A security guard working for US mining giant Freeport was killed and seven other people were injured today in a pair of attacks by suspected rebels in Indonesia's Papua province, police and company officials said.

Four policemen were hacked to death today after protesters demanding the closure of a US-owned gold mine in Indonesia’s Papua province clashed with security forces.

FORMER US Senator George Mitchell was warmly welcomed back to Ireland when he addressed the RIA in Dublin late last year.