20:56 The 30th Dáil has elected Bertie Ahern to an historic third term as Taoiseach in a three-party coalition between Fianna Fáil, the Green Party and the Progressive Democrats, supported by independents.
Dáil elects Ahern for historic third term
Madeleine's parents critical of newspaper tip-off
21:33 Police in Portugal are today searching an area of scrubland for missing British girl Madeleine McCann after a tip-off received by a Dutch newspaper.Abbas dissolves government as Hamas takes control in Gaza
19:54 Hamas fighters hunted down key loyalists of the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas in the Gaza Strip today after seizing most of the final Fatah strongholds. Mr Abbas reacted by signing decrees dismissing the three-month-old unity government formed with Hamas led by Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh and declaring a state of emergency.Former UN chief, alleged war criminal Waldheim dies
14:21 Former United Nations secretary-general and Austrian president Kurt Waldheim died today aged 88 after a short illness, the Austrian presidency said.
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