Shares in Google and Microsoft plummeted yesterday as both posted earnings that disappointed analysts.

Up to 30 insurgents have been killed in fighting ahead of this week’s parliamentary elections in Afghanistan, Nato and Afghan officials said today.

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THE incoming captain of one of Ireland’s top golf clubs could be left bunkered by the airport crisis in Bangkok.