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Sick Facebook group mocked tragic Millie
A depraved Facebook group set up to mock murdered toddler Millie Martin has been closed.
McCord killing claims revealed on web
Explosive collusion allegations have been published by a US Congress body as part of its examination of a loyalist murder case dating back 12 years.
Fears of 'double-dip' recession for UK
Survey raises fears that Britain may slip into a "double-dip"
recession.
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Ryanair announces new flights to Portugal
Ryanair has announced a new twice weekly route from Northern Ireland to Faro.
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Priest jailed for altar boy abuse
A priest has been jailed for two years after admitting sexually assaulting a six-year-old altar boy more than 70 times.
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Liverpool gave manager Rafael Benitez a boost with a 2-1 victory over Wigan.
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PSNI Officer of the Year accused of brothel tip-off
An award-winning PSNI officer has been charged in connection with a lucrative brothel running operation.
UDA pulls out of meeting with McGuinness
Loyalists yesterday pulled out of talks with Martin McGuinness just hours
after this newspaper publicly revealed their plan to meet.
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Historical Ulster: Co Down towns and villages
Belfast Telegraph which dates back to 1870 is offering a unique opportunity to buy selected images taken from the Belfast Telegraph historic archives mounted on canvas and acrylic.
Calls mount for Omagh blaze house to be razed
The house of horrors in which an Omagh family of seven burned to death looks set to be demolished.
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- Dissidents plan honey traps in bid to kill troops
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Iran tests missile 'that can reach Israel'
The Islamic Republic of Iran test-fired the latest version of its long-range Sajjil-2 missile yesterday, delivering a blunt message that it is ready to retaliate should Israel, the United States or anyone else attempt a military strike against its nuclear enrichment facilities.
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- China calls for North Korea talks to resume
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We won’t have to replace Worthington, insists Kennedy
Raymond Kennedy won’t consider having to trigger a recruitment process for a new international manager — because he doesn’t believe he will have to.
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- Duffy ready to take his Europa chance for Everton
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- England cricketers left in a mess
What’s love got to do with it? It’s not even an old-fashioned notion
You know if there’s one thing that really, really annoys me about being a popular fiction novelist, it’s when a critic or journalist dubs my books “old-fashioned tales of love and romance”.
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Packaging firm unwraps £3m plan
Packaging products manufacturer Colorite has launched a new production line at its West Belfast headquarters as part of a £3m investment that will create 12 new jobs.
- Surprise slump in the retail market
- Fujitsu staff take industrial action
- Report raps £69m ‘back to work’ plan
- Bank intervention spells danger
- ‘Helicopter Ben’s’ accolade from Time is strange and premature
- Microsoft reaches deal over internet browsers
- Chancellor: ‘supertax’ meant to discourage bonuses
- Fed signals wind-down to bailout activity for US market
- Flyglobespan in administration
- Number of people out of work is on the rise
- Shareholders back plan to prop up ailing RBS
PM and Taoiseach step up pressure over policing
The DUP is facing mounting pressure to resolve a “limited number of outstanding issues” over the devolution of policing and justice powers.
- Dodds in bid to force Lisbon Treaty referendum
- McGuinness to meet UDA
- Talks that reveal the war has melted away
- British and Irish governments 'hopeful despite policing powers impasse'
- The 969 Northern Ireland civil servants paid more than our politicians
- Christmas deadline unfeasible: Robinson
- Assembly members rack up £4m expenses in six months
'One genetic mutation for every 15 cigarettes'
One genetic mutation occurs on average for every 15 cigarettes that a typical lung-cancer patient smokes, according to a study that has identified for the first time all of the mutations acquired during the lifetime of a cancer patient.
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- 'Fresh-faced people live longer'
- Anti-HIV drug failed trial
- No fear: scientists find a way to beat phobias
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- GPs’ revolt over hours may hit swine flu jabs
- FA denies Viagra player report
- Alert over swine flu jab
- New pilot scheme to clean up hospitals
Four of five main parties issue joint call for temporary P7 test
The four political parties involved in weekly talks at Stormont to try and resolve the school transfer crisis have called on Caitriona Ruane to put a temporary P7 test in place.
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- Warning over failure to invest in Northern Ireland's universities
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- Fresh petition urges no return to the 11-plus
Why they're all in the pink
Noleen Rooney from Belfast, who was diagnosed with breast cancer at 22, recruited her celeb friends to highlight how the disease can strike at any age. She tells Jane Hardy about starting a charity to help other women and, despite her illness, fostering several teenage children
UCUNF has become Sir Reg's get-out-of-jail card
Bob Wilson's letter (Write Back, December 15) suggests that submerging the UUP within the Conservative Party and drowning any unlikely elected UCUNF politicians in a sea of Conservative MPs is progress.
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- Blaming the grammars is ridiculous
- Ironic twist in abortion issue
- Conclusion to dementia piece is anti-scientific
- A lesson for our Minister Ruane
- Hole in wall gang laughing all way to the bank
- DUP pre-occupied with parochial cultural battles
Cheryl’s fury at Rage Against The Machine campaign
Cheryl Cole has criticised the “mean campaign” threatening to keep her protege Joe McElderry out of the Christmas number one spot.
- O’Grady signs off from chat show
- Jedward offered £270,000 to go on Big Brother
- Hannah Montana star Milrey Cyrus in secret RTE interview
- X Factor a big turn-on for Northern Ireland TV viewers
- There Will Be Blood is ‘top movie of decade’
- McElderry wins X Factor
- X Factor and BBC Sports Personality go head to head in ratings war
Rage Against The Machine won't do what BBC tell them
Rage Against The Machine were censored yesterday after swearing during a live performance of their song Killing In The Name on Radio 5 live.
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- ‘Of course, I’d a crush on Cheryl, she was the best mentor ever’
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• Why it’s time for Ulster Scots to cut oot waste?
What’s the Ulster Scots word for recession? Is there even one?
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Is it just my imagination or is there a distinct lack of Christmas spirit out there this year.
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So, last Saturday the Stade Francais chat was “We’ll see you next week” then. Not really inspirational stuff. In fact, looking at the fixture list, it was pretty much stating the obvious.
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Brian McLaughlin knows what to expect in Brussels on Saturday afternoon — a full-blooded, full-frontal attack by a Stade Francais team intent on exorcising the ghost of last weekend’s Ravenhill embarrassment.
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