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‘Obvious’ Burrell was lying, says coroner
It was "blindingly obvious" that Paul Burrell, former butler to Diana, Princess of Wales, was lying when he gave evidence at the inquest into the deaths of the
princess and her friend Dodi Fayed, the coroner said today. Beginning his second day of summing up, following six... [continued]
The coroner on Mohamed Fayed 
It's payback time
Bruno’s hotpants scare Kansas locals
Sacha Baron Cohen is being a menace again. Following his controversial 2006 hit Borat, comes his latest 'mockumentary', Bruno, in which he masquerades as a gay
Austrian TV fashion presenter. Footage has emerged of the British comedian terrorising Kansas locals by stripping down to a pair of hotpants... [continued]
Video: see 'Bruno' in Kansas
Germany fetes Red Baron hero as film opens in Berlin
Berlin rolled out the red carpet last night for a World War One hero - the legendary Red Baron who downed 80 Allied planes before being shot down on April 21, 1918 by a Canadian pilot, Roy Brown. The occasion was the premiere of a new German-made film, Der Rote... [continued]
Mugabe’s sister and the white farmer
Zimbabwe's beleaguered President Robert Mugabe has not only recalcitrant voters to cope with. He also has to deal with a personal tragedy. His elder sister, Sabina
Mugabe, died in hospital on Sunday, after a long illness. Sabina served her brother's Zanu-PF party for 20 years as an MP. But... [continued]
Latest news from Zimbabwe
Will Huffington bow out from blogging?
The millionaire socialite Arianna Huffington has refused to deny speculation that she will sell the Huffington Post after the American presidential election. The liberal political website, founded in 2005, overtook its right-wing counterpart the Drudge Report for the first time in February when it logged 3.7m unique visitors in a... [continued]
In brief: Madonna celebrates 10th Vanity Fair cover
Madonna has posed for Vanity Fair's third annual 'green issue', holding up a globe in a pose inspired by the work of 1920s Czech photographer Frantisek
Drtikol… Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has said that it would be inappropriate for Max Mosley, president of the sport’s ruling... [continued]
Boris needs to get back on track to clinch mayoralty
Calls for Mosley to quit after tabloid sting
‘Calamity Clegg’ reveals number of lovers
Nick Clegg, the Lib Dem leader dubbed 'Calamity Clegg' by his rival Chris Huhne in last year's leadership contest, has raised more questions about his political
savvy after being persuaded to discuss how many women he slept with before meeting his wife. In a candid interview published... [continued]
Nick Clegg hires Brian Eno as 'youth' adviser
Rushdie’s work continues to divide
The publishing of Salman Rushdie's new novel The Enchantress of Florence may be literary London's event of the week, but it is his 1988 book The Satanic Verses that
is once again creating controversy. In Potsdam, a town close to Berlin, the Hans Otto theatre is putting... [continued]
Rushdie hits the clubs as Padma finds love
In Town Last Night: London Restaurant Week kicks off
As unsavoury as it sounds, the former St Paul's hospital was the launch pad for one of London's biggest gastronomic events last night. Now a smart private members club in Convent Garden, The Hospital
drew celebrity chefs and foodies of all kinds for the start of London... [continued]
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