Monday, 13 December 2010

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What about Alfie? Top cop owes him an apology too

Charles and Camilla get a fawning apology. But they didn’t need emergency brain surgery

Matt wins X Factor and gets an X-rated whisper

Video: One Direction’s Harry Styles lets the cat out of the bag

‘Too dangerous’ for Madoff to attend son’s funeral

Fraudster 'could be shot' if he gets a funeral pass from prison after his son Mark commits suicide

KGB defector: MP’s aide was Russia’s top spy in UK

Ekaterina Zatuliveter was 'most effective' spook for 30 years says Gordievsky

Assange ‘rape’ victims had hidden agenda, says lawyer

The WikiLeaks creator’s Swedish lawyer reveals new details of allegations

‘Stick the X Factor up your arse,’ says loser Cher

Cher Lloyd, Cheryl Cole’s 17-year-old protege, stays defiant as she leaves show

Babes out for Berlusconi as Italians march in anger

‘Silvio’s babes’ turn out for Italian PM as he faces no confidence vote

Julian Assange ‘could be indicted for espionage’

Another extradition fight looms as lawyer fears spying charge against WikiLeaks editor is imminent