Wednesday 22 May 2013
The Israeli nuclear whistleblower who spent 18 years behind bars was released from jail yesterday after serving an additional three months for violating his release terms.
Mordechai Vanunu was a technician at Israel's top secret nuclear reactor next to the desert town of Dimona.
In 1986 he took pictures of the interior of the reactor and gave them to a British national newspaper.
Vanunu (55) was abducted by Israeli security agents after publication.
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A 36-year-old man has been shot in a paramilitary punishment-style attack on the outskirts of west Belfast.
Pakistani cricket star-turned politician Imran Khan has left hospital about two weeks after he received serious back injuries in a fall from a forklift truck at a campaign event.
The search by emergency workers for survivors in the wreckage left by the huge tornado that ripped through an Oklahoma suburb is coming to an end, according to officials.
Madeline Perry is one of Northern Ireland's most successful sporting stars on a global stage, but the odds are you won't know too much about this excellent ambassador for our wee country.
Graeme McDowell might just be the most under-rated sportsman in the UK right now.
The fear of becoming a part of an ugly statistic is foremost in the minds of the Tyrone players this week as they stare down the barrel at Donegal, in Ballybofey this Sunday.
Music legend Burt Bacharach said writing his autobiography forced him to come to terms with the suicide of his daughter.
Carole King isn't done with music - not yet anyway.
Apprentice hopefuls are hoping to avoid an udder disaster as they try to cream off the biggest profit in their latest task.
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