White Widow 'paid £1,200' for fake South African passports and 'worked with second British suspect in plotting Nairobi massacre'

'White Widow' Samantha Lewthwaite paid £1,200 for three fake South African passports for herself and two of her children, a known fraudster has claimed. 
Ehmed Chisty says he organised the documents for Lewthwaite, which she is suspected of using to set up home in Johannesburg.
Lewthwaite was named last week by Interpol as the world's most wanted women following the Nairobi mall massacre and it has now been claimed she may have worked with a second jihadist from Britain in plotting the attack.

A copy of Samantha Lewthwaite's fake South African passport. Forger Ehmed Chisty claims she paid him £1,200 for false passports for herself and two of her children

Lewthwaite is pictured, right, in the South African passport photograph and, left, in a picture from a personal computer found by police at the house she was renting in Mombasa

Umar Arshad fled Britain six years ago and has now reportedly risen up the Al Qaeda ranks and has been named in connection with the Westgate atrocity.
Six Britons were among at least 67 people murdered by Al Shabaab terrorists at the upmarket mall
Muslim convert Lewthwaite, 29, is the widow of 7/7 suicide bomber Jermaine Lindsay.
She fled her home in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, in 2009, and is on the run in East Africa. 

The White House 'didn't spend much time over the past week planning for shutdown because they assumed it would be averted'

The White House never though the government would actually shut down and as a result West Wing officials hardly spent any time over the past week planning for it, an administration aide said.
It was only at the weekend after House Republicans decided to prolong their fight on health care and send a budget bill back to the Senate with a one-year delay in Obamacare, that the reality of the situation became apparent.
Congress has missed the deadline for averting the first partial government shutdown in 17 years at midnight on Monday.

The White House never though the government would actually shut down and as a result West Wing officials hardly spent any time over the past week planning for it, an administration aide said on Monday

As the clock struck midnight Monday, House Republicans were demanding that the Senate negotiate their demand for a one-year delay in making millions of people buy health insurance under President Barack Obama's 2010 health care law. Minutes before midnight, the White House ordered a shutdown.
The Democratic Senate on Monday twice rejected GOP demands to delay key portions of what has become to known as Obamacare as a condition for keeping the government open.
An estimated 800,000 federal workers faced furloughs though many were told work a half day Tuesday. Critical functions like air traffic control and military operations will continue. Social Security benefits will be paid. National parks and most federal offices will close.
Now that the shutdown has taken affect, they intend continue to project an image of a White House keeping up with the country’s business and not just the drama on Capitol Hill, reports Politico.

Speaker of the House John Boehner parried a Senate-passed temporary budget bill that wouldn't defund the Obamacare law, and is now angling for a one-year pause in the law's implementation instead as a halfway measure

As much of the federal government grinds to a halt, President Barack Obama is telling the U.S. military he'll push Congress to re-open the government as soon as possible.

In his sole response early Tuesday to Congress' failure to avert the first shutdown in nearly two decades, Obama addressed his comments in a video to American troops, rather than the lawmakers he's been scolding for weeks.

Man United are out to build a dynasty but there’s Real proof chaos is just as good

A strange thing, stability. Every club in football seems to strive for it, yet the benefits are unproven.
Arsenal may sit top of the league after six games with Arsene Wenger in charge but the club have won nothing since the FA Cup final in 2005. In that time, Chelsea have had nine managers, including a caretaker and an interim, and have won two Premier League titles, four FA Cups, the League Cup, the Champions League and the Europa League.
It might be argued that they would have won more had they stuck longer with Jose Mourinho the first time, or Carlo Ancelotti. But nobody knows.
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Tough times: David Moyes has made a stuttering start to his career as Manchester United manager

Winner: Sir Alex Ferguson (in grey suit) celebrates Champions League glory in 1999

Trophy life: Ferguson with his first Premier League crown in 1993 (left) and with his final one this year

Kings of Europe again: Ferguson (centre) celebrates with Cristiano Ronaldo after United win the Champions League in 2008

We think this because we believe stability to be more adult than another ludicrous round of hiring and firing; and because Manchester United had 26 years of Sir Alex Ferguson and swept the board. 

Chisora to defend European heavyweight title on November 30 (and will be ringside for Klitschko's superfight with Povetkin)

Dereck Chisora is to defend his European heavyweight title on November 30 at The Copper Box Arena.
The Finchley-based fighter won the title at the same venue in the fifth round of a one-sided affair with Edmund Berber on September 21, over 21 months after many observers felt he had done so despite dropping a controversial split decision away to Finland's Robert Helenious in December 2011.
Chisora, who will be ringside for Wladimir Klitschko's WBO, IBF and WBA heavyweight title defence against Alexander Povetkin on Saturday in Moscow, said: 'This is the new Del Boy and this time I’m on the road to win the world heavyweight title.  

