THE title of this novel appears generic and forgettable and almost indistinguishable from hundreds of others in the same field. 

GARDAÍ, most of whom came from Munster, are preparing today to celebrate the 21st anniversary of their first role in UN peacekeeping.

Rod Steiger, the beefy, intense actor who won the Oscar as best actor of 1967 for his role as the unrelenting Southern police chief in In the Heat of the Night, died today. He was 78.

The managing editor of the Wall Street Journal has issued an open letter to the group he believes is responsible for kidnapping US reporter Daniel Pearl.