The US said today it wants Lebanon to turn over a man convicted in the 1985 hijacking of a TWA jetliner who was recently released from a German prison.

German authorities have paroled Mohammed Ali Hamadi after he served 19 years of a life sentence for the 1985 hijacking of a TWA jetliner and the killing of a US Navy diver.

THE phone calls to the Irish Examiner come thick and fast in the weeks before and after the Munster Finals.

Mark O’Meara predicts good times ahead for Ryder Cup star Paul McGinley, the Irishman he pushed into second place at the Dubai Desert Classic yesterday.

US airlines are being ordered to spend up to $686m (€534m) to install a system to reduce the chance of fuel tank explosions like the one that brought down a TWA jumbo jet off Long Island in 1996.

American and United, the two biggest US airlines, are to begin installing steel bars on the cockpit doors of all their planes.

Several US airlines say they've suspended internet-only discount fares following last week's terror attacks.

Investors sent technology issues higher for a second straight session today despite worries about Cisco Systems.