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An airline passenger (right) cries as she meets her relative shortly after her flight landed at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv yesterday. At least two missiles were fired at the aircraft as it was leaving Mombasa

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Former Marlborough millionaire awarded €2,000 redundancy pay
The former chief executive of the bankrupt Marlborough recruitment group, who accumulated an estimated €70 million paper fortune at the height of the boom, won an action yesterday to recover €2,031.60 in redundancy against the company.

Thousands of civil servants to move out of Dublin
The Government will announce plans in the new year to move thousands of civil servants outside Dublin to kick-start its strategy of diverting much future development away from the capital, writes Mark Brennock , Political Correspondent
Israel vows to hunt down perpetrators of attacks
Israel has vowed to hunt down those behind two terrorist attacks in Kenya and Israel yesterday in which 18 civilians died and at least 100 others were injured in operations deliberately targeting Israeli civilians.

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Dunlop 'sought some Jackson Way land as fee'
Mr Frank Dunlop wanted a success fee of several acres of Jackson Way land - worth several million euro - in return for getting the company's land at Carrickmines rezoned, the Flood tribunal has been told. p
Murphy to convene further North talks
Further talks between the pro-Agreement parties in the North will take place over the coming weeks in an attempt to break the current political impasse. An end to paramilitarism, the restoration of the Executive and Assembly, policing and equality issues will be on the agenda. p
Young bull diagnosed with BSE on farm in Limerick
A three-year-old bull has been diagnosed with Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) on a Co Limerick farm, it was learned last night.Although the Department of Agriculture and Food refused to confirm the report, sources in the industry did so. p
Aer Rianta inquiry report expected next week
Serious tensions have developed between the Department of Transport and Aer Rianta over the progress of the investigations into claims that the Minister for Transport, Mr Brennan, left an unpaid bill of €5,000 for spirits and cigars over a decade ago. p
Traditional arts sector divided on plan for new standing committee
A deep division in traditional arts over a proposed new State funding mechanism for the sector was exposed yesterday at a Joint Oireachtas Committee. p
Luas from Tallaght is facing a long further delay
Luas, Dublin's new light rail system, has been delayed further, with the Tallaght to Connolly Station line now set to come on stream almost a year later than originally planned. p
Salmon growers warn on stifling rules
The Government is "suffocating" the fish farming industry with irrelevant regulations and monitoring, salmon growers said in Galway yesterday . p
Jobless set to rise for the near future, review finds
Unemployment is set to rise for the immediate future and will become more deep-rooted unless corrective steps are taken, according to a review carried out by FÁS. p
No lessening in drink driving - council
In the next 33 days between 150 and 200 people will be killed or seriously injured on Irish roads, according to the National Safety Council (NSC). Alcohol will be a factor in one in three crashes and will be a factor in 40 per cent of crashes that prove fatal, it said. p
McDowell rejects article on data retention
The Minister for Justice has described as "misleading" an article in yesterday's Irish Times which revealed plans to retain detailed personal data on phone and mobile calls, faxes and e-mail and Internet usage for several years. p
€6m paid for assault, wrongful arrest by gardai
Seventy people have received €6 million in compensation for assault and wrongful arrest by members of the Garda Síochána over the last five years, it has emerged. According to the Department of Justice, 64 cases were settled without going to court, while 52 of the cases were settled for less than €25,000 each. p

World

Zimbabwe food crisis is rapidly worsening, UN warns
ZIMBABWE: The UN World Food Programme yesterday warned that Zimbabwe's food crisis was deteriorating rapidly, with the government and foreign aid agencies apparently unable to mobilise enough stocks to feed millions of people. p
Greece must pay €12m compensation to ex-king
GREECE: Greece must pay €12 million compensation to former king Constantine for property seized after the royal family fled the country in 1967, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. p
Andreotti faces Mafia membership appeal
ITALY: Former Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti returned to court yesterday to face charges of Mafia membership less than two weeks after another court sentenced him to 24 years in prison on a murder charge. p

Finance

Employment growth slows sharply - CSO
IBEC senior economist Mr Aebhric McGibney was critical of the Government for allowing public-sector employment numbers to grow "without securing greater efficiencies or productivities". p