Russell Brand taunts Justice Secretary Jack Straw on Twitter page

September 5th, 2009 UK official says oil was part of Lockerbie talksLONDON — Trade and oil considerations played a major role in the decision to include the Lockerbie bomber in a prisoner transfer agreement between Britain and Libya, a senior British official said in an interview published Saturday. Justice Secretary Jack Straw said trade, particularly a deal for oil company BP PLC, was "a very big part" of the 2007 negotiations that led to the prisoner deal.

September 5th, 2009 LONDON - Britain's Justice secretary Jack Straw has admitted for the first time that trade and oil deals with Libya played a very big part in the handling of the Lockerbie bomber's case. He said trade was a major influence on his decision to include Abdelbaset Al Megrahi in a prisoner transfer agreement with Libya signed two years ago, just as BP was seeking a multi-billion pound deal there.

June 14th, 2009 LONDON - The British Government is mulling over a proposal to give formal permission to its officials to pay bribes for recruiting informants and to buy off Taliban commanders. According to The Times, British agents working for MI5, MI6 or GCHQ, Britain's spy centers, would be free from the anti-bribery legislation being moved in Parliament for approval.

April 26th, 2009 LONDON - Russell Brand seems to be cheating on Laura Gallacher. He has been caught getting loved-up with Cambridge graduate Emma Lees in Italy, a week after it was revealed he seeing old flame Gallacher again.

April 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Oasis band member Liam Gallagher has laughed off his brother Noel's comments about their unstable relationship, saying that the outburst was due to his overly sensitive emotions. Noel Gallagher had told Britain's Q magazine that his relationship with his brother is so bad, that the band will have to take a five-year break before they make another record.

April 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Hollywood socialite Kim Kardashian recently posted her own photos on her Twitter page revealing a bad sunburn, and she urged fellow Twitter users to help her get rid of it. Kim, who slept wearing her sunglasses while sunbathing, has developed a total sunburn except the area covered by her huge sunglasses.

April 17th, 2009 LONDON - After the infamous Manuelgate incident, Russell Brand is coming back to radio, but this time he will be teaming up with Noel Gallagher. Brand and the Oasis star are all set to co-host a show on Talksport, which will kick off on April 19 from 9 to 11 pm.

April 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Hugh Jackman has been forced to apologise after an employee made an embarrassing error on his Twitter page. After the incident, it came to the fore that the Australian actor was using an online marketing team to manage his online blogging.

April 8th, 2009 LONDON - Tickets for controversial comic Russell Brand's stand-up gig are being sold for as low as 2.50 pounds. Seatwave, an online fan-to-fan ticket exchange operating in the European market, was still left with over 140 tickets for the upcoming show at London's 14,500 seat O2 Arena.

March 31st, 2009 LONDON - English comedian Russell Brand has vowed to give away his fortune to help ease world poverty. Brand, 33, had written on his website about how he felt about his fame and his wealth, and how it only brought him more problems.

March 28th, 2009 LONDON - Controversial comedian Russell Brand has been crowned with the title of 'Most Self-Obsessed British Celebrity' in a new study based on Twitter usage. Celebrity gossip website Holy Moly has published a top 40 of the most narcissistic celebrities on Twitter, a list that includes Lily Allen, Chris Moyles and Stephen Fry.

March 24th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood actor Ashton Kutcher has naughtily posted a picture of wife Demi Moore's bottom on his Twitter page. While the couple was on Parrot Cay, in the Turks and Caicos Islands to attend Moore's ex-husband Bruce Willis' wedding to model Emma Heming, Kutcher was upto his mischievous tricks.

March 24th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Controversial comedian Russell Brand has claimed that he has had treatment for his sex addiction and has it under control. In fact, he said that sex addiction is much like having an eating disorder.

March 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Russell Brand gave onlookers an eyeful after he was snapped naked on the balcony of an Australian hotel. The Brit comedian stepped out in his natural form looking least bothered in the morning.

March 12th, 2009 LONDON - British comic Russell Brand fears he may miss out on a role in the next sequel of Pirates Of The Caribbean, as he is too busy. Brand was recently rumoured to be in negotiations to play the brother of Johnny Depp's character, Captain Jack Sparrow, in a planned sequel in the hit flick.