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Marion Jones is jailed for six months
Marion Jones, the US athlete who won five Olympic medals at the 2000 Games in Sydney, has been sentenced to six months' jail by a judge in White Plains, New York for lying to federal
investigators on two counts. In October Jones finally conceded - after seven... [continued]
In pictures: Marion Jones - fall from grace 
Amateur video: Marion Jones wins first Olympic title
Video: Marion Jones stars in promotional film
Sir Edmund Hillary dies, aged 88
Mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary, the laid-back beekeeper from New Zealand who with Sherpa Tenzing became the first to conquer Mount Everest, has died at the age of
88. Hillary, who preferred to be known as just "Ed" and said of his conquest "we knocked the bastard off",... [continued]
Sir Edmund Hillary (1919-2008): his life in pictures
In Town Last Night: Johnny, Helena et al at Sweeney premiere
Johnny Depp has delighted critics and fans with his singing voice in the film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's murderous musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet
Street. But at the film's London premiere he warned fans not to expect to see him singing again. The 44-year-old actor said: “It... [continued]
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In Brief: Oliver says sorry to Sainsbury’s
Jamie Oliver has apologised to Sainsbury's for criticising the supermarket - which spent £5m on TV advertising fronted by Oliver over Christmas - over refusing to take part in a televised debate on the standards of battery chickens; Oliver has written an open letter to every member... [continued]
Duke’s letters to Di were ‘nasty, cruel’
The Duke of Edinburgh wrote "nasty, cruel and disparaging" letters to his daughter-in-law, a close friend of Diana's has told the inquest into her death. Alternative
therapist Simone Simmons said the princess had shown her two letters from Prince Philip dating from 1994 or 1995 which left her "absolutely shocked".... [continued]
British security 'leaked Squidgy tape'
From F1 to the Nano, India goes car mad
To judge from the billboards in Mumbai (Bombay) and the buzz at the annual New Delhi motor show, it appears that India has gone car-crazy - with two of the country's most dynamic tycoons at the heart of it. However, the two men's projects could not have been more different:... [continued]
Cecilia loses bid to stop book that says Sarko is ‘a stingy philanderer’
Cecilia Sarkozy, France's former First Lady, has lost a legal bid to block publication of a book in which she is quoted as calling her ex-husband a "stingy philanderer" who is "incapable of love", even towards his children, and who on becoming president plunged himself into a round of karaoke... [continued]
Britney and Adnan’s excellent adventure
After a brief trip to Mexico, where she reportedly vanished to escape her parents' efforts to have her committed to a mental hospital, Britney Spears's whirlwind adventure with her
new friend, paparazzo Adnan Ghalib, saw the pair back at her home in Hollywood yesterday. The fact that... [continued]
Britney in hiding with Brummie pap
