A police officer is stabbed while responding to an emergency call in the Kilwilkie estate in Lurgan. more…

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (AFP) – Super Bowl 46 kicked off Sunday amid a festive fanfare as the New England Patriots and the New York Giants got down to the business of determining the National Football League champion. more…

BEIRUT/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Western and Arab states voiced outrage Sunday after Russia and China vetoed a U.N. resolution that would have backed an Arab plan urging Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to give up power, and Washington vowed harsher sanctions against Damascus. more…

HEALTH workers to cull thousands of chickens following the discovery of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in Himalayan country.

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PROTESTERS and police have fought pitched battles at security headquarters in Cairo as deadly clashes raged into a fourth day.

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Former finance minister Sauli Niinisto of the conservative National Coalition Party has been elected as Finland’s president. more…

One of two Princess cruise ships that had to undergo a complete disinfection when passengers and crew were hit with the norovirus has already embarked on its next cruise.

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AP – The recording was forgotten, and so, too, was the odd twist of history that brought together Malcolm X and a bespectacled Ivy Leaguer fated to become one of America’s top diplomats.

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LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Republican Newt Gingrich vowed on Sunday to press ahead with his struggling presidential bid after another big loss in Nevada, saying he will focus on drawing a contrast with “timid” rival Mitt Romney.

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LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Republican Newt Gingrich vowed on Sunday to press ahead with his struggling presidential bid after another big loss in Nevada, saying he will focus on drawing a contrast with “timid” rival Mitt Romney.

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