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after monkey urinates on him By MAIL FOREIGN SERVICE Last updated at 3:05 PM on 25th June 2009 Comments (3) Add to My Stories A monkey urinated on Zambian President Rupiah Banda as he spoke to journalists at a news conference in the capital Lusaka yesterday. Banda shouted: 'You (monkey) have urinated on my jacket,' and paused as he looked up to see the animal playing in a tree just above his chair. He joked: 'I will give this monkey for lunch to Mr Sata', referring to opposition leader Michael Sata, who Banda defeated in last year's elections. Enlarge Press leak: Zambian President Rupiah Banda is startled after the monkey urinates on him during a press c…

Demi Moore gets into Twitter row with Kim Kardashian Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1261581/Demi-Moore-gets-Twitter-row-Kim-Kardashian.html#ixzz0jcZRjwsd By GEORGINA LITTLEJOHN Last updated at 11:00 PM on 29th March 2010 Comments (132) Add to My Stories She takes to her Twitter page on a daily basis to spread some cheer among her 2.6million followers. But last night, Demi Moore used the social networking site to take a pop at fellow prolific tweeter, Kim Kardashian. The 47-year-old actress took offence when the reality TV star, 29, captioned a picture on her page using the words 'Big pimpin''. row: Kim Kardashian (in red) poses wi…

Wayne Rooney won't hurt us! Bayern claim they're not scared of Manchester United striker By IAN LADYMAN Northern Football Correspondent, reporting from Munich Last updated at 11:51 PM on 29th March 2010 Comments (0) Add to My Stories Wayne Rooney is fit to lead Manchester United's attack here on Tuesday night, but Bayern Munich claim they are not scared of the in-form England striker. Instead, Dutch coach Louis Van Gaal said: 'I never have fear and my players don't have any fear either. We value Rooney's quality. He is a super footballer. 'When he was younger, I often wondered whether he had the vision in his game. He has developed that now and is very hard to mar…

Christian nurse 'ordered to remove crucifix... at hospital where Muslims were allowed to wear headscarves' By LUKE SALKELD Last updated at 1:20 AM on 30th March 2010 Comments (0) Add to My Stories Crucifix battle: Shirley Chaplin wears her necklace as she attends a tribunal in Exeter today A Christian nurse was ‘forced to choose between her job and her faith’ after being ordered to remove her crucifix at a hospital where Muslim staff wore headscarves unchallenged, a tribunal heard yesterday. Shirley Chaplin, 54, said she had been wearing the religious symbol around her neck without complaint for 31 years before she was ordered to hide it away. But the grandmoth…

Treatment of the week: Finally, the ultimate solution for frizz-prone hair By NICOLE MOWBRAY Last updated at 9:43 AM on 29th March 2010 Comments (5) Add to My Stories When an unfortunate hair stylist is set the challenge of blow-drying my shoulder-length bob, the first words they utter are usually: 'Wow, you have such thick hair - and such a lot of it.' It's thick, wavy and unmanageable. Forty minutes later, it's generally presentable, but if it rains it's back to the frizz. At Richard Ward's salon in London, the Keratin Complex smoothing treatment infuses keratin deep into the hair cuticle, eliminating up to 95 per cent of frizz, leaving hair soft and shin…

I believe Facebook is a toxic addiction By JANET STREET-PORTER Last updated at 2:36 AM on 27th March 2010 Comments (119) Add to My Stories Janet Street-Porter is no fuddy-duddy. But here, she reveals her growing alarm over young Britons' obsession with social networking websites... A year ago, I wrote 'Life's definitely too short to log on to Facebook'. A series of tragic deaths has given that throwaway phrase a chilling new meaning. Social networking isn't just - as I complained last year - a pointless waste of time, because for a worrying number of young people it is proving to be harmful, if not deadly. Earlier this month, serial sex offender Peter C…

School apologises after pupils were 'frogmarched' to be fingerprinted so they could eat in canteen By LAURA CLARK Last updated at 7:46 PM on 29th March 2010 Comments (34) Add to My Stories A school has provoked uproar after taking children's fingerprints without permission from their parents. Pupils were 'frogmarched' to be fingerprinted so they could use touch screens in the canteen to have money deducted from their account, thereby speeding up lunch queues. Capital City Academy in Brent, north London, was later forced to apologise and wiped all prints it obtained before asking for consent. As many as 3,500 schools are using fingerprint technology in admini…

