diane Samuels for claiming all the credit for their collaborative reworking of Chekhov’s Three Sisters. Both women are named as co-writers on the play, which was re-named 3 Sisters on Hope Street, and set in... [continued]
Mohamed Fayed does well in oil
Mohamed Fayed, the multi-millionaire owner of Harrods, has struck oil – literally. Following a short trial in the London High Courts on Thursday, he was awarded a share in the
proceeds of three oil wells near his country house, Barrow Green Court, in Surrey. The ruling means... [continued]
Fayed says ‘enough is enough’ over Di claims
In brief: Dickie Attenborough attacks violence in movies
Lord ‘Dickie’ Attenborough, the actor and Oscar-winning film director who made his name playing a gangster in the 1947 film Brighton Rock (above), says violent films are partly responsible for the rise in street crime. He told the Brighton Evening Argus that because knives were commonplace in films,... [continued]
John Cleese’s divorce woes
John Cleese (pictured with wife Alyce) seems to be convinced he is going to be squeezed until the pips squeak by his third and soon-to-be ex wife Alyce Faye
Eichelberger. "Guess how much I’m paying her at the moment?" the actor asked guests at a fund-raising event... [continued]
Divorce no laughing matter for Cleese
Max Mosley out for blood
It seemed unlikely that Max Mosley would be content with winning his landmark privacy case against the News of the World. And so it seems. According to today’s
Times, which like the Sunday tabloid is owned by Rupert Murdoch, Mosley is now preparing to bring libel actions that could reap... [continued]
Was S&M fan Max Mosley set up?
