¶ They say that Nicolas Sarkozy is not happy about La Conquête, a new movie that’s about him — “the story of a man who wins power and loses his wife.” The film opens nationally and at Cannes next week, along with Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris, a film in which Carla Bruni, the president’s current wife, has a small role. Ms Bruni has plead pregnancy as her excuse for missing the film festtival. ¶ Princess Chulabhorn Walailak, the youngest daughter of Thailand’s ailing King Bhumibol thinks that flattering coverage of royal family news ought to be given ten more minutes of daily air time. We can only imagine what her father’s subjects think about that, because unflattering coverage of the royal family is prohibited by law. Somsak Jeamteerasakul, a history professor who spoke out against princess (on the Internet), has been charged with violating the country’s draconian laws forbidding lèse majesté. ¶ Manuel Zelaya is going home, sometime soon, to Honduras. How we’ve missed him!

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