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The US economy sprang back to life in the second quarter, growing by 4%.

Coronation Street actress Barbara Knox has pleaded not guilty to drink driving.

Coronation Street actress Barbara Knox has been arrested for drink-driving.

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HANDCUFFED and marched through Washington’s Dulles International Airport in his Muslim clothing, the man with the long, dark beard could only imagine what people were thinking.

Richard Ashcroft couldn’t collaborate with the people he wanted to because many of them were in prison.

Richard Ashcroft does not think The Verve will ever get back together

Oasis’ break-up will give brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher a “new lease of life”, singer Richard Ashcroft has claimed.

A JOINT Garda/Interpol hunt is under way for a former AIB investment manager from Cork who is wanted in relation to the disappearance of over €2 million in clients’ funds and who it is believed may be living in Spain under an assumed identity.

The Verve refuse to line up lengthy concert runs because frontman Richard Ashcroft's smoking habit leaves him struggling onstage.

The Verve returned to America for the first time since their split a decade ago to perform at the Coachella Festival in California on Friday night - and frontman Richard Ashcroft told the faithful the band is back for good.

Two questions remain about Steve Wright – why did he kill and has he killed before?

Controversial US attorney general Alberto Gonzales has announced he will resign his position as the United States’ top law enforcement official.

A FORENSIC psychologist last night said the signs were that police investigating the prostitute murders were now being “taunted” by a serial killer.

Former frontman of The Verve, Richard Ashcroft, has been fined for being drunk at a youth club, police have confirmed.

THE US government has agreed to pay $300,000 (€252,000) to an Egyptian man who was detained for nearly a year following the September 11, 2001, attacks, but was never linked to terrorism.

The US government has agreed to pay $300,000 (€252,000) to an Egyptian man who was detained for nearly a year following the September 11, 2001, attacks but was never linked to terrorism.

The US Supreme Court upheld Oregon’s one-of-a-kind physician-assisted suicide law today, rejecting a Bush administration attempt to punish doctors who help terminally ill patients die.

An Iraqi-American has pleaded guilty to four charges connected to the UN oil for food scandal, it was confirmed tonight.

Three more people have been charged in connection with alleged racial abuse hurled at Dwight Yorke during a football match, police said today.

A football fan today admitted in court to racially abusing Birmingham striker Dwight Yorke.

President George Bush today proposed the first ever Hispanic Attorney General, nominating his long-time confidante Alberto Gonzales to replace John Ashcroft.

US President George Bush arrives at work today knowing he needs to find a new Attorney General after John Ashcroft announced his resignation.

Attorney general John Ashcroft and commerce secretary Don Evans resigned today.

A MAN describing himself as an American member of al-Qaida warned on a video broadcast yesterday that the US will be attacked “at any moment” and “the streets will run red with blood.”

A senior US Homeland Security official briefed European travel industry representatives in Brussels on new entry controls that come into force today including mandatory fingerprinting and photography for European visitors.

THE lunatics have clearly taken over the asylum as evidenced by the diversion of the Yusuf Islam/Cat Stevens flight in the US (Irish Examiner, September 23).

A contractor working for the CIA has been charged in connection with the beating to death of a prisoner in Afghanistan – the first civilian to face criminal charges related to US treatment of prisoners in Afghanistan and Iraq.

A contractor working for the CIA was indicted today in connection with the beating to death of a prisoner in Afghanistan – the first civilian to face criminal charges related to US treatment of prisoners in Afghanistan and Iraq.

AMERICA’S prison population grew by 2.9% last year to almost 2.1 million people, with one in every 75 men living in prison or jail.

A radical Muslim cleric arrested in London today is accused in a US indictment of trying to establish a terrorist training camp in Oregon while providing aid to both al-Qaida and the Taliban.

The United States was gripped by new fears of a terrorist attack today after warnings that al-Qaida planned to launch an assault in the coming months.

AL-QAIDA is planning an attack on US soil "in the next few months", US Attorney General John Ashcroft said yesterday.

Al-Qaida is planning an attack on US soil “in the next few months“, US Attorney General John Ashcroft said today.

The FBI failed miserably over several years to reorganise and respond to a steadily growing threat of terrorism, the commission investigating the September 11 attacks said today.

Emmerdale family the Marsdens have been axed after just six months, it was announced today.

An American city council that opposed the war on Iraq and recently sued Attorney General John Ashcroft has asked Congress to look into impeaching President George Bush.

Accurate, detailed information on the priceless antiquities looted from Iraqi museums is crucial for the international effort to track them down, experts and officials said at a meeting on stolen artefacts today.

US ATTORNEY GENERAL John Ashcroft told Congress yesterdaty that a major arrest over the weekend “is a severe blow to al-Qaida that could destabilise their terrorist network worldwide.”

THE Bush administration yesterday raised the national terror alert from yellow to orange, the second-highest level in the colour-coded system.

The US terror alert was today raised from elevated to high for only the second time since September 11 following intelligence warning of an al Qaida attack on 'soft' targets.

LOOKING unshaven and unkempt, Washington sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad made his first appearance in a Virginia state court yesterday, a state second only to Texas in executions of adults and juveniles.