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By: The Associated Press


LOS ANGELES - Britney Spears has obtained a restraining order against former pal Osama (Sam) Lutfi and one-time boyfriend Adnan Ghalib, court records show.



Lawyers for Spears and her father, who is her legal conservator, received the order Friday. The documents state Lutfi, Ghalib and lawyer Jon Eardley have been trying to gain control of Spears' affairs.



"On the first anniversary of the establishment of the conservatorship, the co-conservators are informed and believe that these three figures are working in concert to disrupt the conservatorship, with an utter disregard for Ms. Spears' health and well being," the documents state.



Lutfi was a manager and friend of Spears, whose mother once accused him of grinding pills into her food to control her. Ghalib, a paparazzo, had dated the singer.



The documents, released late Friday, claim Lutfi tried to contact Spears in late December by sending text messages to her hairdresser. The documents state Lutfi later started sending text messages to Spears and one of her lawyers, Blair Berk, trying to arrange a meeting.
The order, first reported Friday by the celebrity website TMZ, alleges Lutfi has also sent "anonymous, harassing and threatening" messages to Spears' father.



This week, the documents state, a lawyer sent a proposal to remove Spears' court-appointed lawyer. He later told Spears' lawyers he had been contacted by Eardley and Lutfi, the filings said.



Eardley once claimed to be Spears' lawyer and tried to get her conservatorship case moved to federal court. A phone message left at Eardley's office was not returned Friday.
Spears and her father agreed not to renew a temporary restraining order that was issued against Lutfi last year when it expired in July.
At the time, Spears' court-appointed lawyer Samuel Ingham issued a statement renouncing their friendship.



"Britney has made clear to everyone that she does not want to be further harassed or contacted in any way by Osama (Sam) Lutfi, now or at anytime in the future," Ingham said in a statement.
Lutfi at the time declined comment, saying only he and Jamie Spears had reached an agreement.
Spears was placed under the conservatorship a year ago Sunday. The arrangement has been expensive - her estate has paid out hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees - but since her father took control of her life, the pop singer has not had the bouts of erratic behaviour, including two hospitalizations, that led to his intervention.
She released her newest album, "Circus" in December on her 27th birthday and is preparing for an upcoming concert tour.

The world was impressed with Nadya Suleman who gave birth to 8 children (6 boys and 2 girls), in California last week, but now her own mother is concerned about her daughters obssesive child bearing habits.

Angela Suleman, Nadya's mother, who is currently taking care of 6 of the other children spoke with the L.A Times yesterday about her concerns. According to Angela, all of the children were conceived invitro due to Nadya's "plugged up" fallopian tubes. Nadya had a number of frozen embryos stored, and decided to use all of the remaining embryos in this last pregnancy.

The news of the other 6 children have sparked and ethical debate in the medical field, distrubed to hear that she was offered fertility treatment, and that she would be impanted with so many embryos.

Living up to her Diva status, reports have circulated that legendary musical artist Mariah Carey went into a rage upon learning that she would not be sitting with President Barack Obama's family during his inauguration.

Mariah was invited to sit in the VIP area with other celebrities who attended in support of Obama.

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York University has been on a strike that has served to not only anger students and parents, but has now come to the government. This past weekend the province discussed the possibility of passing back-to-work legislation that was opposed by the NDP. The Liberals have been criticized for not dealing with this issue sooner.

Students have been off of school for 11 weeks, and are working on a class action lawsuit for a refund of the 12% of their overall fees. This figure represents the amount of school students have currently not been able to attend.

This is not the first strike that York University has had, in 2005/2006 the university had a strike that lasted 3 months surrounding the same issues.

Reports have been circulating today through the British tabloids today, that Prince Harry and longtime girlfriend Chelsy Davy made their split public via Chelsy's facebook profile that shows she changed her relationship status.

Both of the UK's royals sons are rather "hot" commodities, and the relationships they are in, are followed closely by the tabloid media...very much like their beloved mother. Since Chelsy has dated Harry, she has become somewhat of a celebrity herself even having fan sits erected that follow her relationship with the young prince. Originally from South Africa, she moved to England to further her education.

Official photographs of the two together were released in 2004, and the couple have had according to tabloids the two have often had falling outs over Prince Harry's wandering eye.