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Police find husband's body in lough
A Co Fermanagh town was in shock last night after the tragic deaths of a well
respected husband and wife.
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Newspaper editor attacked
One of Northern Ireland’s best-known journalists has been given a savage
beating just yards from the front door of Belfast City Hall.
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MLAs may be in line for £7,000 salary rise
Assembly members can look forward to a pay hike of up to £7,000 under an
official blueprint tabled at Stormont.
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SF pressures Brown over devolution of policing
The Government will come under pressure today to end the deadlock over the
devolution of policing and justice powers to the Assembly.
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Arrested man flooded police cells, court told
A man accused of attempted robbery put two police cells out of use by flooding them while in custody, the High Court has heard.
Woman accused of 87 indecent assaults on girls
A 59-year-old Irish woman has been charged with 87 counts of indecent assault.
Witness to Cantona’s kung fu madness ... guess who?
In an infamous incident in January 1995, football legend Eric Cantona is
pulled away after launching a kung fu style attack on Crystal Palace fan
Matthew Simmons. But who’s that watching the arresting sight from the stands
at Selhurst Park?
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Man Utd 0 Besiktas 1
Turkish side Besiktas end Manchester United's 23-match unbeaten home record in
the Champions League.
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Henry targeted by jokers
Pictures mocking Henry's handball have been flooding the internet.
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Eagle shooting: plea for extra wildlife officers
More wildlife crime officers need to be recruited to tackle persecution incidents across Northern Ireland following last week’s shock shooting of a rare white-tailed eagle, animal welfare campaigners have warned.
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- Jesus ‘may have visited Britain’
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- Man threatened ex with imitation gun
- Scotland could raise own taxes
- Garda chief under fire in Irish abuse probe
- Female religion teacher jailed for sex with pupil
- Jury to decide if disabled brothers abused children
- Pipe-bomb blast at house was an attempt to kill, say police
- Government told of WMD doubt days before war
- Iraq inquiry may not get access to sensitive files
- Legal probe into police actions at G20 summit
- Climate action ‘will save millions’
Shadow of gunmen still haunts Mumbai
It is a year ago that terror came to the Indian city. Andrew Buncombe meets the victims – and suspects – whose lives were forever changed
- Nude photograph of Roman Polanski and wife goes to auction
- AIG slashes executive pay
- Canadian generals deny prisoner torture claims
- Rebels' support network 'spans 25 countries'
- France begins debate on national identity
- Couple gatecrash Obama's White House dinner - then boast on Facebook
- Contractor's helicopter missing in afghanistan
- Philippines election massacre: prime suspect surrenders
- Jet man ditches in the sea after flight to Spain fails
- Israel approves 'restriction' over settlements
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Under-pressure IFA boss hits back at critics
IFA president Raymond Kennedy has come out fighting after Sports Minister Nelson McCausland became the latest to take a swipe at the IFA.
- Feeno in Sheffield Wednesday move
- United legends sing Jonny Evan’s praises
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- Liverpool will sparkle again: Aurelio
- Get Roy Keane to World Cup
- Liverpool turn sights to domestic success
- Forget losing Benitez, imagine Liverpool without Torres and Gerrard
- Five clubs and three refs in match-fixing probe
- Grant lined up to be Portsmouth boss
- Fifa out of touch, claims FAI chief Delaney
- Mowbray urges Celtic to stick together
Banks still call the shots as the rest of us are left to foot the bill new
I hear rumours that The Financial Times is about to change its name to the Financial Crimes. The latest hilarious episode in the long-running bank farce - "You'll laugh! You'll cry! You'll feel murderous rage!" - came on Tuesday when it was revealed that the Bank of England had advanced £61.6bn of our money to Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and HBOS last autumn.
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- Further evidence of our skewed values in 2009 ...
- We need united team in green to banish the World Cup blues
- Why shouldn’t a priest fall in love and get married?
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.
