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Rogue trader Jerome Kerviel breaks silence
France's 31-year-old rogue trader Jerome Kerviel yesterday broke his silence, two weeks after he was unveiled as the man responsible for the biggest trading loss in history. In an
exclusive interview with Agence France-Presse, Kerviel admitted "partial responsibility" but said that he refused to be a scapegoat... [continued]
Jerome Kerviel goes from zero to hero 
Madonna and Gucci ignore Kabbalah claims
A glittering cast of stars including Drew Barrymore, Salma Hayek, Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher is expected to turn up for Gucci
and Madonna's red-carpet charity bash in New York tonight, despite the furore surrounding the fundraising gala. Gucci is celebrating a new flagship store on... [continued]
Weinstein and Minelli usher in new era of Halston
Beatles’ guru Maharishi drops out, aged (approx) 91
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the Indian guru who sought to turn the Beatles off drugs and on to universal peace, love and transcendental meditation, has died at his Netherlands home. The Maharishi made headlines in 1967, the summer of Flower Power, when the Fab Four, along with their... [continued]
In brief: Cecilia keen to marry lover
France's former first lady Cecilia Sarkozy is said to be rushing ahead with wedding plans of her own, to long-time lover Richard Attias, after her ex-husband
Nicolas married supermodel Carla Bruni... Vanity Fair magazine's annual Oscars night party - Hollywood's most glamorous and exclusive post-awards show event
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Simon Mann sent to Equatorial Guinea
Under-fire Flint tap dances into trouble
Caroline Flint, the tap-dancing Housing Minister who yesterday told the Guardian that people who live in council houses should be forced to look for jobs as a condition of
their tenancy, is in deep water with her boss, Gordon Brown. He only promoted her to the Cabinet a... [continued]
Newsdesk: Council house plans 'unworkable', says Flint
Mellencamp lashes out at John McCain
John McCain isn't only in trouble with right-wing American pundits who believe he is not Republican enough to take his party's nomination - see Alexander Cockburn's
column in The First Post today - he's also in trouble with an old rocker. McCain has been using songs by... [continued]
Alexander Cockburn: Super Tuesday plunges parties into civil war
In Town Last Night: Larry Clark and the kids
Although better known for his controversial movies such as Kids and Ken Park, it was Larry Clark’s latest photographs of urban youth, Los Angeles
2003-2006, that drew a crowd last night. Dinner and drinks followed a private view at London’s Simon Lee Gallery, attended by party... [continued]
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Putin’s legacy: Russia’s greatest love machine?
With less than a month left in office, it seems outgoing Russian president Vladimir Putin - known for his expertise as a judo master, skier, fighter plane pilot and even
bare-breasted hunter - is finally happy to show a softer side. He appears to have done nothing... [continued]
Putin unleashes judo master on foreign press
Labour treasurer faces challenge
A human rights barrister is to take on Jack Dromey in a David and Goliath battle for the job of Labour Party Treasurer. Dromey (pictured), a Labour party dinosaur, who is also deputy general-secretary of the TGWU union, a member of Labour's national executive, and the husband of party chair... [continued]
