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Man 'thought cocaine parcels were bibles'
A lorry driver charged in connection with a suspected £5m cocaine seizure is a religious convert who believed he was transporting Christian tracts, a court has heard.
Blizzards shut key airports
Christmas travel plans of thousands of people across Northern Ireland have
been plunged into disarray.
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Jade Goody widower Tweed on rape charge
The widower of Jade Goody is expected to deny raping a teenager.
Priest says shoplifting 'sometimes best option'
A priest has used a sermon to advocate shoplifting in certain circumstances.
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QC’s criticism of Bloody Sunday probe ‘an insult’
The brother of a man shot dead on Bloody Sunday has said he feels insulted
after a top QC branded the Saville Inquiry “unnecessary”.
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Family is being forced from home by race hate attacks
A Belfast father has said he is being forced to look for alternative
accommodation after constant racist attacks on his home.
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Blaze at Guinness plant
Workmen repairing a roof with a blowtorch yesterday sparked a major blaze at
the iconic Guinness plant in Dublin city centre.
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From Tiger’s text messages to Graeme Swann’s Twitterings, sport ticked off the
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Appeal 30 years after abduction
The ageing parents of a teenage boy abducted 30 years ago have made a final appeal for information about his fate.
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Iran dismisses US nuclear deadline
Iran's president has dismissed a year-end deadline set by the Obama administration and the West for Tehran to accept a UN-drafted deal to swap enriched uranium for nuclear fuel.
Kauto on the drift ahead of four-timer
There is little doubt Kauto Star will win the King George VI Chase for a fourth time at Kempton on Boxing Day.
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- Leinster are taking nothing for granted
- Young holds nerve to win tie-break
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Laurence White: Gerry’s response to abuse claims shows how he trusts the police
It is difficult to know which is the more astonishing — the level of sexual abuse which went on in the Catholic Church or the level of sexual abuse that allegedly went on in the Adams' household.
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Many face second Christmas on dole
The number of people spending their second successive Christmas on the dole has doubled to more than 200,000, research has shown.
- OFT vows to continue banking fight
- Recession drags on in third quarter
- UK recession 'ended in third quarter'
- ‘No major property price rises expected for 2010’
- NI families here have the lowest disposable UK income
- Danish company buys Norfolkline
- Uncertain future for employees at Nortel
- Workers ‘take rewards in lieu pay rise’
- Commission is needed to investigate ‘fat cats’
- Tourism’s £100m fillip as families stay home
- Pressures of climate change not met by local firms
Mother wrote to PM over killer dogs
The mother of a girl who died after being attacked by dogs has revealed she wrote to Prime Minister Gordon Brown urging him to crack down on the dangerous animals.
- 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
- McGuinness to meet UDA
- Talks that reveal the war has melted away
Call on teenage medical treatment
Teenagers as young as 14 should have the right to refuse medical treatment, legal experts claim.
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- Living donors list now tops 3,000
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- New treatment could aid sufferers of rare cancer
- 'One genetic mutation for every 15 cigarettes'
- Discovery of genes for lung disease may aid treatment
- 'Fresh-faced people live longer'
- Anti-HIV drug failed trial
Ruane bids to end schools priority for Northern children
Pupils living along the border are being unfairly treated by a law that means schools in Northern Ireland must give priority to children living in Northern Ireland when allocating their places, according to Caitriona Ruane.
- Irish government to review cuts to Protestant schools
- Four of five main parties issue joint call for temporary P7 test
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- Republic’s funding for autism centre resumes
- Warning over failure to invest in Northern Ireland's universities
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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
Sir Reg will play part in appeasing republicans
Sir Reg Empey's rejection of the DUPs offer to work to ensure the election of Unionist MPs in Fermanagh/South Tyrone and South Belfast is to be expected (Write Back, December 14).
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James Cameron on real-life aliens
James Cameron may offer the most exotic planet full of aliens ever put on film in his sci-fi epic Avatar - but he thinks the first extra-terrestrials to arrive on Earth will be much more exciting.
Macca magic wows O2 crowd
Sir Paul McCartney took London's O2 by storm with a marathon set lasting almost three hours.
48 hours in: Istanbul
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After five days of fierce sunshine and intriguing and ultimately compelling Test action the rain has come hard and unrelenting. The big sky over the veldt has turned into a grey blanket torn by flashes of lightning.
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