Hold on tight! Prince William takes Kate Middleton on a spine-tingling ride... on a snow mobile By REBECCA ENGLISH Last updated at 12:43 AM on 30th March 2010 Comments (3) Add to My Stories If she ends up becoming his princess, Kate Middleton will have to get used to trailing in Prince William's wake. In the meantime she is snuggling up as close as she can. Or rather, clinging on for dear life as he races around their ski resort on a snow mobile. The couple took off on a breakneck tour of the French Alps during their week's skiing holiday in Courchevel. Racing up a storm: Kate Middleton roared with delight as Prince William took the controls Kate, 28, roared wi…

Mobile phone firms told to halve call charges as watchdog prepares call for £1billion cut to customer bills By PAUL REVOIR Last updated at 7:41 PM on 28th March 2010 Comments (16) Add to My Stories Mobile phone users could be in line for cheaper bills after it emerged the industry regulator will order operators to slash charges for receiving calls from rival networks. When a customer calls a person on a different network, their own operator gets charged by the other company for carrying the call. This fee is credited with artificially inflating the cost of telephone bills for consumers. But a new report from media regulator Ofcom is expected to recommend that curr…

The £30,000 chrome Mini Cooper which the buyers cannot even take off their drive By DAILY MAIL Last updated at 10:46 PM on 29th March 2010 Comments (112) Add to My Stories It must have seemed like an expensive gift that would make his wife the flashiest thing on the road. But it has ended up becoming rather a burden. Ian Grice paid £30,000 for a chrome-plated Mini Cooper as a Valentine's gift for his wife Toni. But to the couple's dismay, they cannot even get the new car off their drive to show it off. Flash: Ian Grice bought a £30,000 chrome Mini Cooper for his wife Toni, but cannot get it insured Mr Grice, 42, cannot get anyone to insure the pr…

Budget 2010 for motorists: Reprieve on fuel duty rises merely staggers the pain By STEPHEN WOMACK Last updated at 10:13 PM on 27th March 2010 Comments (0) Add to My Stories Drivers were given a partial reprieve last week after rising oil prices prompted the Chancellor to phase in a planned duty increase. Duty will rise by 1p a litre from Thursday with a further 1p rise this October and the balance of 0.76p per litre from January next year. Previously, the whole increase was due to apply from Thursday. Alistair Darling also announced a £100 million pothole fund to help repair roads damaged by the winter's big freeze. Pumped for cash: Paul Jackson with his 4x4 J…

Scottish & Newcastle brewing deal dragged into FSA probe By DAILY MAIL REPORTER Last updated at 9:39 PM on 29th March 2010 Comments (0) Add to My Stories The bitter battle for control of brewing giant Scottish & Newcastle in 2007 has been thrust into the centre of the financial watchdog's biggest ever insider dealing investigation. The £7.8billion deal has emerged as one of the main focuses of the Financial Services Authority probe following last week's arrest of seven City figures on suspicion of using confidential information to cash in. FSA investigators are taking a microscopic look at the volatile trading in S&N shares from October 2007, when Carls…

Labour's latest election gimmick: Give football clubs back to the fans By DAILY MAIL REPORTER Last updated at 10:45 PM on 29th March 2010 Comments (30) Add to My Stories Manchester United supporters show their opposition to American club owners, the Glazer family Labour is considering giving football fans first refusal on the purchase of shares in their clubs when they are put up for sale. Clubs could even be required to hand over stakes of up to 25 per cent to supporters' groups, the Guardian claimed. The move is apparently set to be included in Labour's general election manifesto as part of an attempt to increase the influence of supporters in football clubs. …

Digital radios 'no one wants' as listeners continue to buy FM sets By DAILY MAIL REPORTER Last updated at 4:09 AM on 29th March 2010 Comments (142) Add to My Stories The public cannot see the point in buying a digital radio and are happy with FM sets, a House of Lords committee has warned. Radio stations are set to move to DAB format by the end of 2015 under a timetable outlined in the Government's Digital Britain White Paper last June. But many Britons are 'not yet convinced of the need for change', says a report by the Lords communications committee, which adds that there is 'strong public satisfaction' with the current analogue system. The public cannot see …

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER Last updated at 6:46 PM on 29th March 2010 Comments (17) Add to My Stories Unite is to raise £700,000 to support striking British Airways cabin crew with a levy on members, the union decided today. Officials said the move showed the union's resolve in continuing the bitter row over jobs and cost-cutting, which has cost the airline millions of pounds. Cabin crew were on strike again today for the third day of a four-day walk-out following a three-day stoppage last week, which BA said has cost it around £50 million. Lots of women workers arrived at the strike with their young children, who joined in the protests. Support: A young child holdi…

