Preparations for the wedding of King Mohammed VI get underway in Morocco

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• Friday July 12, 2002
• Zara Phillips and jockey boyfriend Richard Johnson enjoy a day out at the polo in Gloucestershire
• Madhuri Dixit and Shahrukh Khani attend the Bombay premiere of Devdas, Bollywood's most expensive film ever made
• A cheesy photo of Jaques Chirac as the French president gets his picture on a brand of Camembert
• Former US President Bill Clinton talks at the International AIDS Conference in Barcelona
• John Travolta dances down the gangway as he arrives in Sydney as part of his worldwide Spirit of Friendship Tour
• George Michael says he can no longer return to his home in the US following the bad press he has received for his Shoot the Dog single
• A huge mains water leak in London's Vauxhall district causes travel chaos throughout the city
• Miss Universe Oxana Fedorova travels to Indonesia as a goodwill ambassador in the fight against AIDS
• Preparations for the wedding of King Mohammed VI get underway in Morocco
• Thursday July 11, 2002
• Jean-Paul Gaultier presents his spectacular Haute Couture collection in Paris
• Superheroes Superman and Batman to star in new movie together
• Chelsea star Emmanuel Petit has St Tropez home burgled of �50,000 worth of jewellery
• Pierce Brosnan and son Sean enjoy a night out at the fifth birthday celebration of top London eaterie Nobu
• Chang Sang becomes first woman Prime Minister of South Korea following government reshuffle
• Tom Hanks at the Los Angeles premiere of his new film Road to Perdition
• Rubens' painting The Massacre of the Innocents fetches a record �49.5m at auction in London
• Typhoon Chata'an causes tens of thousands to flee their homes in northern Japan
• The Earl and Countess of Wessex start the 50th Safari rally in Kenya
• Wednesday July 10, 2002
• Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey attend the funeral of Who bassist and co-band member John Entwistle
• Dominican designer Oscar de la Renta receives an ovation from the audience at his swansong show for Balmain in Paris
• Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in London talks on the dangers of keeping chemical weapons intact
• Forest guards on patrol in north-east India as nearly 800,000 people are left homeless by seasonal flooding
• Former Ballykissangel star Colin Farrell signs �5.5m Hollywood deal to star in a new film version of 1970s police TV series Swat
• Travis cancel upcoming European dates after drummer Neil Primrose (second from left) injures spine in swimming pool accident
• Indonesian children play in front of a line of tanks after a military take-over command ceremony in Jakarta
• Prince Andrew and Joely Richardson at the Serpentine Gallery Summer Party in London
• The Queen hosts a party in Buckingham Palace for thousands of people who were born on the day of her accession to the throne
• Rugby superstar Jonah Lomu sensationally left out of New Zealand squad to face Australia in Tri-Nations opener
• Tuesday July 9, 2002
• The Countess of Wessex meets Nelson Mandela on an official tour of South Africa
• Children play in the flooded streets of the Philippines where a typhoon has left 27 dead and four missing
• Liz Hurley joins Donatella and Puffy at the Versace Haute Couture collection after-party in Paris
• EastEnder Kim Medcalf released from hospital following car crash
• Chinese fisherman huddle together and wait to be rescued by air after their boat catches fire at sea
• Tom Hanks 46 today
• Russian President Vladimir Putin pays his respects to the victims of last tuesday's aircrash over Germany

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