Swide Twit Picks: Obama & his mum

Courtesy of the new wave of 'ladies who tweet' - British PM's wife, Sarah Brown reveals President Obama and his mum beamed onto the Coliseum in Rome plus we discover how to get an alternative view of the G8 summit.

According to an article in today's UK newspaper, The Times, a new generation of "Ladies Who Tweet" has been identified. Gordon Brown's wife Sarah Brown is named as one of a number of high-powered working mothers such as Queen Rania of Jordan to indulge in this, according to comediam Kathy Lette, "innocent vice" (she's obviously never had an iphone and glass of wine in the same hand...)

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President Obama and his mum were beamed onto the Colisseum in Rome in aid of the maternal mortality campaign www.whiteribbonalliance.org/GlobalMaternalMortality.

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Sources: The Times, Sarah Brown

Photo Credit: Sarah Brown

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