Friday, 18 February 2011

The First Post 

The First Post

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Friday: The First Post's super-quick catch-up on the main news talking points

As blood flows, Gaddafi keeps up his pretence

For 42 years he’s kept Libya under his thumb - and his trigger-happy security forces aim to keep it that way

Greens target climate change denier Johnny Ball

Man who popularised science for children says environmentalists are ruining his career

He'll be back? Universal could resurrect Terminator

Reboot round-up: Cotillard tipped for Batman role and why Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man is 'amazing'

Lost in translation: Simon Pegg’s homage to ET

Film of the Week: Close encounter with Pegg and Frost in shadow of the Oscars

Rave reviews (and a legal threat) for Anna Nicole

London opera critics love tale of Anna Nicole Smith but former partner claims it’s ‘sleazy’

Big Society video comes back to haunt Sam Cam

Labour council closes Big Society centre Samantha Cameron once raved about

Pearl Square crackdown

Pro-democracy demonstrations in Bahrain have been brutally crushed by security forces

Aurora could be visible in UK after huge solar flares

With sun approaching peak activity tonight’s light show is could be just the beginning