I know I lost the 'comfy cushion' bet, but can I please get up now?: Meerkats use their mate as a backrest By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 3:45 PM on 29th March 2010 Comments (5) Add to My Stories Need a comfy cushion to sit on to enjoy the afternoon sun? Simples! This cheeky pair spotted a fellow meerkat dozing - and thought it was the perfect chance to secure themselves a comfortable backrest. The unfortunate animal was lying down on its front when the opportunistic pair pinned him down against a wall. Meer-ly a backrest: Tourists at Taronga Zoo, in Sydney, Australia, watched in amusement when two meerkats used a fellow m…

Would dew believe it: The stunning pictures of sleeping insects covered in water droplets By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 2:43 PM on 26th March 2010 Comments (3) Add to My Stories Glistening in the early morning, these insects look like creatures from another planet as dew gathers on their sleeping bodies. Captured in extreme close-up, one moth appears to be totally encrusted in diamonds as it rests on a twig. Stunning: Droplets of water bead on the head of this blue dragonfly as it slumbers on a leaf Dragonflies, flies and beetles also take on an unearthly quality as the water droplets form on them. These remarkable…

http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/capitalhill.htm Keep in mind that health insurance and health care are two entirely different things, but the politicians are hoping you don't notice that. This bill does nothing to increase the supply of doctors, hospitals, or drugs. It's a gift to those evil insurance companies Obama is always whining about.

Some tragic news: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8592190.stm My thoughts are with the familes of the people who have been injured and killed:cry:

British man faces six months in Dubai jail for making offensive gesture at Iraqi student By Mail Foreign Service Last updated at 12:44 PM on 29th March 2010 Comments (47) Add to My Stories A British man is facing six months in a Dubai jail for making an offensive gesture towards an Iraqi. Simon Andrews, 56, is said to have lost his temper during an argument with aviation student Mahmud Rasheed and 'flicked his finger' at him. Mr Rasheed complained to police and the Briton was arrested for outraging public decency and has been banned from leaving the country as he awaits trial. Strict: Simon Andrews, 56, faces six months in a Du…

It's hardly Hollywood! Basildon gets its own sign to welcome drivers to the wonders of... er... Essex By Andrew Levy Last updated at 3:25 PM on 29th March 2010 Comments (10) Add to My Stories The name of the town is spelled out in oversized letters and sits on a hill overlooking the area. But the similarity with Hollywood ends there. Basildon has erected the 5ft high letters - 40ft smaller than their U.S. counterparts - in the hope of injecting a hint of glamour to the Essex town by emulating the iconic spot in Los Angeles. Locals were aghast at the sign yesterday, which is part of a £400,000 project to put the town on the map…

Getting kind of tiresome. Keep it in here, please.

Surge in violence in Booze Britain sees A & E assaults rise to five an hour By James Slack Last updated at 12:53 AM on 29th March 2010 Comments (0) Add to My Stories Serious assaults which left victims needing hospital treatment have soared over the past year, dealing a huge blow to Labour's insistence that violent crime is falling. Stretched A&E departments were forced to treat five badly injured victims of violent attacks every hour. Ministers have highlighted figures from the British Crime Survey - a poll of 40,000 households - showing the number of assaults is on the wane. On call: People on duty at a Bristol …

Safety Drive and Eco Way: How Britain's changing street names really ARE a sign of the times By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 3:42 PM on 28th March 2010 Comments (5) Add to My Stories They are a reflection of an increasingly multi-cultural and environmentally-aware society. Streets across Britain are being given 'modern' names such as Karma Way, Safety Drive and Euro Close. Much like the Romans did 2,000 years ago, road names are celebrating the world in which we live. Reflection of society: Euro Close in Brent, north London, may be the perfect address for the financially motivated Dr David Green, a geographer from Ki…

Michael Jackson investigators found stash of anaesthetic and tubes of skin-whitening cream after singer's death By Mail Foreign Service Last updated at 6:12 PM on 27th March 2010 Comments (0) Add to My Stories Drugged: Detectives found 11 containers of the powerful anesthetic propofol, some of them empty, at the house where Jackson died Large quantities of general anaesthetic and dozens of tubes of skin-whitening creams were discovered in Michael Jackson's home after the singer's death, search warrants unsealed last night show. Investigators went to Jackson's rented mansion on June 29 following a lengthy interview with his pers…