Title defence: Dereck Chisora will put his European heavyweight strap on the line on November 30

'I love fighting at the Copper Box Arena and this is my new home. Whoever I have in front of me on November 30th is getting destroyed.'

Death toll rises to 78 in Yobe student attack

The death toll at the College of Agriculure, Gujba ,Yobe State has risen to 78. At least 50 of them were students who were attacked in the early hours of yesterday morning as they slept in their hostel. Some were shot, others were butchered with swords and knives. The gunmen, suspected to be Boko Haram sect members later moved to houses around the hostel, killing residents they find. Then they blocked the Damaturu-Maiduguri road and killed travellers. So far, 78 bodies have been counted, with many more people still unaccounted for. A student of the college who survived the massacre explained what happened...

"They started gathering students into groups outside, then they opened fire and killed one group and then moved onto the next group and killed them. It was so terrible. They came with guns around 1a.m. and went directly to the male hostel and opened fire on them. The college is in the bush, so the other students were running around helplessly as guns went off and some of them were shot down.”

The gunmen stormed the hostels in two double-cabin pickup all-terrain vehicles and on motorcycles, and were dressed in military camouflage. They attacked 4 male hostels but avoided the only hostel reserved for girls. Swords and knives were used to kill at least 30 male students. Some corpses that were found were without heads while others had heads hanging to the bodies. Wailing parents and relatives were at the Sani Abacha Specialist Hospital mortuary in Damaturu this morning to identify their loved ones. This can't continue. This government has to do something about the situation.

Wow! Kim Kardashian shows she’s back in cleavage-baring dress with thigh-high split as she makes first formal appearance since North’s birth at Givenchy show at PFW

fter staying away from the limelight since the birth of her daughter four months ago, Kim Kardashian has finally returned to her glamorous self as she made a showstopping entrance at the Givenchy show during Paris Fashion Week on Sunday evening.
And in a true return to form, the reality TV star showed off her ample chest and legs in a sexy black dress featuring a thigh high split.
The 32-year-old, who was accompanied by Kanye West, looked stunning in the peplum number and deep purple heels.

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West arrive at the Givenchy Show during Paris Fashion Week

Photographers and fans alike clamoured to get a glimpse of the couple as they entered the event

Kim kept a firm grip of Kanye's hand as they walked into the event before promptly taking their seats in the front row.

Annie Idibia &Toke Makinwa's gorgeous outfits to Elite Model Search

Annie proudly showed off her baby bump in a short black dress at the Elite Model Search finale which held in Lagos last night. Toke's outfit is banging. Will bring official photos from the model search later...

Miss Philippines wins Miss World competition at glamorous event in Indonesia despite Islamist threats to disrupt competition

Miss Philippines has been crowned Miss World in a glittering finale despite threats by Islamist groups to disrupt the competition.
Megan Young, who wore a glamorous pink fishtail dress, won the 63rd annual beauty pageant on Indonesia's resort island of Bali.
The final round was held amid tight security after ongoing protests by Muslim extremists - who had previously branded the iconic competition 'pornography' and a 'whore contest'.
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Winner: Miss Philippines Megan Young has been crowned Miss World in a glittering finale despite threats by Islamist groups to disrupt the competition

Emotional: The 23-year-old smiled and held her hands to her face after being crowned winner of the 63rd annual beauty pageant on Indonesia's resort island of Bali

'I promise to be the best Miss World ever,' said the teary-eyed 23-year-old today after being crowned Miss World 2013.

Kim and Kanye jet to Paris as it's revealed rapper will be pressing charges after latest photographer altercation

Kanye West's love affair with Paris has been well documented.
And now she's well past her four month birthday, little Nori West - Kanye's daughter with Kim Kardashian - is getting her first taste of the French capital.
The bairn was loaded into a private jet in L.A. with her 32-year-old mother and West, 36, on Thursday, as it was revealed that her latter will be pressing charges against a photographer who showed up at the couple's home at 4am the same day.

Leaving on a jet plane: Kim Kardashian and Kanye West boarded a private jet en route to Paris on Friday morning in L.A.