- Compass points up thanks to 37% profit increase new
- Banks to publish details of top paid new
- Students being helped to set up their own business new
- Northern Ireland facing slower recovery than UK new
- Chancellor supported £61.6bn secret loan to banks new
- House-building upsurge lifts construction sector
- Two-year high for mortgage approvals
- Geldof’s anger over digital snub to province
- Grosvenor scores top shirt licence
- Bailout by Bank of England revealed
- Record profits at Andor thanks to year of growth
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
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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- Aids is officially in decline, say experts
- Cutting salt intake ‘could save 4m lives’
- Pregnancy 'could slow development of multiple sclerosis'
- 'Covert copers' more likely to have heart attack
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- Drug trial was halted over risks
- Can we brush up the dental health of children under 5?
- Irish scientists ‘close to finding leukaemia cure’
Can new group solve schools crisis?
The four parties involved in weekly talks on school transfer are hoping that a group representing many educational interests can come together to find a resolution to the current crisis.
- Brain drain fears as Irish students opt for the UK
- 8,500 people call for Transfer resolution
- Ruane admits delay in setting up education body
- 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
TUV supporters like turkeys voting for Christmas
Who would be Jim Allister? While the DUP was having a well-attended, positive party conference, poor Mr Allister is reduced to sending off nasty letters attacking fellow unionists (Write Back, November 23).
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- Transport for new college will be sorted
- Death penalty is not answer to deterring crime
‘Seeing James read the news should help others go public’
James Partridge challenged public attitudes to disfigurement by reading the news on Five last week. Kerry McKittrick talks to three local women on how they coped after being left scarred
- Confessions of a working mother: Looking after my wild kids is just snow joke
- Female perspective on Belfast’s sexual history
- My Lost Life
- 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
- Could you quit complaining for 48 hours?
Tesco to fight rivals on price with iPhone launch before Christmas
Tesco is turning the screw on rival mobile phone shops by offering the Apple iPhone in its stores and online over the coming weeks.
- How the internet use is re-wiring our brains
- Fox boss: Ban illegal downloaders from internet
- Illegal downloaders face broadband limits
- Telly host Eamonn Holmes is top celeb on Twitter
- Wireless electricity: Leap forward for the way we live
- Local media ‘excluded from Digital Britain shot in the arm’
- McCausland cancels meeting over Government’s digital stance
- Two arrested over net bank details virus
- How ergonomics can shape our daily lives
- Comparison websites ‘aren’t trusted’
- Switzerland tackles Google over Street View privacy
Top Gear host Richard Hammond faces battle for insurance
Injury-prone Top Gear host Richard Hammond said yesterday he is struggling to get insurance for a skiing holiday.
- Four unknowns to front EastEnders online spin-off new
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- David Tennant to use pianist's skull for Shakespeare's Hamlet
- US viewers furious over Idol star's S&M show
- X Factor reject twins Jedward were boosted by Robbie's words of encouragement
- Katie: I've split with Alex
- Is Twilight the new Harry Potter?
Beyonce: the epitome of beauty in body, mind and soul
A healthy body, a happy relationship and a hard-working attitude — Beyoncé Knowles is a celebrity who deserves our admiration.
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- US plans TV special on singing sensation Susan Boyle
- Susan Boyle and X Factor reject twins set to top Christmas charts
- Swift and Jackson sweep music awards
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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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• Reasons for Alec Collett's death remain buried in Bekaa
Even Gaddafi has been airbrushed from the body-recovery story - after all he is now our friend
• 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.
• Why defining identities is more than Armalites and Ulster Scots
If you think you're a unionist or a nationalist can you define what you mean?
• Cannabis: it’s time to stop the lies and start a rational debate
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.
• We're stuck with the Assembly . . . and it's no laughing matter
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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• Imagine Liverpool without Torres and Gerrard
Out of the Champions League. Out of the Premiership title race. Out of the Carling Cup.
• Pact strikes big blow for renewed harmony
There is one word in the dictionary that is calculated to spawn apprehension, misgivings and even downright disgust when it is mentioned in a GAA context. And that word is ‘strike’.
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