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Pope knocked over at Christmas mass
A woman jumped barriers and knocked down Pope Benedict XVI at Christmas Eve Mass, a Vatican spokesman has said.
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More freezing weather is on way, warns Met Office
Sub-zero temperatures and snow storms across Northern Ireland are expected to
make Christmas travel miserable for thousands.
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Adult grotto is ho-ho-hot
We may be experiencing freezing weather but an adults-only Santa's Grotto,
with scantily-clad models, has been raising temperatures.
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Woman killed in blaze
A woman was killed on Thursday when fire swept through her home near the
village of Annalong.
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Ulster OAP determined to wed young fiancee new
A pensioner in love with a Polish blonde more than 40 years his junior has been forced to delay their Christmas wedding after she fell ill, he revealed.
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Robinson speech raises policing deal hopes
Hopes of a breakthrough over the delayed transfer of policing and justice
powers have risen, after the First Minister said he did not want a return to
direct rule.
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Sarah Payne 'critically ill'
The mother of murdered schoolgirl Sarah Payne is in a "life-threatening
condition".
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Scandalous sports quotes
Sport ticked off the seven deadly sins (and more) in 2009.
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Punishment attack teen was convicted of attack
A teenager shot on Wednesday night in a so-called punishment attack in Belfast had been released from prison just three months ago.
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- British soldier on Afghanistan call-up disappears
- Man dies after 'snowball fight'
- Hit-and-run driver can stay in UK
- Skunk cuts out the bacon sarnies
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- Cocaine charge man gets death threat, court told
- Gerry Adams' brother Liam ‘fears he won’t get fair trial in North’
- Second bishop resigns in Church sex abuse scandal
Nine killed in Pakistan attack
Pakistan's army has killed at least nine suspected militants in a north-west tribal region near the Afghan border, a government official said.
- Peru bus crash kills 42 passengers
- UN approves budget for 2010-2011
- China dissident jailed for 11 years
- Maximum fine sought in balloon boy case
- US killer dies at 49 on death row
- Obamas salute troops at Christmas
- Forced evacuations over Philippines volcano fears
- Pakistan suicide attack kills two
- Reunited father and son back in US
- Faulty runway lights shut airport
- Family helps Alps hunt for Briton
Keane not for sale - Redknapp
Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp does not want to sell Robbie Keane but has hinted at changes in his forward line if Manchester City are willing to sell Craig Bellamy.
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- McCarthy cautious but confident
- Martinez out to strengthen squad
- Brown fury over FA charge
- Ancelotti pleased with Chelsea progress
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- Premiership set for bumper weekend
- Hughes sacking 'unacceptable' - Ferguson
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- Wenger: Last four years the best
- Jagielka hoping for a happy new year
- Benitez: No surgery for Torres
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Private funeral for Brittany Murphy
Brittany Murphy's family and friends have celebrated her life at a private funeral in Hollywood.
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- Sam Taylor-Wood: Aaron's brilliant
- Tim Curry: I like scaring people
- Julia joins Golden Globes line-up
- Jennifer Hudson denies pregnancy reports
- 50 Cent, Kilmer to co-star in Gun
- Ritchie's 'streetwise' Sherlock
- Tiger Woods offered Hangover 2 role
- Caulfield wants Bond villain role
- Travolta thanks fans for support
- Jude glad to play 'edgy' Watson
- Strictly Come Dancing star Ricky Whittle on dangerous driving charge
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- Strictly’s Hollins will front BBC sports show
Janis Joplin's guitarist dies at 69
James Gurley, the brilliant lead guitarist for Big Brother and the Holding Company, the psychedelic rock band which propelled Janis Joplin to fame, has died in California.
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- Vampire Weekend join festival bill
- Lady Gaga: My fans are brilliant
- Jennifer Lopez' vocal 'graduation'
- Jay-Z can't stomach chicken dinners
- SuBo hails 'brilliant year'
- Cheryl goes ‘rock chick’
- Simon Cowell 'set to quit American Idol'
- I'm not upset at BB ban: Boy George
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- Tinchy and Chipmunk become Sackboys
- Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler in rehab
- Aerosmith's Tyler enters rehab
Merry Christmas, war is over (unless you live in Bethlehem)
You can start to relax now. It's almost over. But here's a few random thoughts to fill the desolate hours between waking up tomorrow morning and slumping into sleep by early afternoon.
