FOR the first time in Ireland, licensed deer stalkers will be called out byfarmers to shoot protected species of wild deer if they are damaging crops, forests or causing traffic accidents.

Wild deer roaming the countryside will be culled by conservationists in a bid to protect farmlands and maintain herds humanely, it emerged today.

US FORCES last night claimed to have cornered insurgents in a small section of Fallujah after a stunningly swift advance that seized control of 70% of the militant stronghold.

Images of Saddam Hussein lay shattered across Baghdad today after the oppressed people of the Iraqi capital vented their anger at the ousted tyrant.