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world

Plane crash rescue bid hampered by terrain

Treacherous terrain in Indonesia’s Papua province hampered rescuers’ efforts to reach a passenger plane yesterday that crashed with 54 aboard, the latest in a string of aviation disasters in the sprawling southeast Asian archipelago.

news

Army to mark handover of Cork barracks 90 years ago

world

Floods destroy key rail and road links for coal

general

Blood, sweat, toil and tears

world

Red Shirts offer truce as deadline to leave expires

news

Irish soldiers set for Darfur trip

Army unveil new Chief of Staff

An army officer who served Ireland in the Middle East and at the UN was today named as the new Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces.

Tue, 03 Apr, 2007

Seized weapons 'will be used by Lebanese army'

Lebanon’s defence minister said today that a truckload of ammunition belonging to the Hezbollah seized the previous day would be used by the Lebanese army in case of future Israeli attacks.

Fri, 09 Feb, 2007

Crackdown promised as emergency declared in Basra

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki today promised to crack down on sectarian gangs in Basra and declared a month-long state of emergency in the southern city amid increasing violence in the restive region.

Wed, 31 May, 2006

Fears of higher toll as Pakistan earthquake deaths rise to 73,276

PAKISTAN yesterday dramatically increased the official death toll from the devastating earthquake that hit the north of the country last month to 73,276 and said it could rise further.

Thu, 03 Nov, 2005

Heath ignored lessons of history and we’ve been paying for it since

ARE the British learning, or is the charging of the British soldiers with war crimes in Iraq just a cosmetic exercise? In this country it seemed the British did not learn from their mistakes.

Sat, 23 Jul, 2005

Russian forces 'kill prominent Chechen rebel'

Russian security services today killed a prominent Chechen rebel wanted for a series of planned chemical attacks, Russian news agencies reported, citing the top spokesman for Russian forces in Chechnya.

Tue, 17 May, 2005

Iraqi army commander shot dead by insurgents

INSURGENTS assassinated a senior Iraqi army commander yesterday and staged two suicide car bombings, killing 15 people, in violence that politicians fear may deepen if a new government is not formed soon.

Sat, 26 Mar, 2005

Egypt hotel bomb blamed on al-Qaida

Al-Qaida terrorists were blamed today for the car bomb attacks in resorts on Egypt’s Sinai coast that are feared to have killed more than 50 people, most of them Israelis.

Fri, 08 Oct, 2004

Pakistan test fires medium-range missile

Pakistan successfully test fired a medium-range nuclear-capable missile today, one week after a new prime minister took office in nuclear rival and neighbour India.

Sat, 29 May, 2004

Sharon vows more attacks on militants despite talks

PRIME MINISTER Ariel Sharon vowed yesterday, after an Israeli-Palestinian security meeting, to continue attacks on militants suspected of planning suicide bombings, a senior Israeli political source said.

Mon, 16 Jun, 2003

Iraq increases food rations as citizens stock up for possible war with US

IRAQ has increased food rations to let citizens stock up for a possible war with the United States, its trade minister said yesterday.

Fri, 27 Dec, 2002

Israel’s Labour vote for leader

ISRAEL’S Labour Party held a ballot of its members yesterday to pick a new leader.

Wed, 20 Nov, 2002

Police hunt two more suspects in Bali probe

INDONESIA announced a fresh breakthrough in the Bali bombing probe yesterday.

Wed, 13 Nov, 2002