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Clare Spencer|13:50 UK time, Thursday, 13 January 2011

A look at the stories ranking highly on various news sites.

The Guardian's most read article claims to have identified a second undercover police officer living a second life as an environmental activist. The Guardian protects her identity but said she lived in Leeds for four years and played a central role in planning a demonstration to shut down Drax power station in North Yorkshire.

Daily Mail readers are catching up on speculation about Kate Middleton's smile. The paper speculates that before the engagement photos the future Princess Catherine had braces applied from behind the teeth to make them invisible.

Sun readers prefer to read about details of Charlotte Church's holiday.The singer was pictured in the Caribbean with her new partner Jonathan Powell.

The Los Angeles Times most e-mailed story is of two ranchers who shot escaped zebras and then asked a taxidermist to make them into a rug.

The Daily Beast says there are down points to being attractive. This comes after dating website OK Cupid said its less attractive users are more popular.

Proving popular with Wall Street Journal readers is the story of a mansion built in Albuquerque's "skid row". Built in the middle of an industrial area and completed in 2008, the $3.4m home was thought by locals at first to be a scientology building but is actually home to antique dealer Gertrude Zachary.

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