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  • Ipswich police looking at number of suspects

    Local residents light candles above a picture of the murdered prostitutes during a service in Copdock church in Ipswich yesterday. Suffolk police have confirmed that the second body found in woods near Levington village was that of Annette Nicholls. Britain: Ipswich police now investigating the murders of five women were "looking at a number of interesting people" last night after confirming that the last body discovered in woodland on Tuesday was that of Annette Nicholls. p

  • Rice rules out plea to Iran and Syria over Iraq

    Iraq: US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice has rejected a call for Washington to seek help from Iran and Syria on Iraq, warning that the price demanded for such co-operation could be too high. p
EU Summit

  • Ireland to be excluded from talks on constitution

    Ahern reaction : Ireland will be excluded from talks on the European constitution between a group of EU member states in early January. p

  • Iran warned about sanction threat

    Foreign Policy : EU leaders criticised Iran and Syria for destabilising the Middle East and warned that the region faced one of the worst crises in recent years. p

  • Ahern says FF may switch to Liberals

    Political Group : Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has defended Fianna Fáil's membership of the UEN political group in Europe despite the admission of several far-right MEPs this week. p
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  • Concern and Goal pull all their staff out of Darfur

    Sudan: Irish aid agencies Concern and Goal have pulled their staff out of Darfur in response to the deteriorating security situation in the east African region. p

  • PM calls for unity as Hamas, Fatah trade fire

    Middle East: Following clashes yesterday in Gaza and the West Bank between Hamas and Fatah, Palestinian prime minister Ismail Haniyeh called for national unity. p

  • Blair defends decision to halt inquiry into Saudi arms deal

    Britain: British prime minister Tony Blair has defended a decision to halt a corruption inquiry into a multi-billion-pound defence deal with Saudi Arabia, but analysts have questioned his argument that vital national security interests are at stake. p

  • Milosevic widow accuses the West

    Serbia: The widow of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic called yesterday for Western officials be held responsible for his death, stoking tension as Serbia prepares for elections and seeks stronger ties with the EU and Washington. p

  • Ryanair lampoons Polish politicians

    Poland: Ryanair has lampooned Poland's scandal-ridden government, offering to help teachers escape their ultra-nationalist education minister and mocking two politicians accused of demanding sex in return for jobs. p

  • DiCaprio movie puts diamond industry on the back foot

    America : This week's Golden Globe nominations brought good news to Leonardo DiCaprio, who was nominated for his part in two films, Martin Scorsese's The Departed and Edward Zwick's Blood Diamond. p

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