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Hillary gets a boost

DES MOINES : Democrat Hillary Clinton's off-balance White House campaign got a major boost Saturday, as she grabbed the coveted backing of the top newspaper in leadoff nominating state Iowa. The Des Moines Register of Iowa also endorsed Senator John McCain in the Republican field, arguing that both its picks were the most competent and ready to lead of all the 2008 presidential hopefuls.

Dodi's 2nd fiancee

BBC Online: Model Kelly Fisher, a former girlfriend of Dodi Al Fayed, told the inquest she met him in the summer of 1996. She said she had "no doubt" a ring she was given by Al Fayed in February 1997 was because they were engaged to be married. Fisher said Al Fayed told her Diana had accepted an invitation for a holiday with the Al Fayed family in Saint-Tropez from 11 to 20 July, 1997. Fisher said she was under the impression she was going to Saint-Tropez with him but he lied about having to go to London instead.

'Mafia boss' held

BBC Online: A mafia boss, considered one of Italy's 30 most dangerous fugitives, has been arrested in Naples, police have said. Edoardo Contini, aged 52, was detained in a suburb of the southern city on Friday night. Investigators believe he is one of the most powerful bosses of the Neapolitan Mafia, the Camorra. Italy has seen a number of high-profile arrests since last month's seizure of the Sicilian Mafia chief, Salvatore Lo Piccolo, know as "the boss of bosses". "Edoardo Contini was perhaps the most dangerous boss in Naples," Italian Interior Minister Giuliano Amato said in a statement.

Amato said police had been on Mr Contini's trail for more than a year.

Francesco Forgione, president of the Italian parliament's anti-Mafia commission, described Mr Contini's cartel as "one of the most dangerous and violent".

Contini had been on the run since 2000, and is reported to have spent some of his years in hiding in northern Europe.