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Video of Osama bin Laden's dead body being dropped into the North Arabian Sea from the USS Carl Vinson early this morning will be made public, according to officials. The 40-minute ceremony, and perhaps photos of his corpse, will be released "cautiously," according to The Associated Press, citing two Pentagon officials.

Next month sees the 30th anniversary of the Watergate break-in, and a fresh flurry of books and articles “unmasking” the man referred to by cognoscenti simply as “Throat”. The former White House counsel John Dean, who testified against Nixon, claims he will identify him on the Internet on June 17. The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist William Gaines is offering A Finder's Guide to Deep Throat, the fruit of two years’ study by a team of journalism students which he compares to the Warren Report. Deep Throat, Gaines insists, is “a middle-level White House official. It’s not anybody a lot of people...

<p>The Michael Moore documentary, which opens tomorrow, arranges a set of facts - or almost facts - directed against George W. Bush and sets them out for the jury, the American people. But the irony might be that while Moore seeks to "convict" Bush - that is, defeat him at the polls - the unintended consequence might be to "acquit" Bush instead.</p>