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- Laurence White: Gerry’s response to abuse claims shows how he trusts the police
- Ed Curran: Why our airports would benefit from a bit of blue sky thinking
- Gail Walker: So, what is it that makes Christmas magical for you?
- Barack Obama: The insurance lobby must not be allowed to kill healthcare reform
- Why I have fallen for that sexy TV domestic goddess, Nigella
- NME’s female editor shows the boys up
- Peter’s body of evidence is grounds for optimism
Church abuse didn't stop at the border
The victims of clerical child-abuse in the North rightly deserve a full apology from the Catholic Church and also a full and rigorous public investigation by an independent body similar to that carried out in the arch-diocese of Dublin through the Murphy report.
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- IRA meted out abuse to children over decades
- Countries must stick to pledge
- Equal pay offer to civil servants is scandalous
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- Belfast school's reunion dinner
- DUP does nothing to promote unionism in UK
- Christmas myth needs explained
- Protestants are to blame too for child abuse
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- Time to end barbaric hunts once and for all
Latest figures reveal true cost of recession
The UK has now lost 6% of its entire economic output in its longest ever recession, official figures confirm.
- Campaign aims to lure ex-pats back for good
- Fishmonger smokes the competition
- Marine firm generates £3.5m investment for tidal farm
- Salaries 60% lower than those in South: survey
- More cuts for higher education sector
- Glowing report for university research programme
- Northern Ireland firm to build 'green' London buses
- Many face second Christmas on dole
- OFT vows to continue banking fight
- Recession drags on in third quarter
- UK recession 'ended in third quarter'
Gordon Brown to give Iraq evidence next year
Gordon Brown has been called to give evidence to the Iraq Inquiry but will not appear until after next year's General Election, it was announced yesterday.
- CPS handed files in expenses probe
- Mother wrote to PM over killer dogs
- Executive agrees cuts for the next Stormont budget
- Conservatives to pay back £250,000 in expenses
- Eighty MPs to appeal repayment of expenses
- PM and Taoiseach step up pressure over policing
- Dodds in bid to force Lisbon Treaty referendum
'Molecular switch' may halt Huntington's disease
A so-called "molecular switch" that can stop Huntington's disease from developing has been discovered.
- British government to apologise for thalidomide scandal
- People with Alzheimer’s ‘less likely to get cancer’
- Call on teenage medical treatment
- Natural defence against swine flu discovered
- Study finds risk in IVF screening test
- Living donors list now tops 3,000
- Cancer patients 'can't afford to stay warm'
- New treatment could aid sufferers of rare cancer
- 'One genetic mutation for every 15 cigarettes'
Private school in administration
Over 350 pupils face having no school to return to after their Christmas holiday after their prestigious private school went bust, accountants have said.
- Traditional three-year degree courses could be replaced
- Irish government to review cuts to Protestant schools
- Ruane bids to end schools priority for Northern children
- Four of five main parties issue joint call for temporary P7 test
- UU Graduations December 15 2009
- Republic’s funding for autism centre resumes
- Warning over failure to invest in Northern Ireland's universities
Kate’s courage
The widow of the first PSNI officer to be killed by paramilitaries tells Claire McNeilly of an unbearably hard year as yet another cruel blow hits the Banbridge family
Mother phones police over Grand Theft Auto game
US police say a Boston mother called them to say she couldn't get her 14-year-old son to stop playing Grand Theft Auto and go to bed.
Belfast City Airport is fastest growing in UK
George Best Belfast City is the fastest growing airport in the UK, new figures indicate.
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• Merry Christmas, war is over (unless you live in Bethlehem)
You can start to relax now. It's almost over. But here's a few random thoughts to fill the desolate hours between waking up tomorrow morning and slumping into sleep by early afternoon.
• This Christmas think of children who find Santa has left nothing
Is it just my imagination or is there a distinct lack of Christmas spirit out there this year.
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It’s Christmas time and the exiles are returning in their planeloads to the land of their birth.
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