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Ninety years ago this week, a Bolshevik mob stormed the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, arrested the provisional government, and installed a "dictatorship of the proletariat" in its place. Though the Russian revolution is no longer widely celebrated (not even by the Russians, who instead commemorate the expulsion of the Poles from Moscow in 1612), I felt it important to mark the occasion. In honor of the anniversary, I reread Ten Days That Shook the World, the famed account of the revolution written by John Reed, the American journalist and fellow-traveler. Then I reread last week's press reports of the...

"British top model Naomi Campbell arrives at Miraflores Palace to visit Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Caracas October 30, 2007."

LONDON - Naomi Campbell was arrested after allegedly causing a disturbance outside a former boyfriend's home, a British newspaper reported Friday. The Sun tabloid said police were called after Campbell, 36, arrived at the house in the early hours of July 10 seeking the return of some belongings. The Metropolitan Police confirmed that a 36-year-old woman had been detained for breach of the peace after "reports of a woman causing a disturbance" in London's Belgravia district. She was freed without charge several hours later. Police retrieved the belongings, "and the woman left the scene," the force said in a statement....

NAOMI Campbell has been charged with assaulting her housekeeper, New York police said after arresting the supermodel at her Park Avenue home today. A police spokesman said Campbell had been charged with second degree assault and the housekeeper was taken to hospital after the incident. The spokesman had no further details on the woman's injuries. Campbell, still one of the biggest names in fashion at the age of 35, was fingerprinted and photographed at a police station and was due to be taken to court later for arraignment, a police spokeswoman said. Campbell's agent, Amanda Silverman, said in a statement:...

Supermodel Naomi Campbell teamed up with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday to fight poverty in Brazil - and draw tourists - with a campaign to sell trendy "We love Brazil" T-shirts worldwide. British-born Campbell said the designer shirts would go on sale in airports and shops, and profits go to children's charities in the South American country she calls her second home. "Anyone who loves Brazil should wear the T-shirt to raise awareness and raise funds," said Campbell, after presenting one to Lula at the presidential palace. Campbell will act as an ambassador for Brazil's fast-growing...

Author: Hollywood's Castro Collaborators Revealed What do Jesse Jackson, Danny Glover, Chevy Chase, Norman Mailer and Naomi Campbell have in common? They're all charter members of the Fidel Castro fan club. Appearing on the Fox News Channel's "O'Reilly Factor" Tuesday night, author Humberto Fontova detailed the Castro-loving proclivities of America's literati-glitterati class, as described in his new book, "Fidel: Hollywood's Favorite Tyrant." Fontova laid the groundwork for why the "Hollywood pinheads," as O'Reilly called them, think Castro is so great: because Castro is "the cool anti-American." And, as we all know, Hollywood is a firm protectorate of the 'blame America...

Blame Bush for Fidel Castro's Broken Knee? Written by Joe Mariani Monday, October 25, 2004 Most people know by now that Fidel Castro fell off a stage, apparently breaking his knee and arm, after making a commencement speech. The people of Cuba would be a lot better off had it been his neck. Despite the way Oliver Stone and many other Hollywood halfwits consider Castro some sort of demigod, he's just another thug that managed to hijack an entire country for his own personal aggrandisement. Steven Spielberg called his dinner with Castro ''the eight most important hours of my life.''...

Tony Snow said there is a report that Naomi Campbell has a spy network which has tracked Osama Bin Laden to Saudi Arabia....nothing furtur

Who needs the CIA when you have supermodel Naomi Campbell to keep up with the movements of international terrorists? Well, that is how the story goes for the tempestuous clotheshorse, who according to the New York Post has revealed that she has 'intelligence sources' across the globe to keep her updated on terrorist activities. According to a report in PeopleNews, Campbell has confided in close friends that her network of spies has been keeping tabs on none other than the kingpin of terrorism, Osama bin Laden. Moreover, she knows it for a fact that Laden is holed up in Saudi...

Bill Clinton’s office is denying — sort of — a report in the London Telegraph that the ex-president has become friends with hot-tempered model Naomi Campbell. “These two libidinous creatures first hooked up, most discreetly, during Bill’s last extended visit to London three months ago,” the paper breathlessly reported. “They have, amazingly, been in regular communications ever since.” “We haven’t even been able to confirm whether they’ve met,” a spokeswoman told the Scoop. “We told that to the Telegraph, and they printed the story anyway.”