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Heading Out In Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Nightlife in Pictures

World in Pictures: August 2008

  • A Pakistani model wears a creation of a local designer S. Arshad Hussain, highlighting the jewelry, during a fashion show in Karachi, Pakistan on Friday, Aug. 29, 2008. Hussain says he wants to revive the golden fashions of the late 50s when the local fashion was liberal and progressive. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
  • Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama kisses his wife, Michelle Obama, after giving his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention at Invesco Field at Mile High in Denver Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
  • Madonna performs on stage at the first German concert of her 'Sticky and Sweet' tour at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Stunning images from around the world

Belfast Telegraph foursomes

  • Ballymena GC Team Paul Mark and Tim Patton with Club Orange manager Denise Catney and personality girl Linzi Corr
  • Loughall GC Team David Chawick and Jason Wilson
  • Magee Island Match and Handicap Secretary Trevor Geddis drives from the 10th tee

Photographs from the tournament

In Pictures: Flooding Northern Ireland

  • A car abandoned on the Westlink Road is seen at the junction with the M1 Motorway in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2008. Severe flooding swept across Northern Ireland Saturday after torrential rain.
  • This bike fan was unconcerned about the bad weather which led to the Ulster Grand Prix being cancelled
  • A bridge is swept away as the River Straid burst its banks at Nursery Road in Ballymena on Saturday afternoon

Wet and wild photographs from around Ulster

Family Notices

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Olympics closing ceremony

  • A general view showing the Olympic flame during the Closing Ceremony for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 24, 2008 in Beijing, China.
  • A general view showing the Olympic flame during the Closing Ceremony for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 24, 2008 in Beijing, China
  • Performers are seen during the Closing Ceremony for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 24, 2008 in Beijing, China

Spectacular show closes 2008 Games

Yell-bow: Hungarian weightlifter's terrifying elbow injury

  • Janos Baranyai of Hungary competes in the weightlifting event at the University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Gymnasium during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
  • Janos Baranyai of Hungary competes in the weightlifting event at the University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Gymnasium during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
  • Janos Baranyai of Hungary competes in the weightlifting event at the University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Gymnasium during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.

Janos Baranyai dislocates elbow in competition

Beach boy Bush at the Olympics

  • U.S. President George Bush watches a practice as U.S player Kerri Walsh warms up at the Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball Ground at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008.
  • U.S. President George Bush watches as U.S. team of Misty May Treanor, left, and Kerri Walsh warm up at the Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball Ground at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008.
  • President Bush gestures toward the back of Misty May Treanor as he visits the practice of the U.S. beach volleyball team the 2008 Summer Olympic games in Beijing, China Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008. At right is Treanor's teammate Kerri Walsh.

US President finds time for some volleyball fun

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Entertainment

War in the Caucasus

  • Russian armored vehicles enter a tunnel, moving toward the border with Russia's North Ossetia, 70 km (43 miles) north of Tskhinvali, the Georgian breakaway province of South Ossetia's capital, on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008. Russia pulled the bulk of its troops and tanks from Georgia on Friday after a brief but intense war but built up its forces in and around two separatist regions and left other positions deeper in the former Soviet republic.
  • Smoke rises from a fire in the Georgian village of Kekhvi, some 15 km (9 miles) north of Tskhinvali, in Georgia's breakway province of South Ossetia on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008. Many ethnic Georgian villages in South Ossetia and Georgia have been looted and burned down after Russian troops entered Georgia.
  • Fire fighters extinguish a fire on a train carrying oil products after it hit a mine about 10 km (6 miles) east of Georgia's strategic central city of Gori on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008. Interior Ministry spokesman Shota Utiashvili said the blast hit near the end of the train and one third of its 30 tanker cars were on fire.

A conflict in pictures

Columnist Comments

robert_fisk

• Robert Fisk: Why do we keep letting the politicians get away with lies?

How on earth do they get away with it? Let's start with war between Hizbollah and Israel – past and future war, that is.

lindy_mcdowell

• Lindy McDowell: Ulster-Scots Hillbillies may shape US politics

This week a television report about how the voters in the Appalachia region of the US could be crucial in swinging the US presidential election threw out some interesting facts. One of them dental.

david_healy

• David Healy: Liverpool set to raise their Standard

I know Liverpool fans were disappointed with their side’s performance against Standard Liege in the Champions League in midweek.

cooper_brown

• Victoria Brown: My husband has been kidnapped and sent to prison in Mexico

Recent readers of my husband Cooper's column will undoubtedly know that he was having some problems with the immigration authorities here in the United Kingdom.

eamon_mccann

• Eamonn McCann: What if Mormons are right and Catholics and Protestants wrong?

Why are the Catholic bishops so concerned about Mormons baptising dead parishioners? The Mormons didn’t invent baptism of the dead. The practice has a significant history within mainstream Christianity. The decision to order its abandonment was taken only after heated debate, and was a close-run thing.

frances_burscough

• Frances Burscough: I ran as far as I could but Bolt still caught up with me in end

There was only one place on earth to be last week as the athlete Usain Bolt bolted his way to triumph at the Olympic Games. And it wasn’t Beijing.|On the other side of the world, the entire island of Jamaica was cheering and toasting and singing and dancing ... and I was there, slap, bang in the middle of it all joining in the celebrations even though 24 hours earlier I’d never even heard of the fella.

Northern Ireland Troubles

In Pictures: The Northern Ireland Troubles

A Conflict in Pictures

Miss Universe

  • Miss Venezuela Dayana Mendoza is crowned Miss Universe 2008 on stage during the 57th Annual Miss Universe Competition at the Crown Convention Centre on July 14, 2008 in Nha Trang, Vietnam.
  • Miss Venezuela Dayana Mendoza one of the top 15 semi finalists performs on stage during the final of the 57th Annual Miss Universe Competition at the Crown Convention Centre on July 14, 2008 in Nha Trang, Vietnam.
  • Miss Vietnam Lam Thuy Nguyen one of the top 15 semi finalists performs on stage during the final of the 57th Annual Miss Universe Competition at the Crown Convention Centre on July 14, 2008 in Nha Trang, Vietnam.

Nha Trang, Vietnam

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