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Did Edwards cheat on terminally ill wife?
The American supermarket tabloid the National Enquirer has dropped a bombshell on the Democratic race for the White House with a story, long rumoured, that John Edwards
cheated on his wife who is terminally ill with cancer, and is the father of an unborn love child. The story has been... [continued]
All the candidates for 2008 
Blackwater shoots NY Times dog dead
The Blackwater security company, already under investigation over the killing of 17 people by its bodyguards in a Baghdad street in September, is in trouble again. This time, one of the firm's
security teams has shot dead the office dog of the New York Times bureau in Baghdad. Correspondent Alissa... [continued]
Blackwater boot camp in pictures
The Pros and Cons of private security firms
Sarko has popped the question, says Italian model’s mama
French president Nicolas Sarkozy has asked Carla Bruni to marry him, the Italian-born model's mother has hinted. On Monday, long-lens shots of Sarkozy and Bruni, 39,
together at the Mickey Mouse Parade in Disneyland kicked-started the French rumour-mill. Now Ms Bruni's mother, Marisa Bruni Tedeschi, has... [continued]
Gaddafi pitches his tent in Paris
Are Sarko and Carla a Disneyland item?
Radio 1’s politically-correct Pogues U-turn
Radio 1 controller Andy Parfitt has announced a U-turn on his policy to censor Christmas hit Fairy Tale of New York by the Pogues. Yesterday, the decision was announced to
bleep out the word "faggott" from the 20-year-old song as members of the audience might find... [continued]
Punk legend: Joe Strummer remembered
Masseuse: ‘Henri Paul drove like a maniac’
The inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales has heard from Dodi Fayed's former personal masseuse and spiritual healer Myriah Daniels. The
loquacious American's first words to the court were: "Is this, like, being on the stand, or what? OK?" She went on to... [continued]
Diana needed marriage 'like a rash'
Wall Street supremo buys $20m Magna Carta for nation
The only copy of the Magna Carta still in private ownership has been bought by the private equity billionaire David Rubenstein. He purchased the centuries-old document at auction at Sotheby's New York and says he intends to keep it in the US on display in the National... [continued]
In Brief: Winehouse released on bail
Troubled singer Amy Winehouse has been released on bail, following her arrest for perverting the course of justice in the case against her husband, who is still in jail... French police have banned Formula 1 ace Lewis Hamilton from driving for a month after he was... [continued]
Carrey makes his bid for an Oscar
After the success of Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain, which told the love story of two cowboys, Hollywood is ready for another gay romance – this time starring Jim Carrey, the goofy comedian turned serious actor, and Scottish actor Ewan McGregor in a dark comedy based on a... [continued]
