A SUICIDE car bomber killed at least eight people in the Afghan capital yesterday and a Taliban rocket hit the presidential palace grounds as violence surged across the country ahead of tomorrow’s cliffhanger election.

A THAI waitress living in Cork who lost her brother in the Asian tsunami disaster has thanked the people of the city for their support.

A Muslim militant has been convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for helping plan the Bali nightclub bombings that killed 202 people.