An al-Qaida umbrella group in Iraq posted a video tape today showing the killing of five kidnapped Iraqi army officers.

Anti-war activists are planning a protest outside Shannon Airport today ahead of another brief stopover by US President George in the early hours of tomorrow morning.

Hollywood actor Dustin Hoffman flew into London today, and denied plans that he planned to settle in Britain permanently.

A voice purported to be Osama bin Laden saluted resistance groups fighting the US occupation in Iraq and warned Iraqis not to work with the Americans, in a new audiotape broadcast by Al-Jazeera.