Lewinsky comes back to haunt White House
Like a herd of excited wildebeest, Washington's hack pack thundered across the foyer of the Mayflower Hotel in pursuit of Monica Lewinsky as the former intern at the centre of the worlds most famous sex scandal returned to the capital on Saturday in yet another dramatic twist to the Clinton impeachment trial.

Netanyahu sacks defence minister
Sacked Defence Minister Yitzhak Mordechai has been chosen by a new centrist party to challenge Benjamin Netanyahu for the premiership in May elections, Israeli radio and television reported on Sunday.

Mitsubishi Chemical, Tokyo Tanabe to merge
Mitsubishi Chemical Corp and Tokyo Tanabe Co Ltd said last week they would merge. They said 1.75 shares in Mitsubishi Chemical wall be exchange for every Tokyo Tanabe share in the merger.

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