"Teens have a right to know this ... and parents have a right to know as well, " Ann Burke, Lindsay's mother, said at the news conference.

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Over the past year, the campaign was covered in the Western media and garnered the support of notables such as the French and Canadian prime ministers' wives as well as international film stars like Lindsay Lohan, Colin Firth, Emma Thompson, Robert Redford and Juliette Binoche.

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Lindsay performed a good song well but it's clear that Eurovision has changed dramatically since telephone voting came in.

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Lindsay says sharing her failures as well as successes online is cathartic, but she also hopes it's helpful for people in similar circumstances.

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Between Alec Baldwin's memorable phone message to his daughter, Lindsay Lohan's drug and alcohol infractions and Britney Spears', well, everything, Hollywood seems to get as much attention for its stars as it does their dust-ups.

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"We understand that under Indonesian law, Lindsay has at least two further avenues of appeal through the courts as well as an opportunity to apply for presidential clemency should these be unsuccessful, " a spokesman said.

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Still, he makes the case that they are vastly better than John Lindsay and Abe Beame, mayors who presided over the city's decline, as well as David Dinkins, who dithered at the helm for a term between Mr Koch and Mr Giuliani.

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