Although Tony Pulis may still not admit it, his Crystal Palace side are all-but safe after earning a deserved victory over a poor Aston Villa side at Selhurst Park.

West Brom goalkeeper Boaz Myhill will again deputise for Ben Foster, who is recovering from groin surgery, in tomorrow’s home Barclays Premier League clash with Chelsea.

Four members of Congo’s Olympics delegation have gone missing in London, a UN-run radio station has said.

CHRISTY BROWN’S, Ardfinnan, Maughera Star got the better of Alan Devitt/Padraig Palmer’s, Cashel, Congo Bound by two lenghts to capture Knockgraffon Open Coursing Club’s McCarthy Cup final on Monday.

Congolese security forces have reportedly killed at least 24 people and detained dozens in attacks to quell dissent over the much-criticised re-election of President Joseph Kabila.

Congo’s opposition leader has declared himself winner of the presidential vote, despite coming second in official election results.

Congo’s President Joseph Kabila has won another term in office with 49% of the 18.14 million votes cast according to provisional results published by Congo’s election commission.

BLACKBURN captain Chris Samba wants to make life a “living hell” for Arsenal at Ewood Park today.

A plane carrying UN staff and peacekeepers crashed today on landing at the airport in Congo’s capital, breaking into pieces and killing at least 26 people, aviation officials said.

Blackburn manager Steve Kean believes defender Christopher Samba is now happy to stay at Ewood Park.

Tullow Oil had no alternative to legal action after Democratic Republic of Congo cancelled its claim to two oil blocks on Lake Albert, the company’s vice president said.

RWANDA has threatened to withdraw its troops from United Nations peacekeeping operations if the world body publishes a report accusing the Rwandan army of committing possible genocide in Congo in the 1990s, Rwanda’s foreign minister says in a letter sent to the UN.

A draft UN report says the Rwandan army that ended the 1994 slaughter of more than 500,000 people retaliated with killings in Congo two years later that also could be classified as a genocide.

Rebels attacked a UN peacekeeping base in eastern Congo today killing three Indian soldiers and wounding seven others.

THE Dublin and London listed-Tullow Oil is considering legal action to establish is ownership of oil rights in the Congo.

The Rwandan army has arrested Congo rebel leader Laurent Nkunda, a military spokesman said today.

Rwandan forces, invited by long-time enemy Congo to deploy up to 2,000 troops, were there to observe, not to fight Hutu militias, the government said.

More than 1,500 Rwandan troops crossed into eastern Congo, joining Congolese forces in an effort to oust the Hutu rebels who participated in Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, officials said today.

Actress Mia Farrow appealed today for the world to stop the rape of women and girls in eastern Congo, which she described as “one of the worst situations I have ever encountered in my life”.

Rangers caring for some of the world’s last surviving mountain gorillas in the middle of war-torn Congo have been allowed back into their habitat.

Thousands of new UN peacekeeping troops should arrive in Congo within weeks, it was announced today.

Rebel forces said they were pulling back from a fleeing Congo army today to allow peace talks.

A retreat by Congo government troops in the face of continued rebel attacks was in danger of turning into a rout today.

Congo’s army clashed with rebels in some of the worst fighting in a week despite the rebel leader’s promise to support a ceasefire, the United Nations said today.

REBEL leader Laurent Nkunda yesterday called for ceasefire talks with the Democratic Republic of Congo government after meeting a UN peace envoy even as new clashes broke out between his fighters and the army.

Food supplies were delivered across rebel-held areas of eastern Congo today for the first time in weeks.

The United Nations’ most powerful body is close to approving 3,000 more peacekeeping troops for war-torn areas of eastern Congo, diplomats said today.

STORIES of grotesque acts of brutality or an innocence turned evil can sometimes leave you temporarily stumped as a journalist in the quest for answers.

JUST a few weeks ago, Joseph fled a militia group after living and fighting in the bush with them for a year.

Fears that fighting in eastern Congo will spread were raised today after it was revealed that Angolan troops joined government forces attacking rebels near the city of Goma.

African leaders and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon were holding a crisis meeting today aimed at ending the latest fighting in eastern Congo.

A ceasefire called by Congo rebels appeared to be unravelling today.

UN aid convoy delivered vital medical supplies to Congo refugees today for the first time since fighting began weeks ago.

The European Union is proposing a UN-organised summit of the nations bordering eastern Congo, and says Rwanda and Congo would attend such a meeting.

International envoys converged on eastern Congo to help end some of the worst violence in years as thousands of anxious, hungry refugees struggled to get home amid a fragile ceasefire.

The rebel Congo general laying siege to Goma demanded direct talks with the government today over ending fighting in the region.

United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon urged Congo’s government to get control of its troops in the African nation’s conflict-wracked east and help beleaguered peacekeepers protect thousands of civilians.

Soldiers began to flee the eastern Congo provincial capital Goma today in retreat from advancing rebels.

The top United Nations envoy to Congo warned that renewed fighting in the east had heightened ethnic tensions and could lead to the renewal of a wider conflict in central Africa.

Robert Mugabe’s brazen power grab in Zimbabwe’s election saga has left cracks in one of African leaders’ unspoken rules – never turn on one of your own.

The alleged leader of a Congolese militia charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity for masterminding a savage attack on a village during which 200 people were murdered has been turned over to the International Criminal Court, the court announced today.

Congo fired its transport minister tonight as emergency workers extinguished the last flames from a plane crash which killed at least 50 people, finding still more bodies in the wreckage.

Olympiacos have confirmed the signing of Portsmouth striker Lomana LuaLua.

Britain’s Brinkley Mining signed a contract for uranium exploitation in Congo, promising a £1.5m (€2.2m) start-up investment into a partnership with the government.