Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt addressed News Corp lobbyist Fred Michel as “daddy” and “mon ami” in text messages released by the Leveson Inquiry.

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Hunt texted ‘mon ami’ to lobbyist

The third major contemporary art auction this week brought in another $88.9 million, including a record price for a Jean Michel Basquiat work, despite the mixed quality over all.

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Basquiat Painting Brings $16.3 Million at Phillips Sale

Uefa president Michel Platini is happy to move European competitions to allow 2022 Qatar World Cup to be played during winter.

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Platini supports winter World Cup

Haitian pop star Michel Martelly, known as Sweet Micky, is sworn in as president of a country still reeling from last year’s earthquake.

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Martelly promises ‘a new Haiti’

Iconoclastic carnival singer Michel “Sweet Micky” Martelly, a stirring orator and political novice, won Haiti’s presidential runoff in a landslide, according to preliminary results issued Monday by electoral council officials.

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Haiti’s Martelly elected as president, unofficial results show

Haitians vote in a delayed run-off presidential poll between Michel Martelly and Mirlande Manigat as their nation faces huge challenges of rebuilding.

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Haitians vote in crucial election

The Green Hornet director Michel Gondry is to chair the jury of the Cannes film festival’s short film competition.

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Gondry to head Cannes shorts jury

Haiti’s electoral commission Thursday announced it had removed the government-backed candidate from the second round of voting in favor of Michel Martelly, a popular musician.

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New Lineup for Haitian Presidential Runoff

Haiti presidential election candidate Michel Martelly calls for calm amid mass protests by his supporters after he narrowly misses out on the run-off round.

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The controversial writer Michel Houellebecq wins France’s top literary award, the Goncourt Prize, for his book The Map and the Territory.

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Houellebecq wins top French prize

Uefa president Michel Platini reiterates his opposition to goal-line technology, claiming it would lead to “Playstation football”.

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Platini issues technology warning

Uefa president Michel Platini warns the Football Association that delaying naming a new chairman could damage England’s 2018 World Cup bid.

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Platini voices England 2018 fears