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PRINCESS Diana is being wooed by two US companies to front advertising campaigns, according to the Sunday Business

PRINCESS Diana is being wooed by two US companies to front advertising campaigns, according to the Sunday Business. Industry experts said the campaigns could earn the princess at least £2 million and propel her into the supermodel class.

An elderly couple are recovering in hospital after being involved in a head on collision with a car driven by Jeremy Irons. It was the second accident in less than a week for the star. Irons, his wife Sinead Cusack, and their two sons were unhurt after a fourcar pile up in Wales last Monday.

An 18 year old black woman has been named Miss Italy, after two judges at the pageant were dismissed for saying her skin colour did not reflect true Italian beauty. Tall, long haired Denny Mendez from the Dominican Republic garnered the most votes from a dozen judges and nine million television viewers who gave their opinions over the phone.

Nicaragua's Sandinistas have dropped their controversial anthem and adopted Beethoven's Ode to Joy as the party song, according to former Sandinista president Daniel Ortega. The old anthem contained the phrase "The Yankee is the enemy of humanity".