Thursday, 7 October 2010

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Thursday: The First Post's super-quick catch-up on the main news talking points, sponsored by Saab

O’Donnell: there is a way back from kooksville

Alexander Cockburn: If Jerry Brown can make a California comeback, then there's hope for Christine O'Donnell

Newborn baby dropped to its death by monkey

Macaque monkey captured and shot after killing baby girl in Malaysia

X Factor's Gamu Nhengu to fight deportation order

Lawyers for Gamu and her family hope to overturn Home Office ruling

Sea Shepherd men feud on eve of anti-whaling voyage

Sinking of Ady Gil was a publicity stunt, says captain exiled from anti-whaling group

Huge support for bank ‘martyr’ Jerome Kerviel

Trader's crushing sentence 'proves judicial system protects the powerful and savages the weak'

Gekko back with message for the post-crash era

Film of the Week: Douglas magnetic in Money Never Sleeps - but has Wall Street reboot come too late?

C4 film shows Taliban capture of Prince Harry

Andy McNab leads critics of ‘bad taste’ Channel 4 documentary