New Bridget Jones novel on the way, says Helen Fielding

After 13 years Helen Fielding has started working on a third novel centered around the famous Bridget Jones , who was born out in 1995 of a weekly column in The Independent.

More than 15 millions copies were sold of the first two books (Bridget Jones’ Diary and The Edge of Reason), which inspired two films, starring Renee Zellweger as Bridget (photo, from telegraph.co.uk).

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Blair and Bush should face justice over Iraq war, says Desmond Tutu

Tony Blair and George Bush (photo) were branded war criminal by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who called for both men to be taken to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, for their role in the Iraq war.

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Sugar as damaging as alcohol or tobacco, say US experts

Sugar is as damaging and addictive as alcohol or tobacco, and should therefore be regulated, according to a team of health experts from the University of California, San Francisco. (photo from radio-canada.ca)

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Britain isolated as all EU countries reach fiscal pact

The UK is the only EU member state which refused to back a tax and budget pact – known as a “fiscal compact” – aimed at tackling the eurozone debt crisis.

UK prime minister David Cameron (photo, from guardian.co.uk) said he had to protect key British interests, including its financial markets.

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Girls get equal rights to the British throne

The leaders of the 16 Commonwealth countries unanimously agreed on Friday to change succession laws, allowing sons and daughters of any future UK monarch to have equal right to the throne, in a historic blow for women’s rights.

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Cameron wants to mend UK’s ‘broken society’

On Monday UK prime minister David Cameron (photo, from aljazeera.net) said that in order to prevent last week’s several nights of riots from happening again his government will work to mend the country’s “broken society” as well as fight against its “moral collapse”.

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Amy Winehouse found dead in London

27-year-old singer Amy Winehouse (photo, from lemonde.fr) was found dead at her London home on Saturday.

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Prince William and Kate Middleton marry at Abbey

Prince William and his longtime girlfriend were married on Friday morning at the Westminster Abbey in London (photo, from nytimes.com), a wedding that will shape the future of the British monarchy, some say.

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Royal wedding’s guest list revealed

Both the guest list and the seating plan for Prince William’s wedding to Kate Middleton (photo, from elle.fr) have been revealed.

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UK and Netherlands to get their money back

The UK and the Netherlands will get back the money they paid in 2008, when Iceland’s three main banks collapsed, said the country’s president Olafur Ragnar Grimsson.

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