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ISLAMIST INSULT PATROL
SLAMS DOWN ON TUFTS:

Eugene Volokh explores the case.

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CONRAD BLACK TRIAL update:

"This week Black took more blows, these delivered by David Radler, his partner of 38 years, an admitted liar and now the prosecution's star witness."

:: Summary written by:
Ann Woolner for Bloomberg.

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GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER: David Cameron, the Tory leader, left his £1 million home in Notting Hill to spend two days living with a British Asian family in Birmingham.

"Pictures of Mr Cameron sipping tea with the family resembled a scene from the Kumars at No42, the hit BBC comedy series about a British Indian family who take in famous guests for the night."

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