CATHAL Magee, the Government nominee to become the next chief executive of the HSE in September, is to be paid a salary of €322,000.

Indonesia said a 27-year-old woman died of bird flu as it prepared to scour the capital for infected poultry, while Malaysia and India expanded culls of chickens to try to contain the H5N1 virus.

Investigators today sought witnesses and examined forensic evidence to determine who bombed a crowded train in northern India, killing at least 10 people.

A bomb exploded on a crowded passenger train in northern India today, killing at least 10 people and injuring 49, a railway official said.