Thursday, 19 August 2010


The First Post

Operation Iraqi Freedom is completed. Really?

Alexander Cockburn: Is the US really quitting Iraq? Will it ever quit Afghanistan?

In defence of Eden Abergil, mistaken Facebook villain

Abergil was just doing what soldiers do - taking snaps of their short time in service - says a former IDF conscript

Cheryl and Derek: an affair created for photographers

Boxer friend Amir Khan tells magazine it's all a cover-up but then retracts his story

Angelina Jolie leaves the critics with a taste for 'Salt'

Film of the week: Guns, grenades and a steely performance from Jolie save a preposterous plot

Web hits back at Wired's 'Web is dead' issue

If the Web really is dead, its zombie corpse has come back to haunt a hapless technology journalist

Mandela aide resigns in Naomi Campbell fallout

Charity director tried to save Campbell and Mandela from embarrassment

Wyclef Jean in hiding - but from enemies or the press?

Hip-hop artist's desire to be president of Haiti hits further snags - including apparent death threats

Labour's spin doctors struggle in the real world

Former Downing Street media advisers demand huge salaries and expect special treatment