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PSNI to seek warrant for Adams' brother
The PSNI has said it is beginning proceedings to issue a European arrest warrant against Gerry Adams' brother Liam.
No end in sight for icy weather conditions
There was little hope of an end to the freezing conditions today that have so
far plunged the Christmas reunions of thousands of Northern Ireland people
into disarray.
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Stormont food costing taxpayer £870 per day
Taxpayers have been forking out over £870 per day to subsidise catering
outlets at the Assembly.
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Salaries 60% lower than those in South: survey new
Workers in Northern Ireland are being paid up to 60% less than Southern
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Mysterious smell leaves shoppers gagging
Mystery surrounds a nasty whiff that left Christmas shoppers gagging as they
poured into Belfast yesterday.
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Prisoners ‘waterboarded in Northern Ireland Troubles’
Northern Ireland prisoners were subjected to controversial “waterboarding”
interrogation techniques during the Troubles, it has been reported.
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Scandalous sports quotes
From Tiger’s text messages to Graeme Swann’s Twitterings, sport ticked off the
seven deadly sins (and more) in 2009.
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Cheryl goes ‘rock chick’
Cheryl Cole talks about politics, her husband Ashley and the prospect of going
solo in the latest edition of Q.
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Thief returns stolen antique case
A thief with a conscience has returned an antique cigarette case stolen from a stately home in Co Fermanagh, it was revealed.
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- Appeal 30 years after abduction
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Whalers and activists in sea clash new
Japanese whalers and militant conservationists have clashed in the Antarctic Ocean over two days, using weapons including water cannon, lasers and acid.
Torres: Sacking Benitez would not help new
Fernando Torres insists sacking Rafael Benitez would not provide "a solution" to Liverpool's problems.
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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?
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- NME’s female editor shows the boys up
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The UK has now lost 6% of its entire economic output in its longest ever recession, official figures confirm.
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- More cuts for higher education sector new
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- Many face second Christmas on dole
- OFT vows to continue banking fight
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- UK recession 'ended in third quarter'
- ‘No major property price rises expected for 2010’
- NI families here have the lowest disposable UK income
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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- Cancer patients 'can't afford to stay warm'
- 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
Traditional three-year degree courses could be replaced new
The traditional three-year degree could be coming to an end as the Government dramatically reduces higher education spending.
- 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
- QUB Graduations List December 10 2009
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
We really need a proper train and bus service new
Every time I visit Belfast to attend a concert at the Ulster Hall, or an occasional opera at the Opera House, I notice on my return journey home an endless procession of taxis along the Lisburn Road, invariably running on red diesel.
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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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It’s Christmas time and the exiles are returning in their planeloads to the land of their birth.
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What’s the Ulster Scots word for recession? Is there even one?
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• 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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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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