A RADICAL Muslim sect responsible for attacks that left more than 100 people dead in north-east Nigeria at the weekend could bomb three luxury hotels frequented by foreigners in oil-rich nation’s capital, the US Embassy warned yesterday.

A RADICAL overhaul of hospital services in Cork and Kerry which will reduce the number of round-the-clock emergency departments (EDs) to one per county is expected to be completed in just over three years.

A RADICAL Muslim cleric was arrested yesterday at his home in northern Lebanon, two days after a military court sentenced him in absentia to life in prison in a terrorism trial, authorities said.

FOUR men accused of a foiled German terror plot were fuelled by hatred and aimed to cause destruction on the scale of September 11, a court heard yesterday.

RADICAL measures are needed to address the problems facing the rural economy in the West of Ireland, according to a report presented to the Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

A RADICAL overhaul of the current food regulations is needed, according to Fine Gael agriculture and food spokesperson Michael Creed.

RADICAL plans for criminals to meet their victims before being released from jail were welcomed last night by prison reform supporters.

Serbia’s pro-Western president Boris Tadic has declared victory in parliamentary elections, edging out ultranationalists who tried to exploit anger over Kosovo’s independence.

A RADICAL American Baptist family has claimed God sent the gunman to kill the 32 students and teachers at Virginia Tech — and has said it will preach at the victims’ funerals.

Serbian ultra-nationalist Radicals won most votes in Serbia’s parliamentary election, but several pro-democratic groups won enough seats to form a new government if they can settle their differences.

RADICAL steps to protect the nation’s energy supplies have been called for in a submission on the next National Development Plan 2007-2013.

RADICAL plans to improve competitiveness and performance standards of club and interprovincial hockey have received a broad welcome.

A RADICAL overhaul of mental health services that will see the closure of the country’s remaining mental hospitals and the money from their sale spent on developing community-based mental health care will begin this year.

The Hamas militant group won local elections in the West Bank’s largest cities, according to preliminary results released today, dealing a harsh blow to the ruling Fatah party just six weeks ahead of a parliamentary poll.

A RADICAL reorganisation of the way the North is governed will reduce the number of public bodies across local government, health and social services and education from 67 to 20.

RADICAL plans to centralise hospital cancer services are expected to be firmed up when Tánaiste and Health Minister Mary Harney receives the Government's new cancer strategy next month.

A RADICAL new plan could totally reshape fire and rescue services in the next few years, a fire fighters’ conference was told yesterday.

A RADICAL overhaul of the dairy industry to secure the future of its farmers and their industry is being sought by the IFA, but ICOS, the co-ops umbrella body, insists milk processors are already implementing plans to strengthen the sector.

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Danes have given prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen a second four-year term, embracing his government’s pledge to keep immigration in check and taxes, among Europe’s highest, from rising.

RADICAL proposals to cut the number of local garda stations have effectively been shelved in the short term by the Justice Minister.

SERBIA’S ruling conservative coalition appears to have suffered a severe blow in local elections.

Radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza could still face execution in the US where he is wanted on terrorism charges, his lawyers said today.

Four Palestinians, including a university professor and his teenage son, and an elite Israeli commando were killed today in a fierce night-time gun battle in a refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus.

A strong election success by right-wing nationalists allied to former president Slobodan Milosevic is leaving fractured pro-democracy groups with little choice but to unite or see Serbia slide into renewed authoritarianism.

A RADICAL plan to close jails and privatise part of the Prison Service is being drawn up to cut the €60m overtime bill.

A RADICAL new plan to give more powers to local councillors and give directly-elected mayors 100,000 a year is being drafted by Fine Gael.

A RADICAL shake-up of the pharmacy industry, allowing chemists trained abroad to open up businesses here, will be recommended to Health Minister Micheál Martin later this week.

RADICAL steps to limit the sprawl of urban Dublin are urged in the National Spatial Strategy which says no further growth should take place until roads, public transport and services can support it.

A RADICAL Islamic cleric suspected of a series of church bombings in Indonesia was in hospital yesterday and will not risk arrest by submitting to police for questioning.