A mob torched a church where hundreds had sought refuge, and witnesses said dozens of people – including children – were burned alive or hacked to death with machetes in ethnic violence that followed Kenya’s disputed election.

European and African leaders were seeking to open a new era of closer relations, but their summit closed today with squabbling over trade and human rights.

THE fifth July 21 bomber, who was a “trusted and major participant” in the failed suicide plot to attack London’s transport network, was jailed for 33 years yesterday.

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A divorced Corkman who married a woman from Ghana has launched a challenge to the Minister for Justice’s decision not to allow her into the country.

A 31-year-old Ghanian man was being questioned by gardaí tonight after flying into Dublin airport with cocaine valued at €30,000 concealed internally.

Kofi Annan won election to a second term at the helm of the United Nations today with support from every corner of the globe, a unanimous endorsement of his sensitive and effective leadership.