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Sarah Palin replaced at Republican event
Is Sarah Palin’s star on the wane? The Republican Party have just announced they are replacing the Alaskan Governor and self-styled ‘pit bull in lipstick’ as the main attraction at their spring fundraising dinner, at which she had been slated to give the key address. The move... [continued]
Prince Charles meets Hu for peace talks
The Prince of Wales (pictured) has had a frosty relationship with the Chinese government ever since the handover of Hong Kong in 1997 when he called the
Chinese leadership "appalling old waxworks". Last year he ruffled diplomatic feathers again by boycotting the Beijing Olympics in support of Tibet and his... [continued]
The Mole: Brown will not get global deal – but he will get a grinning group photo 
Obama’s G20: being President just got heavier
Nick Clegg furious at Obama snub
Nick Clegg, leader of the Lib Dems, has got his knickers in a twist because he was denied the chance to meet President Barack Obama during his visit to London.
Initially, Clegg accepted that he would not be meeting the president because it is not an official state visit. However,... [continued]
In Pictures: Obama's visit to London
The Mole: love-struck Brown and Obama reveal their very own 'special relationship'
Obama’s G20: being President just got heavier
G20 Summit: diary of a London green protestor
People: ‘Calamity Clegg’ reveals number of lovers
Madonna faces legal challenge over girl
Madonna’s controversial attempt to adopt a second Malawian child - she already has one, three-year-old David Banda - looks set to be challenged in the courts.
According to the Independent, a collection of almost 90 Malawian civil rights groups met on Tuesday to decide on what legal action they could... [continued]
People: Madonna takes adopted son David Banda to meet his father
Shearer V Ashley: the battle begins
The news this morning that the clean-cut former England centre-forward Alan Shearer (pictured) is to be the new manager at his old club Newcastle United will delight his
fans on Tyneside. But could the appointment have echoes of the fractious 44 days Brian Clough spent at Leeds United, as documented... [continued]
Sports Pages: Shearer takes over as Newcastle manager
Sarah Brown seeks to impress at Downing Street dinner
Sarah Brown will host a dinner at Number Ten tonight for the partners of the G20 summit leaders, among them, of course, Michelle Obama (left). Because
neither Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner of Argentina nor Angela Merkel of Germany are bringing their husbands, it will be an all-women affair.... [continued]
People: Michelle Obama gets diva-esque entourage
Barack Obama at G20: being President just got heavier
G20 summits: diary of a London green protestor
The Mole: Love-struck Brown and Obama's 'special relationship'
McCain asks Obama to pardon dead boxer
Last year's Republican presidential candidate John McCain is putting pressure on Barack Obama to announce a posthumous presidential pardon for Jack
Johnson, America's first black heavyweight boxing champion. Johnson (pictured in 1932) was convicted in 1913 of having a relationship with a white prostitute and... [continued]
In pictures: America’s racist past
People: Spitzer resigns after call-girl scandal
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