The great escape?

Stories of Michael Jackson's Gulf tour of duty - as well as his questionable bathroom habits - have reached his homeland of America. The New Yawk gossip pages recount tales of Wacko in shopping malls, as well as his plans to buy an island home in Bahrain (wasn't The World good enough?).

As always, the final word goes to E! Online's uber-gossipist Ted Casablanca. He reckons MJ's move to Bahrain reeks of Roman Polanski's justice evasion tactics in France. Sadly, Ted lets himself down by demonstrating how few Americans are able to distinguish between Saudi Arabia and any other country here in the Gulf.