Colombian authorities are searching for answers after a charter plane carrying a football team whose Cinderella story took them to the finals of one of South America's most prestigious regional tournaments slammed into Colombia's Andes mountains, killing all but six of the 77 people on board.

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New York may have been sweltering in the high summer heat, but boxer Carl Frampton strode the streets yesterday as the very definition of cool. Just 72 hours out from the biggest night of his life, the Jackal was calm, collected and ready to pounce.

While questions remain over the shooting death of Michael Dwyer in Bolivia, it now appears he was wrongly portrayed as some kind of soldier of fortune, writes Michael Clifford

BOLIVIA: With a vast crowd waiting and a temporary altar, Pope Francis needed a place to change before saying Mass in Bolivia — and the closest place was a Burger King.

Pope Francis flew to Bolivia after drawing about 1.5m people to Masses in Ecuador on the first leg of a “homecoming” tour, where he urged the world to take better care of the environment and the poor.

A California prostitute charged with killing a Google executive with an overdose of heroin aboard his yacht pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and administering drugs.

Tipperary mother Caroline Dwyer yesterday appealed for an international panel to be appointed to investigate the "execution" by police in Bolivia of her 24-year-old son, Michael Dwyer.

The mother of an Irish security worker shot dead by Bolivian special forces is attempting to personally pressure the country’s leaders to support an international inquiry into his killing.

An alleged high-end prostitute accused of injecting heroin into a Google executive on his yacht in California and leaving him to die when he overdosed, has appeared in court on manslaughter and heroin charges.

An alleged high-end prostitute accused of injecting heroin into a Google executive on his yacht in California and leaving him to die when he overdosed, has appeared in court on manslaughter and heroin charges.

An Irish woman is calling for international pressure to be put on Bolivia over the investigation into her son's death there five years ago.

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Top Irish and EU emissaries have met with Bolivian authorities and repeated calls for an independent inquiry into the killing of Irishman Michael Dwyer in the south American country in Apr 2009.

The family of an Irishman shot dead in Bolivia over an alleged assassination plot are considering making fresh complaints to United Nations’ investigators over the killing.

The family of Irishman Michael Dwyer, who was shot dead in Bolivia in 2009 over an alleged assassination plot, say fresh evidence strengthens their calls for an independent international investigation into the killing.

The family of an Irish man shot dead in Bolivia over an alleged assassination plot say fresh evidence strengthens their calls for an independent international investigation into the killing.

Like the daredevil teenage surfer whose incredibly true story is dramatised in this adrenaline-pumping biopic, Chasing Mavericks almost wiped out, but managed to ride its luck.

3D printers could spell the end of traditional manufacturing in many sectors, as products as diverse of braces for teeth, or ammunition for guns, could just be printed out, writes Martha Mendoza

The family of an Irishman who died on holiday in Tenerife 17 years ago hope to bring their son’s case to the European Court of Human Rights.

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THE claim, made two years ago, that the polar bears alive today had Irish brown bear ancestors has been turned on its head.

New questions about the death of Michael Dwyer are to be raised in a documentary to be aired tonight on Al Jazeera, the Qatar-based TV station.

Michael Dwyer’s death was used to further many agendas, writes Michael Clifford.

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THERE is nothing quite like the feeling of boarding a Friday morning flight from Ireland: nothing like relaxing back into your seat as you gaze out of the window, feeling the engines surge as the plane rises out of the grey, cold mist on a journey bound for a weekend of golden beaches and blue skies.

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Five people have been killed and three were injured after a lifeboat fell into the sea off a cruise ship that was tied up at the port of Santa Cruz in the Canary Islands.

A strong aftershock has rattled the Solomon Islands, hampering relief efforts to tsunami-ravaged villages.

Aid workers struggled to reach remote, tsunami-ravaged villages in the Solomon Islands today and the death toll rose to at least nine as more bodies were found in wrecked homes and debris.

A powerful earthquake off the Solomon Islands has generated a tsunami that damaged dozens of homes and reportedly killed several people in the South Pacific island chain.

The family of an Irishman shot dead by Bolivian security forces are meeting UN officials in Geneva today.

Birds may have helped to keep flying insects from growing into bug-eyed monsters, say scientists.

A trial sparked by the shooting of an Irishman branded an international terrorist by the Bolivian government is to start next month.

The family of an Irishman shot dead by security forces in Bolivia over an alleged presidential assassination plot is to step up its campaign for EU help in holding the foreign authorities to account.

FROM outspoken to spoken for — two bailout protesters are poised to make the only type of bond they can guarantee.

IN SANTA CRUZ, 80 miles south of San Francisco, a lady decides to hop on her bike and head north.

It is the first stop in Spain for many Irish tourists. But Alicante never attracts the plaudits it deserves. It’s also a perfect place for an Easter break, as Peter Geoghegan finds out.

THOUSANDS of people fled their homes along the California coast yesterday as a tsunami triggered by the massive earthquake in Japan began hitting the US West Coast after rolling through Hawaii.

Protests against a sharp increase in fuel prices have intensified and turned violent in Bolivia, as thousands of demonstrators demanded President Evo Morales’ government repeal the hike.