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Obama accuses Clinton of ‘dirty tricks’
Did members of Hillary Clinton's campaign team circulate a photo of Barack Obama dressed in tribal robes on a trip to Kenya in 2006, in an effort to feed into the
false rumour that the Democratic contender is a Muslim? The Obama camp is convinced the appearance of the photo... [continued]
Newsdesk: Obama poll lead 
US Election Special
In Pics: Obama on the campaign trail
Secrets of the ‘Bardem bob’
The man responsible for the most talked-about haircut in Oscar history since Robert de Niro's 'mohawk' in Taxi Driver has broken cover: he's Paul LeBlanc (left in our
composite picture), a Canadian hairdresser from New Brunswick who created Javier Bardem's 'killer bob' for his Oscar-winning role in No Country For... [continued]
The First Post A-Z of Oscar winning films
Chris Goodwin reports from the Oscars
No Country for Old Men trailer
WWII hero Pearl Cornioley dies at 93
A courageous Englishwoman who spent a year during the Second World War as a British secret agent behind enemy lines, but had to wait 60 years to be decorated for her courage because she was a woman, has died at the age of 93. When the Queen presented Pearl Cornioley... [continued]
Elton’s Oscars party is a hit
Oscars night proved a big flop with television viewers, as predicted on The First Post. With so few box office hits up for awards - of the key films, only Juno has done any real
business at the cinema - the audience fell by 20 per cent according... [continued]
Best and worst Oscars moments
The First Post A-Z of Oscar-winning films
The First Post report on the Oscars ceremony
In Pics: red the winner on Oscars red carpet
Sarkozy cuts short his stay with Queen
After all the hand-wringing over whether Nicolas Sarkozy would bring his then-mistress Carla Bruni with him on his first state visit to Britain, it seems the French
President has cut short his two-night stay at Windsor Castle in March to a whirlwind one-night stopover. The Queen... [continued]
Sarko loses his cool with 'dumb ass' voter
In brief: Eric Clapton to play Pyongyang
North Korea has invited Eric Clapton (pictured) to perform in Pyongyang next year… The Tate Gallery has bought for an undisclosed sum Jake and Dinos
Chapman's Turner Prize-shortlisted sculpture The Chapman Family Collection from collector Charles Saatchi, who originally bought the work in 2002 for £1m...... [continued]
Gimme some Pyongyang blues
Galliano dazzles with Dior show
The British creative director of Christian Dior, John Galliano, seduced Paris fashion week on Monday with a show that turned the clock back to the Sixties, evoking the spirit of
Jackie O and rich bored housewives a la Anne Bancroft in The Graduate. Opening the show with Mrs... [continued]
In Pictures: Paris fashion week so far
Donatella Versace wows Milan
Fashion world ponders Armani attack on Wintour
Sir David in opera drama over turbine
Sir David Attenborough, the veteran wildlife broadcaster and conservationist, has found himself in an unlikely standoff with countryside campaigners, after supporting the installation of a 70m-high wind turbine for Glyndebourne Opera. Attenborough has given his backing for the turbine, which the opera house hopes will slash... [continued]