Hot to foxtrot: Strictly Come Dancing's Ola Jordan looks sensational as she poses on the beach for 2014 calendar

She may be busy rehearsing with her Strictly Come Dancing partner, but Ola Jordan took time away from the dancefloor to shoot her sexy 2014 calendar.
The stunning dancer looked to be having some fun in the sun as she left the sequins at home and instead chose a series of tiny bikinis for the occasion.
The 30-year-old from Poland came over all sultry as she posed on the beach in various stages of undress.
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Sultry: Ola Jordan looks stunning as she poses on the beach for her upcoming calendar

The Polish-born star wore her long blonde hair down and dripping wet as she frolicked in a number of tiny swimsuits.

From Home Counties prom queen to world's most wanted woman: How the 'White Widow' was obsessed with Islam even as a schoolgirl

Samantha Lewthwaite at the end-of-year ball at her school in Aylesbury

Samantha Lewthwaite was attending the end-of-year ball at her school in Aylesbury.

She dazzled, by all accounts, in a pink silk ballgown set off by a diamante tiara and matching gold earrings and necklace. ‘She looked fantastic that night,’ recalled one admirer. 
The date was 2001. It was possibly the last time she received such a compliment. Shortly afterwards, at the age of 17, she converted to Islam and began wearing a jilbab, the long flowing robe that covers everything but the hands and face.
This is the story of what happened to her; how, in the space of little more than a decade, the glamorous young lady you see in the photograph became the world’s most wanted female terrorist, a chain of events that culminated in the Nairobi massacre where more than 60 civilians lost their lives.
We still do not know if Lewthwaite, 29, was the ‘white woman’ survivors say they saw with an AK-47 in one hand and a grenade in the other, or if she is among the dead hostage-takers.
British security officials have yet to receive confirmation from the Kenyan authorities of her role in the attack.
This week, Interpol issued an international arrest warrant, flagged with a high-priority ‘Red Notice’, for her in connection with a string of other terrorist outrages over the past two years across the Horn of Africa, where she is known as the ‘white sister’ or the ‘White Widow’.
What is indisputable is that she has blood on her hands. Lewthwaite, who was married to one of the 7/7 bombers, has already been identified as a main recruiter for Al Qaeda in East Africa and is an official spokesman for Al Shabaab, the terror group behind the Nairobi atrocity.
In the wake of 7/7, when her husband Jermaine Lindsay blew himself up along with 26 passengers on a Tube train near King’s Cross Station in London in 2005, she portrayed herself as another victim of the tragedy. ‘Abhorrent,’ she called it.
She had no knowledge, she said, of his murderous plans, and dreaded the day she would have to tell her own children ‘what their father did’. 
How cynically empty these protestations of innocence seem now. For our inquiries in her home town of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire over the past week suggest the marriage of Samantha and Jermaine three years earlier was a union of two already poisoned minds.

Samantha Lewthwaite, aged 16-17 years at school. Lewthwaite went on to convert to Islam and marry one of the 7/7 suicide bombers

Later, in the wake of 7/7, she even tried to radicalise her own family.
According to neighbours, her mother, from Irish Catholic stock, has been seen wearing a hijab — an Islamic scarf covering the head.
Yet, Samantha Lewthwaite’s upbringing, at least to begin with, could not have been a less likely breeding ground for anti-Western extremism.
She was born in 1983, the youngest of three children, in Banbridge, County Down. It says on her birth certificate that her father was a lorry driver. 
He is also a former soldier, who served in Northern Ireland during the Seventies at the height of the Troubles. His regiment, the 9/12 Royal Lancers, was stationed in Omagh, close to the scene where the Real IRA slaughtered 29 people in 1998.

Lewthwaite, who came form second generation Irish-Catholic stock, married and Jamaican-born carpet fitter Lindsay Jermain when she was just 18

Could there be a more chilling betrayal of the family’s proud military past (Samantha Lewthwaite’s paternal grandfather was also in the Armed Forces) than the revelations emerging from Kenya about the ‘White Widow’ and her hate-filled Al Shabaab associates?
The Lewthwaites moved from Northern Ireland to Buckinghamshire in the early Nineties. 
Aylesbury has a small but thriving Muslim community; the house where the young Samantha grew up was just half a mile from the mosque.
When she was 11, her parents split up, an event that left her devastated. In the aftermath, it seems she was drawn to the strong family ethic of the Muslims who lived around her.
Childhood friends remembered how she spent a couple of summers when she was 11 and 12 ‘hanging around’ with a mixed group of Muslim and white youngsters in the town’s Alfred Rose Memorial Park.
It was here that she developed a crush on a Muslim boy, three or four years older than her. Her feelings were not reciprocated.
‘She lived in an area with a lot of Muslims. I think that really influenced her,’ said a friend who knew her throughout her teenage years at the nearby Grange secondary school and into adulthood.
These early experiences developed into an obsession with Islam, an obsession that was witnessed first hand by that friend, who was also white and had a Muslim boyfriend.
That young woman became pregnant by him when she was 17, and they had a second child four years later. Her boyfriend later served time in prison. The two are no longer together and she spoke to the Mail on condition of anonymity.
The friend revealed how she and Samantha Lewthwaite attended gatherings where Muslim preachers would warn them to ‘stay away from kufars’ (non-Muslims).
‘She was always much better than me at learning Arabic and reciting the surahs [chapters of the Koran],’ said the friend.

