A man accused of the torture and killing of two Irish soldiers is to be deported from the US to his native Lebanon.

TO this day the legend persists that if only the parish priests hadn’t got involved, Ballinscarthy in West Cork would have its own Ford factory.

An Irish Muslim threatened to put a bullet in the head of an American lawyer who organised a rally against Islamic terrorism in the US, a court has heard.

THE killing of Osama bin Laden, a man who was America’s face of evil for nearly a decade, left Christians, Jews and Muslims relieved, proud or even jubilant.

Two people were killed today in what US police believe was a murder-suicide at a community college in Michigan.

General Motors, the largest US car manufacturer, warned today that it may run out of money by the end of the year after piling up billions in third-quarter losses and burning through cash at an alarming rate. Ford sustained heavy losses, too.

Iraq’s prime minister has condemned the latest round of bombings that left dozens of his countrymen dead, and vowed that his government’s “rational, political struggle” would prevail over “criminal acts”.

Massive firework displays in US cities rounded off America’s July 4 celebrations – the nation’s 227th birthday.