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Yobs clash during festive lights switch-on
Sectarian tensions have ruined the annual Christmas lights switch-on in
Belfast — for the second year in a row.
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600 more PSNI officers on the streets
PSNI Chief Constable Matt Baggott plans to have 600 more officers on the streets by next summer.
Man believed in coma since 1983 conscious all the time
A man presumed to have been in a coma for 23 years has spoken of his “second
birth” after doctors realised that he had been fully conscious all along but
unable to communicate.
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Tight security as experts probe Belfast bomb
As employees at Clarendon Dock arrived to begin work yesterday there were
stark reminders of the terror that unfolded over the weekend.
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Double-jobbing ends... but not until 2015
Northern Ireland’s MLAs were today told “get a move on” over double-jobbing after the Assembly voted to delay axing the practice until 2015.
Irish scientists ‘close to finding leukaemia cure’
Irish medical researchers have claimed they are tantalisingly close to a cure
for leukaemia after encouraging results from tests on a new drug.
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It's alive: LHC fires up
After 10 years – and £6bn – the first particles finally smash into each other
in the Large Hadron Collider.
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Debrecen 0 Liverpool 1
Liverpool crashed out of the Champions League after a bitterly disappointing
victory in the Hungarian capital.
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Henry targeted by jokers
Pictures mocking Henry's handball have been flooding the internet.
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Where do we draw the peace line now?
They have been called Belfast’s walls of shame, but how do the people separated by the barriers really view them? Jamie McDowell finds out
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MoD denies new Iraq abuse claims
The Ministry of Defence has denied fresh claims that soldiers abused detainees held in Iraq.
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- Indian PM: Pakistan must reject terror
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Sparkling Federer outshines Murray
Andy Murray will need to beat Fernando Verdasco tomorrow to reach the semi-finals of the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals after going down 3-6 6-3 6-1 to Roger Federer in last night's blockbuster Group A clash at London's O2 Arena.
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- I Zay, this is too big a Cheltenham price to ignore
- Kidney dishes out Sexton shocker
- Defoe is the man to strike gold
We need united team in green to banish the World Cup blues
Big-time sport is now a business before it is a game. We enjoy the spectacle. But we pay the price.
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- Va va gloom for ‘cheat’ Thierry Henry as his reputation is left in tatters
- Society setting a bad example to our children
Airport to open doors on new £6m expansion
George Best Belfast City Airport is on target to throw open the doors on phase one of its £6m expansion this weekend.
- Meat company's £1.25m expansion to create 10 new posts
- Minister urges banks to increase lending to firms
- £6m recycling plant proves adage: where there's muck, there's brass
- UK still lagging rivals on economy
- Growth in passengers keeps bmi soaring against trend
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- Jobseekers will continue signing on once a month
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- Youth jobless holding back housing market
Where do we draw the peace line now?
They have been called Belfast’s walls of shame, but how do the people separated by the barriers really view them? Jamie McDowell finds out
- Double-jobbing motions fails
- Assembly condemns latest attacks
- Brown and Cameron leaders shamed by photo scramble
- DUP: We got the message as a result of Euro elections
- DUP pledges commitment to devolved policing deal
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- No room for jokes in Peter Robinson's coded address
It could be healthy to shout at your boss
The old adage “Don't get mad, get even” may have to be rewritten as doctors have found that getting angry with your boss can be good for your heart.
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- Drug trial was halted over risks
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Ruane admits delay in setting up education body
Failure to establish the new single education authority by the deadline of January 1 will leave a multi-million pound hole in the education budget, the education minister has warned.
- 8,500 people call for Transfer resolution
- Transfer test: ‘We can’t wait for all them to be over’
- Dialogue is vital ‘to bring an end to transfer chaos’
- Anti-bullying message taken to schools
- Students can help economy thrive again
- Testing day for 7,000 children as new entrance exams begin
- Experts offer ten ways to resolve the transfer muddle
- Parties tight-lipped over transfer talks
- DUP desperate to keep selection: Sinn Fein
Never mind oil we are approaching peak everything
The former media mogul Ted Turner challenged us in 1992 with this statement: "If we don’t make the right choices after we have all the information, then we don’t deserve to live.”
- Would Jesus side with the Free Presbyterians?
- Transport for new college will be sorted
- Death penalty is not answer to deterring crime
- PCSO issue will not be forgotten
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- Why our soccer is in a shambles
- Position is clear on crime fight
- Success claims are just one more fairytale
- DUP deluded if it sees coalition achievement
- How to resolve that Stormont identity crisis
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My Lost Life
Peggy Gibson was six years old when nuns sent her to Australia. Eamonn McCann recalls her harrowing time as a child migrant Down Under
- Female perspective on Belfast’s sexual history
- Anti-depressant hailed as 'Viagra for women'
- Meet Catherine, the transport chief who takes photos of train seats
- Just what do these famous people all have in common?
- Pushchair firm Maclaren backs recall plan
- Home birth warning after baby death
- Outstanding winners out in force at awards dinner
- Women of the Year Awards
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Telly host Eamonn Holmes is top celeb on Twitter
Eamonn Holmes has been crowned the king of Northern Ireland’s celebrity tweeters -- by discussing with his fans the details of having the cold.
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- McCausland cancels meeting over Government’s digital stance
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- How ergonomics can shape our daily lives
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X Factor reject twins Jedward were boosted by Robbie's words of encouragement
X Factor rejects John and Edward Grimes reckon it was the advice from pop star Robbie Williams that kept them in the competition for so long.
US plans TV special on singing sensation Susan Boyle
US TV is making a special programme starring singing sensation Susan Boyle.
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48 hours In: Cambridge
Take a punt on the picturesque university city this winter and you’ll be rewarded with fine architecture and food, a classical music festival and an outdoor ice rink.
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• Brown can't even stick to his own nonsense on Afghanistan
Bit by bit, as happened with Iraq, the reasons for staying in Afghanistan slide into gibberish. So Gordon Brown's reasons for the war seem to change every week.
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If you think you're a unionist or a nationalist can you define what you mean?
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It doesn't require a Leap of faith to support the growing calls for a radical rethink of policy on drugs and in particular on the decriminalisation of cannabis.
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A few evenings ago the Minister of Health at Stormont, Michael McGimpsey, was to be seen on the television news offering his audience what he termed a 'joke'.
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• What a way for Fergie to celebrate
After Kauto Star’s narrowest of wins in the Betfair Chase at Haydock at the weekend, trainer Paul Nicholls now has his eye on Saturday’s Newbury Hennessy Gold Cup.
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