1. Italian gossip magazine Chi has published photos of (pregnant) Kate Middleton in a bikini. The Duchess of Cambridge is shown in a bright blue bikini on the cover of the magazine. St. James’s Palace said that the photos were a “clear breach of the couple’s right to privacy.” British media is refusing to publish the controversial pictures, and we’re taking the same stance.
2. “Prisoner X” – a prisoner whose identity was kept a secret after dying in a jail in Israel in 2010 – has been identified as an Australian. 34-year-old Ben Zygier moved from Melbourne to Israel in 2000 and committed suicide in a high-security jail in 2010 after being kept in isolation for a long period of time. It has been reported that Zygier had been recruited by the Israeli spy agency, Mossad. His crimes are unknown.
3. Kevin Rudd has said that Wayne Swan and Julia Gillard must bear the responsibility for Labor’s mining tax. The former prime minister said Mr Swan had come up with the initial design of the tax and blamed the Treasurer for its near non-existent revenue. “No government should ever take a backwards step in pursuit of the national interest,” Mr Rudd told Sky News.
4. In Syria, rebels have overrun a military air base and captured war planes, gaining ground in northern Syria. The conflict in Syria has been going for 23 months and has killed nearly 70,000 people in that time, according to UN rights chief Navi Pillay.
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Warning about 10 litres of coke a day? That much water would be detrimental. everyone one knows it is not good for you.
umm Kate stole my school tartan....