Burma democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be honoured in Washington and given the US Congress’ highest award, in the latest milestone in her remarkable journey from political prisoner to globetrotting stateswoman.

A TEAM of Dutch and American surgeons claim they are ready to perform a face transplant, a procedure considered controversial by some medical ethicists.

THE medical world inched one step closer to the realms of sci-fi surgery yesterday as a team of US surgeons claimed to be on the brink of carrying out the first face transplant.

Table toppers, Horan’s Health Stores Tigers, face a tough assignment in their opening game in the ESB National Cup when they host the SuperLeague champions, Neptune, at the Tralee Sports Centre on the weekend of December 5-7.

Diplomatic efforts to restart frozen Middle East peace talks intensified today with a European delegation offering mediation and the United States about to outline its policies.

Israeli tanks moved into a Palestinian refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, witnesses said, after Palestinians fired mortar shells at Jewish settlements an exchanged gunfire with Israeli forces.

An American on the brink of death has received the first self-contained mechanical heart replacement in a landmark operation.