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14:02 Society must be helped to take responsibility for the roots of violence, the Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin has said. "Every incident of violence damages the victim; it damages the perpetrator; it damages families, damages a community and damages society. "There is a cancerous mechanism which makes violence engender further violence," Dr Martin said. He also criticised what he described as a "two-tiered" value system that was happy to sanitise the violence and exploitation involved in drug use.
Martin says 'roots of violence' must be tackled
China ups Tibet death toll figure to 19
17:14 China said 19 people were killed in riots in the Tibetan capital last week, with 18 people burnt or hacked to death in the Lhasa violence, Xinhua news agency said. The rising toll comes amid mounting international concern over China's handling of the protests, overshadowing the run-up to the Beijing Olympic Games.Man remanded in custody over taxi driver death
13:02 A 22-year-old man has been remanded in custody charged with the murder of an off-duty taxi driver in Blanchardstown last Tuesday.Rescuers search for missing man (71) in Wicklow
10:18 Rescuers are searching the Wicklow mountains near Blessington for a 71-year-old man reported missing two days ago.
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