11 DECEMBER 2004, page 22

Ancient & Modern

The footballer Wayne Rooney recently put on a party for his girlfriend, and the two families were soon punching each other's lights out; and last week a court ruled on the fight......

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killing Peter Oborne on the privatisation of security in Iraq and the rise of a new, respectable breed of mercenary E xecutives from a new type of company are doing the rounds......