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Keane tells Republic 'get over it'
Roy Keane has lambasted the Republic's attempts to get their controversial
World Cup play-off match against France replayed.
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‘Plastic police’ could soon be on Northern Ireland's streets
Plans to introduce controversial ‘plastic police’ tofficers to tackle petty
crime and anti-social behaviour on the streets of Northern Ireland are back
on the table, the Belfast Telegraph can reveal.
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Journey from the Orange Order to Sinn Fein MLA
A former police officer and Orange Order member who has become Sinn Fein’s newest Assembly member today told of his transition from Protestant to nationalist to republican.
Love quit priest says partner is not pregnant
The priest who quit after falling in love with a nurse has said his partner is not pregnant.
BBC rapped for Meg Ryan ‘orgasm’ broadcast
The BBC was criticised yesterday after a radio presenter played a clip of Meg
Ryan faking an orgasm during a show broadcast during the time of the school
run.
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Henry targeted by jokers
Pictures mocking Henry's handball have been flooding the internet.
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Fermanagh hit hardest by severe flooding
There was flooding misery last night as heavy rain and strong winds battered
Northern Ireland.
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New child sex claims against high-profile loyalist
A high-profile loyalist accused of raping a 13-year-old girl is being investigated for further alleged offences against two other potential victims — one of them a boy aged 12, the High Court has heard.
Mortar find in Armagh
A mortar bomb left on a roadside in Armagh has been blamed on “reckless”
criminal dissidents intent on killing police officers.
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BNP gets non-white member...a man who 'hates Muslims'
An elderly Sikh who describes Islam as a "beast" and once provided a character reference for Nick Griffin during his racial hatred trial is set to become the British National Party's first non-white member.
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Pope and Archbishop to meet amid fears over Anglican converts
Pope Benedict XVI will today greet Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury and leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion, for the first time since the Vatican announced the creation of a canonical structure to receive groups of Anglican converts en masse.
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- Jury backs police over clown's arrest
- Iran may face fresh nuclear sanctions
- Separated twins both doing well
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French reject calls to replay Ireland match
The France Football Federation believe the controversy of their World Cup qualification should be put aside following FIFA's decision that the play-off against the Republic of Ireland will not be replayed.
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- Keane dreams of second chance for Republic
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Va va gloom for ‘cheat’ Thierry Henry as his reputation is left in tatters
From chic to cheat -- Thierry Henry's reputation has been all but ruined by the infamous handball that cost the Republic a place in the World Cup.
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Students given chance to learn from entrepreneurs
Local entrepreneurs are to share the secrets of their success with more than 2,000 students across Northern Ireland as part of a series of masterclasses designed to inspire young people to start their own businesses.
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Robinson: The DUP will not walk away from Assembly
Peter Robinson will today warn Sinn Fein against threats to collapse the Assembly over the failure to agree policing and justice powers — but give the guarantee: “My party will not be walking away.”
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- Politician faces sack for calling Queen 'a parasite'
Ban on under 18s using sunbeds ‘could save lives’
A ban on children and young people using sunbeds should save lives, a leading Northern Ireland cancer charity has argued.
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- Knowledge gap bared in sex survey
- All children under five will be offered flu vaccine
- Vicks nasal sprays recalled over bacteria fears
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- New prostate cancer drugs tested in Belfast
- Male infertility studies hit by funding shortage, says academic
- 'Six beers a day keeps the doctor away'
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Ruane admits delay in setting up education body
Failure to establish the new single education authority by the deadline of January 1 will leave a multi-million pound hole in the education budget, the education minister has warned.
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- Dialogue is vital ‘to bring an end to transfer chaos’
- Anti-bullying message taken to schools
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- Testing day for 7,000 children as new entrance exams begin
- Experts offer ten ways to resolve the transfer muddle
- Parties tight-lipped over transfer talks
- DUP desperate to keep selection: Sinn Fein
Drumcree parade true test of political progress
Ed Curran's column (November 16) details an imaginery scenario of the potential conflict between any future devolved policing and justice powers and the resolution of contentious parading.
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- La France tricheurs! -Thierry Henry brings shame on French
- Time to get dead wood out of the Assembly
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- Basque does not deserve to be extradited
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Peggy Gibson was six years old when nuns sent her to Australia. Eamonn McCann recalls her harrowing time as a child migrant Down Under
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Telly host Eamonn Holmes is top celeb on Twitter
Eamonn Holmes has been crowned the king of Northern Ireland’s celebrity tweeters -- by discussing with his fans the details of having the cold.
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Heart-throbs! Hollywood's leading men new
He has set millions of teenage hearts a-flutter and now the Twilight star Robert Pattinson is raising pulses among film executives keen to cash in on his profile.
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- Music giants jet into Belfast to help Children in Need
- Daily Show's John Oliver gets his own show
Boyzone's Keith Duffy: Pain over Stephen Gately death is ‘easing only slowly’
Boyzone's Keith Duffy last night described the pain of struggling to come to terms with the death of his “dear friend” Stephen Gately.
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• 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.
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• Thierry Henry's confession leaves revolting taste
The Republic of Ireland is entitled to believe it has never seen anything so cynical, so far removed from the spirit of sport, as the devilish hand played by Thierry Henry to deny Giovanni Trapattoni's team a place in the World Cup finals that would have been so thoroughly deserved.
• Wenger’s way a lesson to all of us
Arsenal are scoring goals galore at the moment. Not exactly what everyone was hoping for at Sunderland ahead of our Premier League game with them tomorrow.
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