Today: Sunday, June 13, 2010

The Germans open their World Cup campaign with a tough test int he form of Australia. The Socceroos boast a number of stars including Everton's Tim Cahill, but will be heavy underdogs to a powerful German side that has a rich World Cup pedigree.

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LOS ANGELES

Queen of controversy Lady Gaga is making headlines for yet another racy video featuring highly sexualized material combined with religious imagery. But while some argue Gaga has crossed the line between edgy and tasteless, her use of distorted Catholic imagery speaks to a rising trend in Hollywood.

Kate Moss popped up on our style radar twice this week - once on the beach in Ibiza, where she eschewed a traditional beach bag in favour of a tan leather satchel. Second, in London - where she looked just plain cool.

THE winners of this year's highly coveted NEWGEN sponsorship programme were announced yesterday. Designers that made the final few included David Koma, Holly Fulton, Mary Katrantzou, Louise Gray and Joanna Sykes.

Debora Ann Woll talks 'True Blood' secrets

June 12, 2010 - Today, Deborah Ann Woll, who plays fang friendly Jessica Hambo on the HBO show 'True Blood', spilled some secrets about the upcoming season three to her home town newspaper. The NY Daily News.

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British forces in Lashkar Gah, Helmand Province this week

Taliban doubles number of bomb attacks on British troops

British forces in Lashkar Gah, Helmand Province this week

Cameron pledges UK soldiers won't stay in the country 'a moment longer than necessary'

By Jonathan Owen

Helmand province has been a hotbed of insurgency in recent years

David Cameron at Downing Street Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

British Conservative MP Patrick Mercer arrives back at his flat in London — Patrick Mercer: "If I was still serving and in control of troops today I would feel even more caution about my legal standing in relation to operations. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

STEPHEN MANGAN

Up to 30 people gathered on O?Connell Street in Dublin today to protest against the Iranian government, exactly one year on from the country?s disputed presidential election in 2009.

It is high time the United States and Europe confronted Iran about its history of human rights abuses committed against its own people. Iran is a problem for the world on so many levels: as a nightmare nuclear power, as a sponsor of international terrorism, a nuclear proliferator and a threat to regional stability in the Middle East. But what has often been missing in the international hand-wringing sessions vis-à-vis Iran is the toll the Tehran regime is taking on its own people. Stating that we will deal with whoever is in power is simply not good enough when it comes to certain kinds of regimes. It leaves the Iranian people with the impression that we simple don’t care – and just as bad, it leaves the regime with the feeling that it can act with impunity against its own population.
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BEIJING/SHANGHAI, June 12 (Reuters) - Honda Motor's (7267.T) Chinese car plants are operating normally and expected to stay open this weekend, its China spokesman said on Saturday.

Andy Murray of Britain throws his racket during his tennis match against Mardy Fish of the U.S. at the Queen's Club Championships in west London.

Five of the Queen’s Club tournament’s top six seeds ousted before the quarter-final

LONDON (Reuters) - Maria Sharapova will have the chance to turn the tables on China's Li Na on Sunday when they clash in the final of the Edgbaston grasscourt tournament.

File CNN co-founder Robert Wussler has died at his home in Westport, Conn., after a long illness.

Jun 13, 2010

Taliban doubles number of bomb attacks on British troops