Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard was almost hit in the face by a boot thrown by a protester at a Cambridge University debate. Full Article at Digital Spy

An angry man threw a boot at former Australian prime minister John Howard during a debate at Britain's Cambridge University, the quick-thinking student who caught the shoe said on Thursday. Andrew Chapman, a senior officer at the Cambridge... Full Article at Mail & Guardian Online

Mr Howard was delivering a speech about leadership in the new century at Cambridge University when a "long-haired" Australian student called him a racist before taking off his boot and throwing it in the direction of Mr Howard. Full Article at The Telegraph