THE 58th Cork Film Festival catalogue will be launched at the Electric bar this evening. The festival is six weeks away, but its new creative director, James Mullighan — a former director of the Edinburgh Film Festival — says the lead-in will allow for as many tickets as possible to be sold.

The Anonymous hackers group claims it has broken into the website of a US company whose tear gas has been used against demonstrators in Egypt.

Hundreds of demonstrators marched through New York's financial district today and promised a national day of action with mass gatherings in other cities.