North Korea test-fires missiles
South Korea's Yonhap news agency, citing an unnamed government official, reports that North Korea on Saturday test-fired two Scud-type missiles that have an estimated range of 500km
Madonna plans Jackson tribute at London show: report
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AFP - Madonna will perform a special tribute to Michael Jackson during her London show on Saturday, at the venue where he was due to stage his farewell shows, she said in a newspaper interview.
ABBA's Andersson shoots down London reunion talk
Fans place a poster of Michael Jackson at a makeshift shrine outside the O2 arena in southeast London, Tuesday, June 30, 2009, where he was scheduled to play 50 shows from July 2009. Now that the real...
Former Vatican Radio Director Dies at 76 [2009-07-03]
Zenit.org ).- A former director of Vatican Radio, Jesuit Father Pasquale Borgomeo, died Thursday in Rome after a long illness. He was 76.Father Borgomeo was with Vatican Radio for 35 years, and died &...
Spain's Nuncio Named to Bishops Congregation [2009-07-03]
Zenit.org ).- Benedict XVI appointed Archbishop Manuel Monteiro de Castro, 71, currently serving as nuncio to Spain, as secretary of the Congregation for Bishops.A Vatican communiqué announced ...
EU resolve hardens as British workers face Iran show trial
Iranian employees of the British Embassy in Tehran face the prospect of a show trial after the regime said that they had admitted conspiring against the Islamic Republic. The announcement, made...
London teenager becomes Britain's fourth swine flu death
A 19-year-old man has become the fourth person in Britain to die after contracting swine flu and the first fatal case in London, officials announced yesterday. The unnamed man, from South Londo...
Quangos still thriving despite Brown’s best efforts to..
A bewildering thicket of commissions, panels, units, agencies and forums awaits the average citizen bold enough to venture into the land of the quangos. In opposition Gordon Brown promised a “b...
Police foil drug dealer's Zeppelin escape plan
Officers from the National Police force have foiled an Italian drug trafficker's plan to escape from prison in the Canary Islands using a remote-controlled Zeppelin airship. The inmate had a supp...
Wrong way driver kills man in oncoming car
A 40-year-old man died today at the wheel of his car when it was hit by another car driving in the wrong direction down the M-50 in Madrid. According to police and emergency service reports, the acci...
Bolivian worker with severed arm claims compensation
Franns Rilles Melgar, the Bolivian worker who lost his arm in an accident at an industrial bakery in Gandia at the end of May, today initiated a civil and criminal case against his former employers fo...
Echenique grabs lead at French Open
VERSAILLES: Argentina's latest golfing discovery, Rafa Echenique, grabbed the halfway lead in the French Open at Le Golf National yesterday.
O'Grady picks up pieces for 13th campaign
MONACO: Having a punctured lung blow back up to its full capacity in time for the Tour de France is one of the few positives that Australian cyclist Stuart O'Grady has been allowed to enjoy this seaso...
Different Brit, same outcome: press mulls Murray loss
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AFP - Newspapers are mourning the failure of Andy Murray to become Britain's first Wimbledon champion for 73 years, but hailed Andy Roddick's masterful semi-final performance and the Scot's future chances.
Russian Foreign Minister Sees 'Improvement' in Relations Wit..
In the third of her series of reports from Russia, Margaret Warner talks with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov about the future of U.S.-Russian relations, last year's Georgian War, and negotiating a new...
Michael Jackson to be Buried in USD 25 000 Custom Casket
A USD 25,000, solid bronze, 14-karat gold plated, custom casket has been ordered for Michael Jackson, the site for celebrity news TMZ, which first reported his death, said. The casket - ordered last ...
Michael Jackson Public Memorial Scheduled for Tuesday
Workers set up signage in front of the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. US pop star Michael Jackson memorial service will be there on July 7. Photo by BGNES
WHO Warns Swine Flu Spread Is Unstoppable
The UN's top health official, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the spread of the virus worldwide is now unstoppable. WHO's head, Margaret Chan, spoke Thursday during the opening of...
BT staff get free time for pay cuts
Jul 4 2009 BT employees have been offered the chance of long-term holidays if they agree to huge pay cuts, the company said tonight. One option available to staff is taking a year off with a 75% d...
Three children dead in flats blaze
Jul 3 2009 A fire in a block of flats left has six people dead, including three children. The blaze, in Havil Street, Camberwell, south London, began on the four floor of the 12-storey block on Fr...
Irish, Ugandan aid workers seized in north Darfur
CAIRO (AP) - The international peacekeeping mission in Darfur says gunmen have abducted two female aid workers in the western Sudanese region. Noureddine Mezni, a spokesman for the United Nations-Afr...
Drumcree Orange parade again banned from Garvaghy Road
DAN KEENAN THE ANNUAL Drumcree parade has again been prohibited from the nationalist Garvaghy Road area of Portadown, Co Armagh tomorrow. The decision maintains the policy of refusing permission for t...
Policing board to interview five for chief constable post
DAN KEENAN, Northern News Editor FIVE APPLICANTS are to be interviewed by the policing board for the position of PSNI chief constable next month. The board said seven applications were received to rep...
Suspended sentence for woman who stabbed husband in back aft..
MARK BARRY A CORK woman received a suspended three-year prison sentence yesterday for stabbing her husband in the back less than one year after the couple married. Unemployed hairdresser Laura Egan (2...
Charges dismissed against bikers clocked doing 260km/h
PADDY CLANCY FOUR MEN who were accused of driving their motor bikes in convoy at 260 km/h escaped a dangerous driving conviction yesterday. The charges against them were dismissed after the prosecutio...
Victim of solicitor fraud liable for €1.3m loan
In Short A FORMER client of struck-off solicitor Thomas Byrne is liable for a €1.33 million bank loan although he was a victim of fraud and deception by the lawyer, the High Court ruled yesterda...
SUV dealers must pay Revenue €10m
MARY CAROLAN THE REVENUE has won unprecedented summary judgment orders from the Commercial Court requiring two SUV dealers to pay more than €10 million arising from unpaid VAT and interest. The ...
Court told bouncer left man in pool of blood
In Short A KILDARE bouncer with one day’s training threw a customer out of a nightclub and left him lying in a pool of blood, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard. Ultan Mac Raghnaill (26), B...
Niece says family 'sickened' at uncle's violent death
MARY MINIHAN THE LATE Christy Hanley’s niece, Breeda Harvey, told the court that Noel Cawley was a “monster” who showed no remorse for killing an “extraordinary, kind, respectf...
Are our TDs at the races Why of course they are . . .
Local boy done good: Joe Higgins, with his 91-year-old mother Ellen Ned’s hot tip for the nags; thumbs at the ready in the chamber; going toe to toe with Lee; from Ballineetig to Brussels; dappe...
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