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PR-friendly Pope steals Brown’s US thunder
Gordon Brown's three day trip to the US - billed by Downing Street as the most important of his Premiership – is turning into the mother of all damp squibs. As predicted by The
First Post yesterday, it is Pope Benedict XVI, paying his first trip to the US since... [continued]
Brown to be pipped by Pope's first US visit 
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Why Diamond is Boris’s best friend
After much huffing and puffing, the Conservatives' London mayoral candidate Boris Johnson has finally named one of his would-be advisors. Step forward Robert 'Bob'
Diamond, the American President of Barclays PLC. The 57-year-old banker will take charge of the Mayor's Fund - a project aimed at getting... [continued]
Voice paper launches Boris attack
Can Silvio’s women save Italy?
Silvio Berlusconi spent his first day as Italy's new Prime Minister on Tuesday promising to deal swiftly with the country's many pressing problems, from the sale of its troubled
national airline Alitalia to the masses of uncollected rubbish swamping Naples. And how does he plan to deal... [continued]
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Willie ‘buck stops here’ Walsh fires two execs
Whatever happened to British Airways chief executive Willie Walsh's claim that "the buck stops here" with the Heathrow Terminal 5 debacle? With bags piling up and customers tearing their hair out, he told a press conference in the first week of the new terminal's opening: "I am accepting responsibility. I... [continued]
Orange judges admit Lily was dropped
The organisers of the Orange Prize for Fiction have finally come clean about Lily Allen's sudden departure from its judging panel 10 days ago. At the time there was a lot of soft soap from all parties to do with the singer's work and family pressures. Kirsty Lang, who is... [continued]
In Town Last Night: Paul Simonon rocks art world
Another day and yet another musician turns their hand to fine art. Last night it was Paul Simonon, ex-bassist of The Clash (pictured centre), who launched his new
exhibition of paintings at Thomas Williams Gallery, Bond Street. As well as art-world regulars, the event drew a crowd... [continued]
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Orange judges admit Lily Allen was dropped
In brief: Roddick leaves £51m in will
Dame Anita Roddick's will, which was published on Tuesday, has revealed that the Bodyshop founder (pictured) gave away her £51m fortune to various charities, as well as the
taxman... Naomi Campbell’s bid to give blood to help the people of Rio de Janeiro against a dengue fever epidemic was... [continued]
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Cindy McCain accused of pilfering recipes
Cindy McCain, the blonde hairdo-ed wife of Republican Presidential candidate John McCain, has been accused of stealing recipes from cook books and websites and
passing them off as her own. The dishes appear on her husband's campaign website on a page called 'Cindy's Recipes'. There are seven in total, all... [continued]
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