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Since last year, President Obama has been going through the process of nominating a person to head America’s Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the large police agency set up after 9/11 to provide security for US airplanes and airports. Given the close call from the underwear bomber on the Detroit-bound flight last Christmas, an effective

By Keren Eldad Looks like Calvin Klein’s about to start wearing Tommy Hilfiger. Today, all major media outlets announced that the whispers which had been heard for ages behind fashion doors are true – and PVH/Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation, the giant that owns Izod, Calvin Klein, Arrow and Kenneth Cole – among others, has added Tommy Hilfiger

As many people around the world now know, an absolutely crazy thing happened here in Georgia on Saturday. Leading television station Imedi broadcast a fake report saying that Russian tanks were rolling into Georgia once more, Russian planes were bombing civilian targets, President Saakashvili had been assassinated and most of Georgia’s opposition had formed a

Israel’s dumb and dumber government has managed to clodhop its way into a major political crisis with President Obama’s administration. Israel’s ambassador to the US has said that relations between the two countries face their worst crisis for 35 years, Israeli media have reported. Last week, US Vice-President Joe Biden was visiting Israel as a preamble to

And not just Christ, but the man Himself on the Cross – crucified because he can’t get his health bill into law? You look at the huge photo that was splashed across the Week in Review section and be the judge. (Hat tip: Drudge report.)

It looks like a Clochemerle-type public lavatory, but it’s a first step in an attempt to save one of the world’s most polluted cities from international embarrassment. A big black box-like structure, installed on a traffic-choked street in New Delhi, it is to start trying to scrub the Indian capital’s air, ranked by the World Health

… and 300 other activists and leaders of women’s rights organisations. Yesterday marked the start of the first Women in the World summit, held at the Hudson Theatre in Manhattan’s midtown this weekend. It began with an introduction by Brown, who asked us to contemplate a group that included; “Liberian powerhouse Leymah Gbowee, who led the 2003 sex strike

The growing unrest in Thailand is giving rise to apprehension that the good days – and very good they were – may finally be drawing to a close. It isn’t the sort of place popularly associated with large-scale political conflict, though in fact they’ve had their share. But it’s looking like the vast social inequalities in

When The Biebs performed for shrieking tweens and media peeps at the Nickelodeon upfront event in New York, I was shocked to learn two things: The boy can hold his own live on stage, and can sort of dance too. He’s no Justin Timberlake , but give him time. Give him time. But does he really resemble a cute lesbian ? That’s for you to decide. Associated Press music editor Nekesa Moody captured video of Bieber’s acoustic performance of “Your World Is My World,” and you can see it here . Post from: Crushable

Carlos Slim Helú may be the richest man in the world – he is Rockefeller, Carnegie and JP Morgan rolled into one – but he’s apparently not rich enough to afford a decent hair transplant. A leading trichologist I consulted took one look at the photograph on page 23 of today’s Telegraph, reproduced below, and

More word on what the Germans want to see when the euro is reformed in the wake of the looming rescue of Greece. I wrote this morning about the structural reforms to economies that will be linked to greater surveillance of countries’ economic policy – these will be the weak euro reforms enacted because no