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...potential husbands, all of whom are nauseated at the sight of her. Finally, in an attempt to define herself as something other than That Rich Little Piggy, she leaves home, and is trailed by a young man (James McAvoy, of Atonement fame) who is being paid to reveal her secret to the tabloids...
...with universal health care and greenhouse-gas caps, Schwarzenegger and California are once again doing what the rest of the country shoulda coulda done but didn't. After Hurricane Katrina, the secret was out that government alone would never be able to manage big disasters. First responders like firefighters and police make up less than 1% of the population. They cannot be everywhere--or even most places. So the vast majority of rescues are done by regular people. The problem is, regular people have almost never been intelligently engaged in emergency planning--until, perhaps, now. "It's a brilliant move...
...waterway, is just a swift alpine stream. Above the spotless streets of the capital, Vaduz, looms Vaduz Castle, and above that nothing but snow-capped peaks. It is hard to imagine this idyllic mountain principality with 35,000 citizens as the heart of Europe's axis of evil. Yet secret agents, investigators and a growing chorus of politicians in Germany, the U.S., the U.K. and even Australia are convinced that this tiny enclave is up to no good. German lawmakers have barraged Liechtenstein with such epithets as "rogue state" and "den of thieves," and the German Finance Minister has wondered...
...Undeterred by the mounting death toll among British forces personnel - there have been 89 fatalities since Britain first deployed troops in the country in 2001 - Prince Harry, known by his military title Cornet Wales, has been secretly working in Afghanistan since December, coordinating air support for military operations on the ground. Yesterday his secret was revealed and his boss, General Sir Richard Dannatt, the head of the British army, was quick to praise him. "His conduct on operations in Afghanistan has been exemplary," said Dannatt. "He has been fully involved in operations and has run the same risks as everyone...
...always going to be hard to keep a lid on a story like this. As President Bill Clinton learned to his cost, the U.S. website The Drudge Report likes nothing better than a juicy secret. Following its scoop last week when the site published a photo of Democratic front-runner Barack Obama wearing Kenyan tribal robes, Drudge yesterday unveiled its "world exclusive" about "Harry the Hero" and his Afghanistan adventures. After the Drudge piece appeared, the Ministry of Defence confirmed its substance, setting the world's media on the hunt with the same dedication that the Prince has shown towards...