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News in Brief: 17.4.14
Kim Jong Un's hair, Corrie on cuts, Brown as MP

<strong>Diplomacy:</strong> North Korea's displeasure at a poster in a hair salon that poked fun at their leader's distinctive hairstyle has reached the corridors of power in Whitehall.

The Foreign Office confirmed yesterday it had received a letter from the North Korean embassy earlier this week complaining about the picture of Kim Jong Un that was displayed in a London salon's window emblazoned with the words "Bad Hair Day?"

 

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