Fire ripped through a prison where thousands of Venezuelan troops struggled to put down a revolt by inmates as dozens of horrified relatives tried to watch the fighting.

MINISTER for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin last night led tributes to renowned Irish human rights champion, Pat Rice who died this week unexpectedly, aged 64.

A Peruvian judge has ordered the arrest of 118 current and retired soldiers for their alleged involvement in the 1988 massacre of peasants in an Andean village.

SO Mary Harney believes the Columbia Three got a fair trial and should hand themselves in to the Colombian authorities.