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Hilary Swank slams Kadyrov’s party as ‘pure torture’

supreme acting, but no Oscar nominations this yearHilary Swank, the Oscar-winning actress who has come in for sharp criticism from human rights groups for attending a party in the Chechen capital Grozny hosted by Ramzan Kadyrov the country’s authoritarian leader, says that she ‘deeply regrets’ attending the celebrations.

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Amanda Knox welcomed home with lethal injection, followed by pardon

"justice must be seen to be done," insists Attorney GeneralAmanda Knox was welcomed home last night, as fury mounted in the US over the Italian legal system. Following a huge swell of interest in the case, America has agreed to show the world how justice should really be done.

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Greece shocked to learn it is now owned by Germany

‘I was gob-smacked when I read the small print,’ admitted Greek Prime Minister, George Papandreou, in hastily-learned German, now the official language of Greece. ‘It’s a blow, but I’m sure in a few years time the Americans will be over here to bail us all out properly.’

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Egyptian hieroglyphs ‘were early examples of Facebook status updates’

far more poking going on than was strictly necessary‘If a pharaoh wanted to let his friends know how he was, he’d just instant message them by carving a status update like ‘wavy line, owl, big eye, smiley face’ onto his wall.’

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Saudi women granted right to back-seat drive

Shatt navKing Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has announced that from 2026, women will be given the same freedom to criticise their male drivers as their Western counterparts.

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