The Aylesbury home of Andrew Lewthwaite, her father who served in Northern Ireland during the Seventies 

Devastating aftermath of bus bomb that killed 17 people carrying Pakistan government workers

The mangled remains of a bus block a Pakistan street after it was torn apart by a bomb today leaving 17 government workers dead and more than 40 injured.
Blood and body parts flew into the road when the device exploded at the back of the coach as it ferried government employees home in Peshawar city, to the north of the country.
The carnage was made worse by the fact that many of the victims were reportedly sitting on the roof of the bus as it travelled - a common practice in Pakistan.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility but the finger appears to point towards militants battling the government in the northwest of the country who often target troops, officials and symbols of the state.

Devastating: The device exploded in the back of the coach which was carrying government employees in northern Pakistan

Search for survivors: There was no immediate claim of responsibility but militants battling the government in the northwest of the country often target troops, officials and symbols of the state

Oprah Winfrey says she'll leave this earth as a 'never married' woman

Billionaire talk show legend and actress Oprah Winfrey 59, has been dating Stedman Graham, 62, since 1986. That's 27 years - longer than a lot of marriages. Oprah said in an interview recently that although she considered marriage after she attended Tina Turner's wedding in Switzerland in July, she's pretty sure she will leave the world as a woman who 'never got married'

When asked if she would leave earth as a “never-married” woman, Oprah made her feelings very clear. “Yes,” she told Access Hollywood. “Yeah, I think that’s my final answer.”

“I think that it’s interesting that you would ask it because I thought about it again at Tina Turner’s wedding. Because Tina was like, ‘Oprah, you need to do this. You need to do it.’ I was just thinking, ‘Well, OK, would things really be different?’ And no, I don’t think so. If you ever interviewed him (Stedman), he would tell you that had we married, we would not be together today, because he’s a traditional man and this is a very untraditional relationship.”

Oprah also explained that she couldn’t be a wife because the word holds responsibilities she doesn’t feel capable of handling.

Mellow yellow: Victoria Beckham does her own take on Parisian chic in lemon duster coat as she unveil digital plans

She's one of the most stylish women in the world.
And Victoria Beckham certainly didn't disappoint as she arrived in France with her own take on Parisian chic for a press conference to unveil her new digital plans.
Having taken the Eurostar from London, the fashion designer certainly stood out in her lemon, sleeveless duster coat as she walked out of the Gare Du Nord and headed to the British embassy.

Mellow yellow: Victoria Beckham looked chic as she arrived at Paris's Gare De Nord in a lemon sleeveless duster coat

The mother-of-four was meeting select members of the press to discuss her plans for her ecommerce site, which will sell her main Victoria Beckham collection from January 2014.

Who shot ya? Rita Ora gets a hair stylist to inject vitamin B12 supplement... into her derriere!

She lives the jet set lifestyle of an international popstar, so it's not surprise that Rita Ora has looked to the new fad to keep her energy levels up.
And the singer had everyone knowing about it when her friend Emily Rose tweeted a picture of her hair stylist injecting herself and Rita with a vitamin B12 shot.
With the photo, Emily wrote: '#b12 time! I'm so ready for mine as you can see!!! @candicebirnshairstylist is not just an amazing but she gives B12 shots too! #healthiswealth'.

Health boost: Rita Ora and her friend Emily Rose get B12 injections from a hair stylist

The shots are recommended for those who suffer from tiredness, lethargy, feeling faint and becoming breathless as a result of the reduced amount of oxygen in the blood. A lack of vitamin B12 is a common cause for anaemia, but many celebrities have started treating themselves with the injections including Madonna, Justin Timberlake, Katy Perry and Justin Bieber.
Victoria Beckham has also said how much she relied on the supplement during each of her pregnancies..

