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A 32-year-old Dublin man was today found guilty of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment for the fatal stabbing of his girlfriend's former lover at the Central Criminal Court.

A vehicle carrying a group of suspected Taliban fighters attacked a military checkpoint in southern Afghanistan, sparking a firefight that left six dead and at least four wounded, police said.

The jury in the trial of a Dublin man, accused of murdering his girlfriend’s former lover, has been told it has to look at the relationship between the two men.

The trial of a 32-year-old Dublin man accused of murdering his girlfriend’s former lover has heard the accused had a metal wire protruding from his leg when arrested by gardaí, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

The trial of 32-year-old Dublin man accused of murdering his girlfriend’s former lover said to gardaí: "I didn’t want him around her, I was just after getting back with her and he was f**king it all up," the Central Criminal Court has heard.

The woman at the centre of a love triangle which allegedly led to the murder of her ex-lover has said she “finished” with the deceased two days before the fatal stabbing, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

The trial of a 32-year-old Dublin man accused of murder has heard the fatal stabbing "arose out of a rivalry between two men for the affections of one woman".

US forces fought militants on the ground and bombed them from the air in a clash which left 25 rebels dead early today before Afghanistan’s landmark elections, officials said.