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  • Getting warmer

    As temperatures soar, there is now little doubt that our climate is changing, but is human activity to blame? Brendan McWilliams looks at the evidence, and writers report on unusual weather patterns across Europe this winter. p

  • What's race got to do with it?

    The rush to condemn the Celebrity Big Brother bullies as racists is motivated by virulent classism, writes Róisín Ingle . p
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  • France: a season of sour grapes

    The Mobillion family have been making champagne at Sacy, near Reims, for 400 years, and the record warm weather in France worries them immensely. p

  • Russia: putting away the fur coats

    If either Hitler or Napoleon had attacked Russia in similar conditions to those across western Russia this winter, then history might be very different. p

  • Germany: winter in hibernation

    The central European winter is long, grey and hard. A solid layer of low-hanging cloud descends on the continent in October and stubbornly stays put until the end of April. p

  • Warmer weather will bring alien invasion

    Exotic species are increasing in Ireland, and feeling too much at home, botanist Matthew Jebb tells Shane Hegarty . p

  • Young, gifted and black

    Profile - Barack Obama : He is hoping Americans hungry for change will help him reach the White House, but first he has to beat Hillary Clinton, who has strong support among black voters, writes Denis Staunton . p

  • Political pipedream: the failure of balanced regional development

    Balanced regional development was one of the stated objectives of the National Development Plan 2000-2006, just as it had been since time immemorial. Seven years on, with billions of euro spent, it remains as far away as ever. p

  • Union ponders the prospect of a messy divorce

    The push for Scottish independence is gathering steam, but the break-up of Britain is unlikely to happen soon, writes Alex Bell in Edinburgh. p

  • On the scent of tiger robberies

    Gardaí and the private security sector are looking at new ways to deter robberies involving hostages, writes Conor Lally , Crime Correspondent. p

  • The burden of proof-reading

    One book's typographical errors landed a Belfast bookseller in court, writes Fionola Meredith . p
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