IT’s 20 years since the iconic movie Thelma and Louise, a cult classic about two women’s wonderful road trip across the US.

IT IS early April and the train from Budejovice in the Czech Republic to Linz in Austria takes us through a wintry countryside, not a wild flower, weed or blade of new grass yet to be seen.

I REGRET to say that I cannot tell my readers much about Irish bird activity this week other than what I can see in my garden or from the windows of the car parked alongside the bay.

Republican US presidential candidate John McCain criticised his Democratic rival Barack Obama today for announcing his Iraq policy before visiting the country later this month.

Rocker Chris Cornell has quit Audioslave, citing "irresolvable personality conflicts" and "musical differences" for his decision.

Indian and Pakistani officials today held extensive talks on terrorism and Kashmir - the two key issues that have fuelled decades of hostility between the two nuclear-armed South Asian neighbours.

Tony Blair moved to ratchet up the pressure on Sudan today by appealing to EU leaders to demand a halt to the violence in Darfur.

Spanish researchers say they have resolved a century-old mystery surrounding Christopher Columbus’s burial place, which both Spain and the Dominican Republic claim. Their verdict: Spain has the right bones.

Around a million residents and tourists have been warned to leave parts of Florida over fears that Tampa and other parts of the west coast could be submerged by the massive storm surge when Hurricane Charley strikes the state’s central gulf coast today.

Virgin Atlantic chairman Richard Branson announced plans to expand his airline with two new aircraft, extra routes and 1,400 more staff.

A VIDEOTAPE made in Belfast has placed serious question-marks over the integrity of evidence given by one of the key prosecution witnesses in the case against the three Irishmen charged with training FARC guerrillas in Colombia.

Argentinean legend Diego Maradona believes his country can still go on to World Cup glory despite their 1-0 defeat to arch-rivals England.