SENATE Democratic leader Harry Reid has apologised for saying the race of Barack Obama – whom he described as a “light skinned” African-American “with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one” – would help rather than hurt his eventual presidential bid.

Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid has apologised to Barack Obama for pre-election comments describing the president as a "light skinned" African-American "with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one".

THE US military has launched an investigation into claims that American forces shot dead 15 members of two families, including a three year-old-girl, shortly after a roadside bomb killed a US marine in a western Iraqi town.

The US military has launched an investigation into claims that American forces shot dead 15 members of two families, including a three year-old-girl, shortly after a roadside bomb killed a US Marine in a western Iraqi town.

An exhibition showing how people are rebuilding their lives after the Asian tsunami, and how money donated by Irish people has been spent to help them, is opening in Dublin today.

THEY range from the Dalai Lama to the inventors of the blackberry, from terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi to Nobel laureate Nelson Mandela.

They range from the Dalai Lama to the inventors of the Blackberry, from terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi to Nobel laureate Nelson Mandela.

A WRENCHING dispute over the fate of Terri Schiavo neared its end yesterday as the brain-damaged Florida woman moved closer to death and her parents gave up their long and bitter legal battle to prolong her life.

Oscar-winner Michael Moore has taken a veiled swipe at Mel Gibson's controversial movie The Passion of the Christ - his revenge after Gibson refused to back Fahrenheit 9/11.

SECURITY is being stepped up at the border between the US and Mexico amid new intelligence al-Qaida aims to smuggle nuclear material through a crossing point.

President George Bush delivered a combative defence of his policies last night as he went head-to-head in a second live debate with his election challenger John Kerry.

President George Bush secured a big bounce from his party convention, putting him in a commanding lead in the election race, according to a new poll.

THE camera shows the suicide bomber warmly embracing a group of masked men. There are kisses on the cheek and a shot of him in the cab of a truck — his fingers resting on what appears to be a detonator.

A reporter with Time Magazine has received video footage of a suicide bomber chronicling his final hours right up to his deadly mission.

The United States was on alert for suicide bombers today after fresh warnings from the FBI.

U2 frontman and peace activist Bono, David Beckham, Oprah Winfrey and JK Rowling are among the 100 most influential people in the world, according to Time Magazine.

A MILITANT Indonesian Muslim who has confessed to involvement in October’s bombings on Bali island said there was a “strong possibility” money from Osama bin Laden was used for the attacks, Time Magazine has reported.

Michael Caine was today tipped for an Oscar for his starring role in controversial film The Quiet American.

Millions fell silent today in a public act of mourning for the victims of the US terror attacks.