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Nine Chechen police killed in Russian Caucasus
(AFP)
AFP - Nine Chechen police were killed when militants fired on their car from a forest in the neighbouring Russian region of Ingushetia, one of the deadliest recent attacks in the volatile Caucasus.
Tour in town
French village gears up for cycling's greatest race
Michelle Obama bringing glamor to Moscow
(AP)
AP - Michelle Obama brings her superstar glamor to Moscow this weekend as she accompanies her husband on his summit with the Russian president.
Venezuela assumes control of Spanish-owned bank
Venezuela�s Finance Minister Ali Rodriguez Araque, left, shakes hands with former president of Venezuelan Bank Michel Goguikian during a ceremony to assume the control of Santander Bank in Caracas, ...
Venezuela takes control of Spanish-owned Banco de Venezuela,..
CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez's government assumed control of Venezuela's third-largest bank on Friday — making the state the largest player in the nation's banking system. The pu...
Britons join queue for Jackson show
Jul 4 2009 Organisers of Michael Jackson's public memorial have announced that British fans will be able to apply for tickets. The clamour for tickets for the event in Los Angeles began as soon as...
Miliband defends Iran embassy staff
Jul 4 2009 The Foreign Office is defending British Embassy staff in Iran against threats to put them on trial for alleged involvement in anti-government protests. Foreign Secretary David Miliband ...
Finding solutions - Spanish Town pastor asks for help to tea..
Photo by Robert Lalah Pastor Norman Lewin plays with children from the church's basic school. Lewin says the school is part of the church's outreach programme to the community.
United Kingdom visa fees on the move
The United Kingdom has increased the fees to enter the region for Jamaicans effective July 6.The British High Commission, in a release, reminded Jamaicans that payments were to be made at the Worldbri...
They can't get enough of YouTube star George
YouTube channel. Accompanied by a sprinkling of piano music, the first video, George Lee TD, glories the media scrum that enveloped Mr Lee on his first day in the Dail. For those who want to see how h...
Workers will have to take further pay cuts -- Cowen
Taoiseach Brian Cowen signalled last night. "There is no avoiding the difficult adjustment that needs to take place in the labour market," Mr Cowen told a special Dail debate yesterday. "Costs have to...
Green shoots, but then wilts as temperature rises in hot hou..
Pat Carey had kindly ensured that no votes were scheduled for yesterday, there was less than a full house for the debate.First though the denizens of Leinster House were briefly woken from their noond...
Swine flu jab for all after virus toll alert
EVERYONE in the country is shortly to be offered a free swine flu vaccination as health authorities brace themselves for a worst-case scenario of up to 100,000 new cases a week.The vaccines -- which w...
Surprise move could be long-term winner
Dublin 4 and 6 at a time when more than 400,000sq ft of relatively modern offices are available nearby and major companies are slow to take up office space.The move comes at a time when efforts by ins...
Swine flu -- what you should know
Tamiflu must be taken within 48 hours of the onset of flu symptoms for full efficacy. It is usually taken for five days. It works by reducing symptoms and minimising the risk of an infected person pas...
Man fights for his life after stab attack on busy street
A man was fighting for his life yesterday after being stabbed in the neck on a busy city street in the middle of the afternoon.The 31-year-old was on a life-support machine in a critical condition in ...
Moody's cuts Aaa rating on Irish gov't bonds
LONDON -- International credit rating agency Moody's on Thursday downgraded the “Aaa” rating on Irish government bonds, citing a costly banking-sector bailout and stretched public finances. “Moo...
Russia-U.S. summit a chance to jumpstart ties
MOSCOW -- U.S. Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev will likely sign a stack of agreements during their Moscow summit, but their chief goal may be for the United States and Russia to stop actin...
Oil hovers above US$66 after weak European jobs data
LONDON -- Oil prices hovered above US$66 a barrel Friday in light holiday trading a day after grim unemployment numbers from the U.S. and Europe sent prices tumbling.
Italian train derailment death toll rises to 21
The Civil Protection said about a dozen of the injured remained in serious condition. A train carrying liquefied gas derailed around midnight Monday in the seaside town of Viareggio, setting off a mas...
British judge orders terror suspect back home
LONDON -- A British high court judge criticized the government for moving a terror suspect from his home based on secret evidence under a house-arrest style program, ordering Friday that the man be al...
Putin rejects Obama's Cold War jibe
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has rejected criticism from US President Barack Obama that his thinking is still influenced by Cold War attitudes. Mr Obama makes his first visit to Moscow as pr...
Spanish police foil jailbreak using remote-controlled airshi..
Spanish police foiled a plot to use a remote-controlled zeppelin airship to help a prisoner break out of jail, officials revealed yesterday. Investigators found a package sent from Italy conta...
Rejecting Lisbon Treaty 'not the end of the world'
Lord Blackwell writes for ePolitix.com appealing for the government to reconsider holding a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, ahead of his Lords question on Monday.
Securing of Lisbon guarantees shows the value of taking risk..
This Week They Said Brian Cowen was right to stick his neck out at EU level, where great flexibility was shown, writes GARRET FITZGERALD . LAST WEEK I wrote about the contrast between our record of ...
Possebon set for Braga stint
Possebon, who moved to Old Trafford from Brazilian club Internacional in January 2008, has made only eight appearances for the Barclays Premier League champions following his debut against Newcastle o...
Fatal flats blaze inquiry starts
Investigations are under way into the cause of a tower block fire that left six people dead, including a three-week-old baby and two children.Fire bosses believe it will take "weeks if not months...
Probe As London Flats Inferno Kills Six
Paul Glenny, one of the firefighters involved, said: "I've been in the job for 30 years, and I've never seen anything like it. "The hot weather and the fact that people's windows were open made the f...
BT Staff Offered Year-Long Hols For Pay Cuts
One option available to staff is taking a year off with a 75% drop in salary, in return for receiving the remainder of their wages as an up-front payment, said a spokesman.
Researchers edge closer to optical computer
An optical transistor, successfully crafted from a single molecule, brings researchers a step closer to an optical computer, which would be much faster and more powerful than existing counterparts.
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