IRISH people living illegally in America were yesterday warned not to celebrate prematurely after the US Senate passed an immigration bill offering a path to citizenship.

As US congress hurried toward approval of a €41.8bn emergency hurricane aid package, US President Bush George today mapped a plan to get a wide range of government benefits – from medical care to job training – to storm victims who have scattered around the US.

The CIA’s independent watchdog has recommended disciplinary reviews for current and former officials who were involved in failed intelligence efforts before the attacks of September 11, 2001.

Security forces in the Philippines were on red alert today as President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declared she had a new mandate to govern after the final election tally showed her winning by 1.1m votes.

A MINNEAPOLIS FBI supervisor said in a pre-September 11 conversation with headquarters that he wanted to prevent suspiciousstudent pilot Zacarias Moussaoui from flying a plane into the World Trade Center, a congressional investigator testified yesterday.