French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said that he probably made mistakes in his first year in office by failing to explain his policies sufficiently. But in a live TV interview he also defended his presidency, saying he was still committed to significant reform.

Man, I hope he’s not including Carla in his mistakes; apparently that’s the only good thing he did in the last year!

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A stuntman is seriously ill in hospital after crashing a car on the set of the new James Bond film, Quantum of Solace. Aris Comninos crashed the Alfa Romeo whilst driving on a notoriously winding road near Lake Garda in northern Italy. Another stuntman had minor injuries.

Dangerous even to pretend being James Bond!

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A notorious drugs baron, who escaped from a Moroccan jail last December, has been recaptured, the Spanish authorities say. Mohamed Ouazzani, a Moroccan citizen, was caught in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, which is surrounded by Morocco.

You will not …play it again, Sam!

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Nearly a third of schools in England and Wales have been disrupted, and one in 10 closed completely during the biggest teachers' strike in 21 years. The National Union of Teachers (NUT) said thousands of members had heeded its strike for a 4.1% pay rise.

By the end of his term Gordon Brown will find the whole nation on strike!

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German police have carried out a series of raids targeting homes and cultural associations believed to be used to spread extremist material. The raids, which took place in several areas, including Bonn and Berlin, were linked to nine suspected Islamists.

They made terrorism a cultural …event!

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The United States has accused North Korea of helping Syria build a nuclear reactor that "was not intended for peaceful purposes". The site, said to be like one in North Korea, was bombed by Israel in 2007.

North Korea and Syria are not aiming for peaceful purposes? Somebody is joking! Hilary promised bombs to Iran, shouldn’t she consider Syria also?

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Argentina's economy minister, Martin Lousteau, has resigned after less than five months on the job, officials say.

The Argentinean economy quit a few years before!

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The United States Senate has unanimously passed legislation banning discrimination on the basis of people's genetic details.

Is ignorance genetic?

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China will hold talks with the Dalai Lama's representatives for the first time since pro-Tibet protests, state media says.

The question is not how they are going to go, but how they are going to return!

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The US Senate approves a bill awarding Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi its highest medal.

Wouldn’t it be better if they did something to free her and her country from the dictators?

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Palestinian group Hamas proposes a six-month truce in the Gaza Strip, with a possible extension to the West Bank.

What about the rest of the globe?

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Hollywood actor Wesley Snipes is sentenced by a US federal judge to three years in prison for tax offences.

The tax vampire in the cage!

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Actor Tom Cruise is to return to The Oprah Winfrey Show, three years after he famously jumped up and down on the talk-show host's sofa.

Oh! More scientology crap!!!

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