LATE last month, Kate Middleton, took on a new role as editor of The Huffington Post UK for the day.

OTELIER Francis Brennan is a natural storyteller.

One in three people are classed as introverts but the modern world is built around the extrovert and so it’s not easy for people like Elizabeth O’Neill who just want to be left to their own devices.

Sarah Ennis greatly appreciated the lack of applause as she cruised into an impressive 10th place on Horseware Stellor Rebound at the Alltech World Equestrian Games in Normandy, France, yesterday.

This rare red panda cub is having an an all-important health check at Chester Zoo.

Alchemy and transformation lie at the heart of Gavin Hogg’s work, writes Orlagh Ní Arrachtáin.

South Korea 2 Algeria 4

South Korea 2 Algeria 4

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s uncle, seen as his nephew’s political regent and one of the most powerful men in the country, has apparently been ousted and several associates executed, South Korea’s spy agency said.

Sam Watson proved best of the Irish at the European Eventing Championships in Malmo, Sweden, placing 21st, as the team finished seventh of 10 countries.

Ireland’s eventers realised expectations yesterday when fifth in the Olympics, led by Aoife Clark and Master Crusoe, whose double clear in the show jumping phase elevated her to seventh place in the individual classification.

Viggo Mortensen explores the many facets of Sigmund Freud’s character in A Dangerous Method, writes Declan Cashin

“It’s time to play the music / It’s time to light the lights …” The Muppets (G) seem to have been away for a very long time, a fact not lost on Walter (voiced by Peter Linz), a lonely young Muppet who grew up with Gary (Jason Segel) for an older brother.

GEORGE CLOONEY’S third directorial effort, The Ides of March, and Madonna’s second, WE, are bound for the Venice Film Festival, so the paparazzi should be out in force.

A 15-year-old boy has taken his own life after killing his mother in a fight over internet games, South Korean police revealed today.

The Korea Football Association (KFA) have today started their search for Huh Jung-moo’s successor as national team coach.

URUGUAY coach Oscar Tabarez has told his players to hold on to their World Cup dreams after seeing them book their place in the quarter-finals.

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SOUTH KOREA clinched a place in the last 16 of the World Cup for the first time on foreign soil despite being held to a draw by Nigeria in their final Group B match in Durban.

DIEGO MARADONA was much more sedate yesterday after witnessing his Argentina team dismantle South Korea 4-1 at Soccer City, instead lavishing praise upon his players.

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SOUTH KOREA coach Huh Jung-moo has told his players not to be afraid of Argentina as they attempt to prolong their stay at the World Cup.

South Korea 2 Greece 0

A SENIOR ally of German chancellor Angela Merkel resigned from the cabinet yesterday amid allegations of a cover-up of an air strike that killed civilians in Afghanistan when he was defence minister.

A lack of political will, not troop shortages, is stopping European countries increasing their forces in Afghanistan, the EU's top military officer declared today.

US defence secretary Robert Gates is expected to crank up pressure on European allies who refuse to send troops to the front line against the resurgent Taliban in southern Afghanistan.

Tom Cruise has finally been given permission by the German government to film at a World War II memorial site in Berlin for his new movie, 'Valkyrie'.

German defence minister Franz Josef Jung today said that six suspects were under investigation in the scandal over pictures of German soldiers posing with a skull in Afghanistan.

Chancellor Angela Merkel has expressed disgust at photos that appeared to show German troops in Afghanistan posing with a human skull and pledged that any soldiers found to be involved would be punished severely.

GERMAN chancellor Angela Merkel promised tough action after German soldiers in Afghanistan were photographed playing and posing with a skull.

Germany’s Defence Ministry today said it was investigating photos published by the country’s biggest-selling newspaper that appeared to show German troops in Afghanistan posing with a skull.

Nato defence ministers yesterday approved an extension of the alliance’s Afghan security mission across the entire country, taking in the volatile eastern region and bringing up to 12,000 more US troops under allied command.

Nato will have AWACS surveillance planes patrolling the skies over Germany during the World Cup, German Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung said today.

Legendary actor Sir Laurence Olivier reportedly spent the final days of his life in misery after his family conspired to deprive him of alcohol and wean him off his steroid medication.

A 41-year-old man was today charged with murder for allegedly killing, dismembering and eating the flesh of another man who consented to the arrangement over the internet.