A 40-year old man who sued the State after an unmarked garda car involved in the pursuit of another driver crashed into him is facing a large legal costs bill after he lost his High Court action for damages.

Indian crew members from the cruise ship which ran aground off Italy say the vessel's alarm sounded very late and they did not realise the scale of the disaster until the ship started rolling on its side.

Islamic terrorists killed a teacher and his two sons today in the latest attack on civilians in Indian-controlled Kashmir, provoking angry protests by hundreds of terrified villagers.