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The Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, accompanied by China's Prime Minister, Mr Wen Jiabao, reviews the honour guards during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing yesterday

The Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, accompanied by China's Prime Minister, Mr Wen Jiabao, reviews the honour guards during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing yesterday

  • Statement from IRA denies part in bank robbery

    The Provisional IRA has issued a blunt denial of any involvement in the robbery of £26.5 million (€37.85) from the Northern Bank in Belfast last month.

  • Rice sets out mission to repair US ties with allies

    Incoming US Secretary of State Dr Condoleezza Rice pledged yesterday to strengthen and repair US ties with allies that have been strained over the war in Iraq, emphasising twice at her confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill that "the time for diplomacy is now".
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  • SF remarks on woman's killing widely criticised

    Jean McConville with some of her family: her remains were found on Shelling Beach, Co. Louth, in 2003 Government and opposition politicians have denounced Mr Mitchel McLaughlin's assertion that the IRA killing in 1972 of Jean McConville was not a crime. Her son yesterday demanded that Mr McLaughlin resign his position within Sinn Féin. p

  • ASTI leader endorses Minister's caution on exam reform

    The ASTI president, Ms Susie Hall, has backed the cautious approach of the Minister for Education on exam reform. p

  • Party to check FF candidate's land deal

    Fianna Fáil is examining details of a land purchase made jointly by its Meath by-election candidate, Cllr Tommy Reilly, and Mr Frank Dunlop in 1997, before deciding whether its national executive will formally ratify Mr Reilly to run. p

  • Doctors seek random drug tests for drivers

    Random testing of drivers for mood-altering drugs and substances is one of a number of measures which should be introduced as soon as possible in an attempt to improve road safety, the Irish Medical Organisation has said. p

  • Criminal seeks injunction against newspaper

    A Dublin criminal who has survived three attempts on his life has applied to the High Court for an injunction preventing the Sunday World newspaper from publishing any material that encourages any attempts to endanger his life. p

  • Claim patient spent 4 days on dentist's chair rejected

    Claims that a woman suffering from pneumonia had to spend four days on a dentist's chair at Wexford General Hospital due to a shortage of beds were last night dismissed by the Health Service Executive (HSE) for the south-east region. p

  • 'Sensitivity' of China's rights issue noted

    The Chinese government is attempting to improve the country's human rights record "in the best way that it can," the Taoiseach has said. p
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  • 'Superjumbo' is unveiled

    The British Prime Minister Mr Tony Blair delivers a speech during the unveiling ceremony of the Airbus A380 in Toulouse, yesterday, as (from left) French President Jacques Chirac, German Chancellor Mr Gerhard Schroder and Spanish Prime Minister Mr Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero look on. FRANCE: In a blizzard of dry ice, operatic music and multi-ethnic dancing, the world's largest passenger aircraft made its first public appearance at a vast airfield on the outskirts of Toulouse, south-west France, yesterday. p

  • $40m pomp begins Bush term

    US: President Bush kicked off three days of inauguration ceremonies in Washington yesterday by making an elaborate public salute to the US military and conducting a series of television interviews to lay out his ambitious second term agenda. p
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  • FAI sponsorship deal worth €10m

    John Delaney, interim chief executive of the FAI SOCCER: The FAI will this morning unveil a new long-term deal with kit and equipment sponsors Umbro worth in excess of €10 million to the association in product and cash over an eight-year period. p

  • Liverpool turfed out

    Burnley's Lee Roche (left) celebrates as Liverpool's Djimi Traore retrieves the ball from the net following his embarrassing own goal which gave the Championship side victory at Turf Moor last night. SOCCER/Burnley - 1 Liverpool - 0: Winter bit in this pocket of Lancashire last night, but it was Liverpool who froze. A collection of second-string players wearing the Premiership side's shirt were jettisoned emphatically, despite the apparently narrow margin of their victory, by Burnley. The locals will not have felt the cold and now have a home tie with Bournemouth to contemplate. p
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    Can you keep the Trojan from causing trouble? A 'Trojan' virus may be embedded in your personal computer and be receiving child porn, writes Jamie Smyth , Technology Reporter p
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