How Murdoch had a hotline to PM in the run-up to Iraq War (Independent)--Power to the Poodle! Now we see that Blair was Murdoch’s Pekinese, too.

Online spoiler: New Potter Book May Have Made Its Way to Web (NYT)--Leak traced to Vatican hackers.


New Death Plot Chills UK relations with Putin (Times Online)--So when Bush looked into Putin’s eyes and soul, that’s what he recognized. A kindred killer. Except Bush can only cut brush while Putin’s a blackbelt.