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Zimbabweans fleeing across the border at Beitbridge near Musina in South Africa yesterday. Zimbabwe goes to the polls today amid growing international concern that president Robert Mugabe intends to manipulate the vote.
Photograph: Themba Hadebe/AP
Taoiseach's transactions now under scrutiny total £452,800
THE TOTAL value of lodgements and other transactions that have to date been queried by the Mahon tribunal in its public inquiries into the finances of the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, exceeds £452,800, an analysis by The Irish Times shows. Colm Keena , Public Affairs Correspondent, reports.Zimbabwean forces on alert as Mugabe denies he will rig vote
THE ZIMBABWE authorities placed security forces on full alert ahead of today's bitterly contested elections and will not allow candidates to declare themselves winners before official results, police chief Augustine Chihuri said yesterday.Ansbacher scheme organiser pays €1.15m in tax settlement
A DUBLIN businessman who helped run the Ansbacher tax evasion scheme is among 120 tax defaulters who made settlements of €22.85 million to the Revenue Commissioners in the final three months of 2007. Simon Carswell , Finance Correspondent, reports.
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Tailwind stake costs Aer Lingus pilots almost €5m
A GROUP led by Aer Lingus pilots that bought 2 per cent of the
airline in an effort to frustrate Ryanair's takeover bid in the
autumn of 2006 lost nearly €5 million on its shares last
year, new filings reveal. pIreland best placed to exploit Open Skies deal - Barrot
EU TRANSPORT chief Jacques Barrot has said the Republic is one of the best-placed European states to benefit from the Open Skies deal with the US, which takes effect from tomorrow. pSterling dip squeezes already strained exporters
STERLING FELL to a record low against the euro yesterday, putting further pressure on already-pressurised Irish exporters. pRevenue collects €22.85m from tax defaulters
THE REVENUE Commissioners collected €22.85 million in tax
settlements from 120 individuals and companies in the final three
months of 2007, according to the latest tax defaulters' list.
Simon Carswell , Finance Correspondent,
reports. p
Ireland
Crime figure Holland jailed for £10m ransom plot
CRIME FIGURE Patrick "Dutchy" Holland, who denied involvement in the killing of Veronica Guerin, was convicted yesterday in London of masterminding a plot to get £10 million ransom in a kidnapping . pBrazilian anger over students in Mountjoy
A DIPLOMATIC row has broken out between Ireland and Brazil over the detention in Mountjoy Prison of three students who were trying to enter the Republic, The Irish Times has learned. pFather and son killed in bedroom may have known their attacker
GARDAÍ INVESTIGATING the murder of a father and son in Co
Kerry are exploring the possibility that the men may have been
killed by someone who knew them after it emerged that there was no
sign of forced entry to their isolated farm bungalow. pWebsite spreads the word on drugs services
A NEW website for the Midwest Regional Drugs Task Force was officially launched in Limerick yesterday. pGalway water shortage over weekend
A NUMBER of houses and businesses in Galway are likely to be
without water until tomorrow or Monday as the city comes to terms
with its latest crisis over the public supply. pStudent garda praised for saving man's life
A STUDENT garda has been praised for saving the life of a drowning man in Dún Laoghaire, writes Ronan McGreevy. pPoor deserve right to appeal to UN, Amnesty tells Government
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL has called on the Government to decide whether it is willing to stand up for the human rights of people living in poverty by signing up to a major United Nations document next week. Carl O'Brien, Social Affairs Correspondent, reports p
World
Dean seeks to impose deadline on superdelegates
US: The chairman of the Democratic National
Committee tried yesterday to impose a deadline on the divisive
nomination contest, urging the party's 800 superdelegates to make
their choice between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama by July
1st. pAgencies warn over Darfur relief flights
SUDAN: INTERNATIONAL AID agencies yesterday warned that millions of people in Sudan's troubled region of Darfur would be left without help unless donors step up funding for emergency relief flights. pKiller of Russian journalist identified, court told
RUSSIA: The killer of Russian journalist Anna
Politkovskaya has been identified and is being tracked down,
Russian prosecutors said yesterday. pBerlusconi's energy undimmed as he struts election trail in Rome
ITALY: "I AM MAD," says media tycoon and centre-right leader Silvio Berlusconi. p
Sport
Pride of place not enough for Connacht
RUGBY/Connacht 5 Munster 16: AFTERWARDS THE
youngsters stormed the field in search of glamorous autographs and
the 15 Connacht men who played the entire match placed their hands
on their knees, buckled. pKeane takes a cut at Premier 'hypocrites'
SOCCER: IN COMMENTS unlikely to appeal to Alex
Ferguson, Roy Keane yesterday labelled some of his fellow Premier
League managers "hypocrites" over their attitude to players'
respect for referees. And while Keane did not cite Ferguson by
name, the Sunderland manager did refer to a manager who was "sent
off at Bolton" this season for using foul and abusive language. pFAI's bid for 2011 Uefa Cup final put on hold
SOCCER: THE FATE of the FAI's bid to have the 2011 Uefa Cup final staged at the redeveloped Lansdowne Road will not now be known until later in the year following a decision by European football's governing body to postpone a decision on the venues for that year's club finals. pFinsceal Beo may be denied by old friend
THE ODDS-ON American champion Curlin might be the headline act in the feature World Cup race at Nad Al Sheba, but Irish hopes of a first success on Dubai World Cup night will rest with a trio led by the dual 1,000 Guineas heroine Finsceal Beo. p
