Somalia is more dangerous for civilians than Afghanistan or Iraq, a group that works to prevent civilian deaths said.

A young driver lost control of her car as it zigzagged on a country road and crashed into a wall after passing another car with the result that two young men travelling with her were killed, it was claimed today by eyewitnesses in her trial by judge and jury.

Even though they led from the first of the eight stages, Waterford’s, Andrew Purcell (Subaru WRC) and his co-driver, Mick Courtney had to fend off a determined challenge from reigning national forest champions, Stephen Moore/Tony McHugh (Ford Focus WERC) to win the Sean Conlon Memorial Tipperary Forest Rally.

CIVIC workers have been ordered to kill packs of stray dogs that have been attacking tsunami survivors in some of the worst-hit areas of southern India, officials said yesterday.