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Obama Pays Tribute To ‘Enduring Bond’ – President Barack Obama last night paid tribute to the “enduring bond” between Britain and the US as he embraced the “special relationship” in a speech at Buckingham Palace. He spoke of the “rock solid foundation” of a friendship that “never rests”, stressing that Britain had been America’s “closest partner” since the horrors of 9/11. [telegraph]

Obama And Cameron Form Table Tennis Team [Video] – Barack Obama and David Cameron teamed up to play some pupils at table tennis at the Globe Academy school in south London. The US president and UK prime minister visited the school on Obama’s first day in the country on his state visit. [bbc]

SA Cuts Business Ties with Libya – South African financial institutions have suspended business with entities linked to the Libyan government, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Tuesday. Responding to a question in parliament, he said he could not disclose any further details. He said South Africa remained committed to implementing the “letter and spirit” of the UN Security Council resolution. [fin24]

Sony Reports Another Hacker Attack – Sony has reported another security breach, this time a hacker attack that affects 8,500 user accounts on Sony Music Entertainment Greece websites where fans can subscribe to newsletters. Usernames, passwords, email addresses and phone numbers were all stolen in the attack. [mashable]

Twitter To buy Tweetdeck – Twitter has acquired TweetDeck and the transaction will be announced in the next few days. The $40 million – $50 million purchase price includes both cash and Twitter stock. This deal is defensive for Twitter – they simply couldn’t allow UberMedia to have so much market share in this space. Adding TweetDeck to the UberMedia stable of products would give them too much leverage over Twitter, so Twitter made a strong defensive bid to disrupt the deal. [techcrunch]

Ryan Giggs Reporters’ Cars Attacked – A group of masked men have attacked cars belonging to journalists and members of the paparazzi outside Ryan Giggs’s home. Officers attended and discovered at least six cars had been vandalised after a group of offenders arrived in a Ford Transit van and attacked the vehicles. Reporters revealed that cars were kicked and covered in flour and eggs, while tyres were also slashed. Nice. [digitalspy]

Tyson Tattoo Won’t Delay Hangover II – The federal judge presiding over a copyright infringement lawsuit brought against Warner Bros. by the man who created the distinctive tattoo worn by Ed Helms in The Hangover: Part II has declined to halt the Thursday release of the film. S. Victor Whitmill, the tattoo artist who created the original mark for boxer Mike Tyson, was seeking an injunction and damages for copyright infringement. [hollywoodreporter]

Playboy Puts 75 Years Of Articles An Images Online – If you’ve long harbored tender memories of Miss February 1988 but misplaced your dusty old box of Playboys, take heart. The House that Hef built is putting all its magazines — from the inaugural December 1953 issue with cover girl Marilyn Monroe, to the current one with rock heiress Lizzy Jagger — into an online searchable database. [cnn]

Marmite Has Been Made Illegal In Denmark – Many well known breakfast cereal and drink brands have already been banned or taken off supermarket shelves after Danish legislation in 2004 restricted foods fortified with extra vitamins or minerals. The strongly flavoured dark brown spread made from brewer’s yeast has joined Rice Crispies, Shreddies, Horlicks and Ovaltine prohibited in Denmark under legislation forbidding the sale of food products with added vitamins as threat to public health. [telegraph]

Estella Warren’s Night Of Madness – Actress Estella Warren has been arrested for allegedly hitting three cars in Los Angeles while driving under the influence, then resisting arrest and attempting to escape the police station Monday night into Tuesday morning. Even worse, it has been revealed that she is in fact 40, nearly a decade older than the age she has been telling media. [washingtonpost]

Why I Will Never Hire A ‘Social Media Expert’ – I was going to call this article “All ‘Social Media Experts’ Need To Go Die In A Fire,” but I figured I should be nicer than that. But my title stands. If you call yourself a social media expert, don’t even bother sending me your resume. [businessinsider]

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