A teenage trooper who rooted out

five Taliban bombs in Afghanistan

has been dubbed a “baby face

ninja” by proud comrades.

Security staff at Gatwick stopped

a woman taking a gun on to a

transatlantic flight – the only

problem was the rifle is three-

inches long and made of plastic.

Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations

secretary general who made

global warming his personal

mission, is ending his hands-on

involvement with international

climate change negotiations, the

Guardian has learned.

MOHAMMED ElBaradei, the

Egyptian dissident, flew home to

Cairo last night to stake his claim

as the leader of the would-be

revolution to overthrow President

Hosni Mubarak.

A POLICE chief sparked outrage

yesterday by banning officers

from tackling yobs who hang

about after dark in a children’s

playground.