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Abuse: why did the Vatican remain quiet for so long?
The Vatican and papal nuncio in Ireland ignored repeated requests for
information on clerical abuse, it has emerged.
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Online Poll: the civil servants' pay deal offer new
Should Nipsa members accept the deal on back-pay?
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My parents planned deaths
The tragic Co Fermanagh couple found dead earlier this week had planned their
deaths a long time ago, their son has revealed.
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Free Presbyterian cleric calls for film boycott
A Free Presbyterian cleric has urged people to stay away from tonight’s
screening of Antichrist.
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McIlroy in high spirits over Dubai exorcism
A 58 is not the worst way to put a golfing disappointment in the past, as Rory
McIlroy was to confirm here yesterday.
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Coma mum wakes five weeks after son’s birth
An Omagh mother who contracted swine flu has still not held her newborn son
five weeks after she gave birth.
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Crusading journalist hated by thugs he exposes
There are no pretensions with Jim McDowell, the Northern Editor of the Sunday
World. He describes himself simply as “a hack”.
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Burglar spared jail term after Bebo girl break-in
A man who told police he broke into a pensioner's home to meet a girl he was chatting up on a social networking website escaped jail after his 18-month jail term was suspended for two years.
Henry targeted by jokers
Pictures mocking Henry's handball have been flooding the internet.
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10,000 join Tele's school transfer chaos campaign
The Belfast Telegraph petition demanding an end to the school transfer crisis is to be delivered to Stormont.
- Garrison:a sign of hope?
- Priests and their depraved crimes
- We spruce up a Poleglass eyesore
- Cat cull on Donegal island
- Naked man questioned over deaths
- Women jailed for 'barbaric' stilletto attack
- Safety warning over new-generation of nuclear reactors
- Drivers cross flood-hit bridge
- Bloody Sunday lawyer to represent Radovan Karadzic
- Hospital ‘at fault’ in 400 deaths
- Irish Archbishops colluded over child abuse
- Alleged hacker to be extradited
- Northern Ireland military hospital unit to close
- Four Chinese nationals to stand trial over cannabis find
Tenacious Taliban force NATO rethink
Northern Afghanistan used to be seen as a relatively safe and stable area untouched by the insurgency in the south and east of the country. That, however, has drastically changed for the worse.
- ElBaradei: Iran investigation at 'dead end'
- Brazil's president: 'gringos' must pay to stop deforestation
- Fury as Iran seizes nobel laureate's peace medal
- China vows to slow emissions growth
- Reality TV crew filmed White House gatecrashers
- Mumbai’s tribute to victims of the day they call 26/11
- House arrest for Polanski
- German army chief quits over Afghan air strike ‘cover-up’
- Brazilian skirt girl to join carnival
- Camel cull planned after Australian town is invaded
- Shadow of gunmen still haunts Mumbai
Benitez still best man for Liverpool
Rafael Benitez has certainly had his fair share of critics this season.
- Barney McGonigle: Inst out to down the Dubs
- Boks aiming to go home on a high
- Revenge is not the only mission
- Flagging Old Firm may not even win the SPL
- We are ready for Wigan backlash
- Steven Beacom's Premier League predictions
- Pele comes to the defence of ‘cheat’ Henry
- Feeney gets in the Owl routine at Wednesday
- Belfast beckoning for Liverpool legend Barnes
- Portadown are just tops: Patterson
- Players quizzed in match-fixing probe
Robert Fisk: Dubai may soon find itself a satellite of India
Allah was kind to Dubai yesterday. Just when the emirate's unspeakable wealth appeared on the point of collapse – stock markets, of course, naturally 'trembled' – along came the feast of Eid al-Adha and sent all the kings and emirs and sheikhs off to their diwans to celebrate the decision by the father of monotheism – the Prophet Ibrahim himself – not to kill his son Ismail.
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- Reasons for Alec Collett's death remain buried in Bekaa
Achievement Awards for eight Ulster companies
The achievements of entrepreneurial businesses in the face of challenging economic conditions have been celebrated at an awards event in Belfast.
- Shares fall £44bn on Dubai debt news
- Bushmills plans to double its production and hire more staff
- Power price hike hurting firms
- Search ends with €100,000 top prize
- Accountants step in to help printing company find buyer new
- What will Dubai cost taxpayer?
- ‘Overtime victims’ left feeling the pinch
- Businesses urged to prepare early for festive rush
- We want to know what you think
- Compass points up thanks to 37% profit increase
- Banks to publish details of top paid
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
Number of swine flu cases falls
The number of swine flu cases has dropped for the fourth week in a row, suggesting Northern Ireland has seen the worst of the current wave of the virus.
- MLAs take health trust to task over bad hygiene
- ‘Bacterial defence systems’ could fight illnesses
- 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
- Vigorous exercise 'can protect men from strokes'
- Drug trial was halted over risks
- Can we brush up the dental health of children under 5?
10,000 join Tele's school transfer chaos campaign
The Belfast Telegraph petition demanding an end to the school transfer crisis is to be delivered to Stormont.
- Can new group solve schools 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
Shocking poverty that blights Northern Ireland
A report published in the Belfast Telegraph (November 12) of a recent study for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation highlighted the fact that the level of persistent poverty among children living in Northern Ireland is more than double that recorded in Great Britain.
- Secretaries in schools have been forgotten
- DUP in power has allowed education ruin
- Our fan-tastic time in Belfast
- Glentoran are not playing fair
- NIPSA ought to hang their heads in shame
- We support our troops through thick and thin
- Unionism is now corrupted by power and greed
- Allister should explain himself to Assembly
- What has job of GP come to?
- Death penalty about-turn
- TUV supporters like turkeys voting for Christmas
‘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?
Wikipedia UK 'not dying' despite editors exodus
The UK off-shoot of Wikipedia has insisted the site was "definitely not dying" after research suggested thousands of volunteer editors across the world had left.
- Tesco to fight rivals on price with iPhone launch before Christmas
- 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’
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.
- The Butler did it new
- Four unknowns to front EastEnders online spin-off
- Goodyear quits calendar girls
- 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
The Duke goes DIY after label drops him
Cult Belfast singer/songwriter Duke Special is going it alone after being dropped by his record label due to poor sales, it has been revealed.
- Take That's tour DVD fastest-selling in UK
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- Susan Boyle and X Factor reject twins set to top Christmas charts
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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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• Fisk: Dubai may soon become a satellite of India
Allah was kind to Dubai yesterday. Just when the emirate's unspeakable wealth appeared on the point of collapse – stock markets, of course, naturally 'trembled' – along came the feast of Eid al-Adha and sent all the kings and emirs and sheikhs off to their diwans to celebrate the decision by the father of monotheism – the Prophet Ibrahim himself – not to kill his son Ismail.
• Come rain or revolution, it's money they all want
Haven't the 20th anniversary celebrations of the overthrow of communism been miserable?
• Why shouldn’t a priest fall in love and get married?
Fr Sean McKenna’s dramatic announcement during mass at Holy Family church in Ballymagroarty, Co Londonderry that he was leaving the priesthood because of his relationship with a woman sent shockwaves through the Catholic Church.
• The war in Helmand cannot be lost on the streets of Wiltshire
What would have happened to Northern Ireland in the 1970s if repetitive, round-the-clock TV news had been available to record all British Army deaths in Ulster?Historic Ulster: Towns and villages
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• Benitez still best man for Liverpool
Rafael Benitez has certainly had his fair share of critics this season.
• Revenge is not the only mission
It's fair to say South African coach Peter de Villiers would never have made it as a diplomat.
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