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Bollywood star denies SAS sex tour
A London-based Bollywood star, Tania Zaetta, has been accused of having sexual relationships with a number of hard Australian SAS soldiers while on a morale-boosting tour of Afghanistan. The claim appears in a leaked document from the Australian defence department, which details unsubstantiated reports that the... [continued]
Israeli jets scramble to intercept Blair mission
Tony Blair's mission to bring peace to the Middle East was almost brought to an end the other day when two Israeli jet fighters came close to blowing him out of the skies as he flew towards a World Economic Forum summit. The warplanes were scrambled to intercept the former... [continued]
Madonna (and her ‘manny’) wow Cannes with AIDS documentary
After years of trying (and trying, and trying) Madonna (pictured) appears to have finally produced an acceptable film. Yesterday in Cannes, her latest attempt, I Am
Because We Are, a documentary about the AIDS epidemic in Malawi, received almost universal acclaim from critics, with the Times awarding... [continued]
In pictures: Cannes on the red carpet 
Hugh F-W declares war on Tesco broilers
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has officially declared war on Tesco's. The casus belli? His old hobbyhorse, factory-farmed poultry. The battlefield? The supermarket chain's AGM
in Birmingham on June 27, where he will call for a mass revolt of shareholders to improve the welfare of broiler chickens, which Tesco... [continued]
Why free range meat costs the earth
Tory insiders scotch Johnson’s Westminster dynasty hopes
While rank-and-file Tories celebrate yesterday's victory in Crewe, the party's high command is turning its attention to the next by-election, Boris Johnson's Henley seat, a contest
they now intend staging in June or July. The constituency has still to select a candidate; however, one person who is definitely not going... [continued]
Bloomberg amused by Boris's naff gift
Jackson clan decamps to sleepy Devon village
The family of the pop singer Michael Jackson are assembling en masse at a rented four-bedroom house in Appledore, the sleepy Devon coastal resort best known for its troupe of Morris dancers. Why? No one is quite certain. Tito (right) and Jackie Jackson, who in the Seventies were integral members... [continued]
In brief: Winehouse misses awards... again
Amy Winehouse (pictured) won an Ivor Novello songwriting award yesterday for her ballad Love is a Losing Game. True to form, the drug-challenged singer turned up
too late to collect it. Her father, who stood in, thanked the singer's manager, saying he should be awarded the "equivalent of the Victoria... [continued]
Facebook founder loses key guru
Film: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
