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Today’s Le Parisien is rather enjoying the story about Brits being asked to adopt a gloomy expression for their passport photos, so that terrorists can be spotted more easily by face recognition software when the new e-passports are phased in from 2005.

Who on earth smiled on their passport photo in the first place? Hardly a natural thing to do in one of those nasty automated booths designed to spring into action as soon as you decide to blink, grimace, pick your nose or flick back your fringe.

Today’s quiz - as there is still a prize up for grabs:

One of the passport mug shots below belongs to a world famous actor and bridge player who head-butted a French police officer in a casino last year.

The other belongs to a terrorist. Face recognition software is thrown by smiling faces. Are you?