Pastor, two kids killed as Boko Haram Islamists open fire in church

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Suspected Boko Haram Islamists on Thursday opened fire in a church in Nigeria's restive northeast, killing the pastor and his two children before setting fire to the building and fleeing, the military said.

Boko Haram, which has said it is fighting to create an Islamic state in mainly Muslim northern Nigeria, has repeatedly attacked churches in its four-year insurgency.

'Unknown gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram terrorists attacked' the church in Yobe state early on Thursday, area military spokesman Eli Lazarus said in a statement.

Youths protest lawmakers' jumbo pay in Abuja, Lagos

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A coalition of Nigerian youths on Thursday besieged both the National Assembly in Abuja and Lagos State House of Assembly to protest the alleged jumbo pay of the federal lawmakers.

The Lagos protesters, numbering 25, were said to have mobilised themselves via Twitter, Facebook and other social media.

Leader of the Abuja protesters, Yemi Adamolekun, said the N150bn annual budget of the federal legislators, consisting 109 senators and 360 representatives, 'was too much in the midst of the pervading abject poverty across the land.'

Sneak peek at Britney's VERY sexy video! Spears shows off super svelte physique in array of underwear in Work B**** teaser clip

She recently revealed she has been training for five hours a day in preparation for her exhaustive schedule of hotly anticipated Las Vegas shows. 
And Britney Spears was showing off the results of her regime in spectacular style in a brief teaser clip for her new Work B**** music video.
The video, which was shot in the desert, features Britney in a variety of sexy barely-there outfits, with one particularly striking ensemble consisting of a structured plunging black corset over fishnet tights and zip up underwear.
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Sneak peek: Britney Spears tweeted a photograph of herself on Thursday showing off her stunning new figure in a new teaser for her video for Work B***

The star posted the footage to her Instagram account on Thursday, along with the message: 'ATTENTION PEOPLE!!! Just a lil taste to hold y'all over. #WorkBxxch1stLook I <3 U'
Another shot shows Britney dancing beside a white wall sporting a skimpy metallic two-piece and shrug with her blonde hair curling over her shoulders. 

'It was such a hard time!' Miley Cyrus on how she 'wanted to leave' Liam Hemsworth for MONTHS before they actually split

By the time they finally announced their engagement was off, it was hard to feel surprised.
And now Miley Cyrus has confirmed that she wanted to break off her romance with Liam Hemsworth many months before they actually split.
The actress turned singer revealed that her new song Drive was inspired by her desire to end the relationship - and was written back in February.

Show off: Miley Cyrus poses in a shoot For Fashion magazine, whose November issue

Baileys to give consumers an unforgettable experience at the Sisters with Soul Concert

Baileys your number one premium Irish cream is giving consumers a chance of a lifetime to meet with Mary .J. Blige. Baileys is offering its consumers an opportunity to watch MJB rehearse, being interviewed and also ask her their own questions. All you need to do is stay close to your local radio (Cool FM, Beat FM & Classic FM) to get more information. Winners will also automatically win tickets to the concert.

Comedian Bovi and wife welcome baby girl

 

'I forgot my shirt!' Tina Fey 'accidentally' goes topless on SNL promo as she makes light of her Emmys wardrobe malfunction

She suffered an embarassing wardrobe malfunction at Sunday's Emmy Awards when her Narciso Rodriguez dress gaped open to reveal rather too much cleavage, resulting in an accidental flash of nipple. 
But in typical fashion, Tina Fey makes light of the 'nip slip' on a new promotional clip for her hosting stint on Saturday Night Live this weekend.
SNL cast member Kenan Thompson first tells viewers that 'there will be no more wardrobe malfunctions like at the Emmys,' and then turns to Tina saying 'Unless you want to do one?'

It's all under control! Tina makes light of her Emmy Awards wardrobe malfunction in the promo for Saturday Night Live alongside cast member Kenan Thompson

'No that's right,' Tina says firmly as her black jacket falls open to reveal she's topless. 'It's not going to happen again. I've got it under control.
'I forgot my shirt,' she says.
The promo sees Tina's return to SNL for the first time since she last guest hosted the show two years ago.
'It doesn't feel good to be back. It feels great to be back!' she tells Kenan. 'We promise, SNL will be over in time for you to watched the Breaking Bad final.'

Ooops: Tina 'notices' her mistake, much to Kenan's horror and proclaimed 'I forgot my shirt'

The Emmy incident happened when Tina  arrived on stage with her co-writer Tracey Wigfield to accept the award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series.