Banner

  • Blairites endorse Brown as leader and PM

    Britain's chancellor of the exchequer, Gordon Brown, with his wife, Sarah, at the launch of his campaign for the leadership of the Labour Party in central London yesterday. Mr Brown launched his campaign after prime minister Tony Blair confirmed he would step down next month. Britain: Leading "Blairites" followed departing British prime minister Tony Blair's example yesterday and endorsed Gordon Brown as future Labour leader amid evidence of a concerted effort to unite and renew the party. p

  • Bush ignored as Democrats pass funding Bill

    United States: Ignoring pleas from the Bush administration and the Iraqi government, the House of Representatives approved a Bill that would fund the US military presence in Iraq for just three months, making further funds contingent on progress on the ground. p
Other World Stories

  • Vatican edits meaning of remark on abortion and excommunication

    Brazil: The pope, it turns out, has an editor. Fallout from comments Pope Benedict XVI made on Wednesday about abortion and excommunication has been so intense that the Vatican has simply changed the record. p

  • SNP to settle for minority government

    Scotland: SNP leader Alex Salmond expects to become Scotland's first nationalist first minister next Wednesday - but as head of a minority administration rather than a power-sharing coalition in the Holyrood parliament. p

  • FBI says Muslims plotted to kill soldiers at their US base

    America : To their neighbours in central New Jersey, the Tatar family were the embodiment of an American immigrant success story and their pizza restaurant, Super Mario's, was a popular haunt for soldiers and their families at Fort Dix military base, writes Denis Staunton . p

  • Russia's dispute with Poland puts pressure on partnership deal

    EU: Tensions threaten to overshadow next week's summit, writes Jamie Smyth in Brussels. p

  • Poland's top court finds communist vetting law to be unconstitutional

    Poland: The Polish government is set for a showdown with the country's highest court after it declared unconstitutional a law forcing academics, journalists, scientists and business people to declare whether or not they had collaborated with the secret police (SB) during the communist era. p

  • Baghdad bridge-bombers kill 22

    Iraq: Suicide truck-bombers struck police checkpoints on two bridges in a Shia area south of Baghdad yesterday, killing 22 people and badly damaging one of the bridge's spans, Iraqi police said. p

  • Inflated EU aid budgets criticised

    EU: EU states artificially inflate development aid spending by including debt cancellation and money spent at home on foreign students and refugees in their aid budgets. p

  • Royal decides not to run for French parliament

    France: France's defeated presidential candidate, Ségolène Royal, said yesterday she would not stand for re-election in next month's parliamentary ballot. p

  • Spector murder trial hears of drunken nights

    United States: The prosecution in Phil Spector's murder trial has moved into high gear, presenting two witnesses who recounted the music producer's actions on the night that ended in actress Lana Clarkson's death. p

  • Hollywood's censors to X-rate the cigarette

    United States: Would Casablanca have been rated over-17? Depictions of smoking in films in the US will now be a factor when deciding what a film's rating will be, the Motion Picture Association of America said on Thursday. The policy affects only new movies. p

  • Serb PM, president agree coalition deal

    Serbia: Serbia's president and prime minister sealed a long-awaited coalition deal yesterday, under pressure from a constitutional time limit and western powers who feared the country was slipping back towards nationalism and isolation. p

  • Hundreds held in Karachi before rally

    Pakistan: Police in Pakistan have detained hundreds of activists on the eve of an anti-government rally arranged to welcome the country's suspended top judge to Karachi, according to opposition leaders. p

  • In Short

    A roundup of today's other world stories in brief: p
Weekly Index
MPrice Watch
TEducation
Health
WCommercial Property
Motors
An Teanga Bheo
TProperty
Science Today
FThe Ticket
SMagazine
News Features
Weekend
Obituaries
Archive
Click a date to view the paper on that day
PreviousNext
MTWTFSS
Advertisement
Crosswords and Sudoku
PuzzlesSudoku and interactive Irish Times crosswords
What does this mean?
What is Premium ContentIndicates Premium Content, which is available to subscribers.
PDF downloads
PDF downloads Download today's front page or TV listings page as they appear in The Irish Times
Article Index
Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat