Morrissey has announced dates for his European tour.

A passenger has given birth to a baby boy in mid-air on a Royal Air Maroc flight.

* January 6: Three members of UDR killed by an IRA landmine near Castlewellan, Co Down.

Suspected Greek terrorists unleashed an unprecedented two-day wave of mail bomb attacks in Athens and abroad, with one package reaching the office of German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Crews lifted the wreckage of a helicopter from the murky Hudson River today as police using sonar located the submerged small plane that had collided with it.

Divers recovered a piece of a submerged helicopter and a fourth body today as investigators searched New York's Hudson River for wreckage from the helicopter and a small plane that collided in midair, killing nine people.

A huge handmade work on the life and work of Michelangelo, billed as the world’s most expensive, most beautiful new book, has arrived at the New York Public Library, fresh from publication in Italy.

STEVE STAUNTON’S army of globetrotting fans face a bill of over €1,500 each for flights if they want to see their heroes in action in the Euro 2008 qualifiers.

The European Union head office’s main building was evacuated today after a “suspicious package” was found.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern is expected to face down European Commission president Romano Prodi over the issue of a two-speed Europe at their first official meeting in Dublin today.

Increased security at the European Parliament in Brussels today failed to stop at least one letter bomb from being delivered.

SWISS officials said yesterday they had barred a crashed airliner more than a year ago because of technical deficiencies.

French and Egyptian officials laid wreaths today in an area of the Red Sea where a jet crashed, killing all 148 people aboard.

Hamburg officials were today accused of overreacting when they placed a ring of steel around a German military hospital after being told of a terror threat.

Investigators believe Italian anarchists were behind four mail bombs sent to prominent European organisations.

LANCE ARMSTRONG defiantly shrugged of a crash with a spectator and another close shave to win the 15th stage of the Tour de France to Luz-Ardiden yesterday and extend his race lead.