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The Drudge effect - twice in a week
Matt Drudge is having quite a week: first he causes mayhem on the presidential election trail by posting a photograph of Barack Obama dressed in Somali tribal robes;
now he picks up on an obscure Australian magazine report and blows Prince Harry's cover in Afghanistan, as reported here on Thursday.... [continued]
Prince Harry fights the Taliban - until foreign media trash his cover 
Alexander Cockburn: Obama must fight fire with fire
Prince Harry leaves Afghanistan after foreign media trash his cover
British Army chiefs have decided to fly Prince Harry home from Afghanistan after the secret came out on Thursday that the prince, third in line to the throne, has been fighting on
the frontline in Helmand province. Harry, a lieutenant in the Blues and Royals regiment, has been serving since... [continued]
Video: Harry in Afghanistan
In pictures: Harry in Helmand
The Drudge effect - twice in a week
Pros and cons: Prince Harry serving in Iraq
Medvedev streets ahead of Russian rivals
In a one-sided election that would make Fidel and Raul Castro proud, Russians go to the polls this Sunday to elect the successor to President Vladimir
Putin. Opinion polls show the out-and-out frontrunner to be Vlad's chosen successor, Dmitry Medvedev of the United Russia Party, who has promised to make... [continued]
Russia waits for Medvedev the normal
Monkeys clean up at NME Awards
It seems that Arctic Monkeys can't pass an awards ceremony without picking up another host of glittering trophies. After taking the big two at the Brits (best group and album for
Favourite Worst Nightmare), the Sheffield four-piece went one better at last night's NME Awards at the O2... [continued]
In pictures: NME Awards
Guggenheim boss quits after two decades
One of the most prestigious jobs on the international art scene has become vacant after Thomas Krens (right), controversial director of the Guggenheim, announced his
resignation after almost 20 years. Under his guidance, the Guggenheim expanded from its famous Manhattan museum to become a global brand. His flagship project was... [continued]
Norman Rosenthal retires from Royal Academy after 31 years
Valentino successor shows respect
It was never going to be easy to fill the immaculate shoes of Valentino Garavani at his eponymous fashion house - but Alessandro Facchinetti appears to have passed
her first test. The 35-year-old Italian designer sent out a collection at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris which had Valentino loyalists... [continued]
Fur flies at Gaultier show
In Pictures: Paris fashion week highlights
Valentino bows out in Paris
Juno ‘not Canadian enough’ for awards
Juno, the Canadian-spawned box-office hit starring Nova Scotian Ellen Page (left) as a wisecracking pregnant teen, may have scooped an Oscar for its script, but
it's not eligible for a Genie, Canada's Academy Awards, because it's not considered Canadian enough. Despite a Canadian star (Page), a Montreal-born director (Jason... [continued]
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Diablo Cody, Hollywood's unlikely new darling
Interview with Diablo Cody
In brief: Opera diva Jenkins hits back
Diva Katherine Jenkins has defended her middle-of-the-road approach to opera after being labelled a 'fake singer' by Dame Kiri te Kanawa... Heath Ledger's doctors in California and Texas are to be investigated by the Drug Enforcement Agency for prescribing him painkillers... Tilda Swinton has confirmed that she gave her Oscar... [continued]
