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Buffett becomes world’s richest man
Legendary US investor Warren Buffett has overtaken his friend and sometime bridge partner Bill Gates as the world's richest individual, with a fortune of $62bn,
despite giving away a large chunk of his fortune to charity. The Nebraska-based investor has topped Forbes magazine's annual ranking of the... [continued]
Newsdesk: Buffett tops Forbes list 
Lunch at the diner with Warren
The rise of Slim Helu
Burrell refuses to return to Di inquest
Diana's former butler Paul Burrell has refused to return to the London inquest into her death, despite being asked to explain discrepancies between his evidence and
a video recording in which he apparently claims that he introduced "red herrings". In the video obtained by the Sun newspaper,... [continued]
Burrell humiliated at Diana inquest
‘Boring’ Gormley rages at ‘crap’ art
Who's the 'crap' artist - Antony Gormley or those who have been trying to emulate his success with his monumental Angel of the North? Gormley chose the launch on Wednesday
of new work at London's White Cube Gallery to tell the Independent what he thinks of modern public artworks in... [continued]
Wallinger aims high for Kent sculpture
Artists battle for fourth Trafalgar plinth
American memoir hoax: the sequel
As the US publishing world reels from the latest literary hoax - Margaret Seltzer's fabricated memoir Love and Consequences - it turns out this is not the first time the
book’s editor, Sarah McGrath of Riverhead, has been hoodwinked. In 2006, McGrath championed fashion writer Emily Davies's... [continued]
'Gang girl' author really a Valley Girl
James Frey returns - with a novel this time
Cecilia to marry her long-term lover
Cecilia Cignaner-Albaniz is to marry Richard Attias, the PR man she had a love affair with during her marriage to French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Her marriage plans were confirmed by fashion house Versace which will design the couple's wedding outfits. Point de Vue magazine say the ceremony... [continued]
Sarko and Bruni's secret wedding
Frosty times for Sarkozy and Merkel
In brief: Dirty Dancing star Swayze has pancreatic cancer
Patrick Swayze, 55-year-old star of Dirty Dancing and Ghost, has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer; however, his doctor says reports that the actor
(pictured above with co-star Jennifer Grey in Dirty Dancing) has just five weeks to live are "absolutely untrue"... Paula Radcliffe has been forced to... [continued]
Video: Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing
Kureishi’s sister has something to tell him
Though most of the reviews for Hanif Kureishi’s latest novel, Something To Tell You, have been encouraging, one critic he has failed to impress is his sister. Yasmin
Kureishi and her brother have developed a mutual loathing over the years, and her article in Tuesday’s Independent... [continued]
British writers storm Hollywood
Backstreet Boys mogul faces 25 year sentence
The impresario behind the Backstreet Boys is set to plead guilty to charges of embezzling $300m. Lou Pearlman, 53, who also represented Justin Timberlake's band N'Sync, has been in a US jail since he was spotted by a couple of German tourists and arrested in Indonesia in... [continued]
