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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Irish Sun.com http://www.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/15665b944045da4a/ en-us Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:41:46 -0400 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:41:46 -0400 30 Troubled English singer Pete Doherty has branded the British prison system a success, insisting jailing criminals stops them offending. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/614087/cs/1/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:30:02 -0400 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/614087/cs/1/ A British Phd student has discovered a terrifying new species of dinosaur in China, an eight-foot long creature with scythe-like claws. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/614083/cs/1/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:10:02 -0400 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/614083/cs/1/ The British taxpayers' bill after former Prime Minister Tony Blair gave evidence at the Iraq inquiry for a single day on January 29 was 273,000 pounds. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613994/cs/1/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:50:04 -0400 ANI http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613994/cs/1/ Teenage British golfer Jamie Brittain has defied odds estimated at up to 67,000,000-1 to ace two holes-in-one during the same round at Shropshire's Wrekin Golf Club. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613989/cs/1/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:50:01 -0400 ANI http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613989/cs/1/ A British prison monitor is said to be facing jail for having phone sex and texting saucy pictures with three lags. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613955/cs/1/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:50:19 -0400 ANI http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613955/cs/1/ England off-spinner Graeme Swann, whose 10-wicket haul in the first Test against Bangladesh lifted him to second place in the world bowling rankings, has said that he is proud to be first England bowler to have reached the spot in last six years. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613952/cs/1/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:50:17 -0400 ANI http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613952/cs/1/ A British property tycoon, who lost his 130,000 pounds Lamborghini sports car after he became too drunk to remember where he parked it, has been accused of trying to swindle an insurance company. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613945/cs/1/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:50:12 -0400 ANI http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613945/cs/1/ The Goa Children's Court has set April 5 as the next hearing date of the trial into the rape and murder of British teenager Scarlett Keeling. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613943/cs/1/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:50:11 -0400 ANI http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613943/cs/1/ A five-year-old British boy is said to have stolen his father's 4x4 and driven for more than four miles along country lanes and a dual carriageway before finally crashing into a wall. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613942/cs/1/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:50:10 -0400 ANI http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613942/cs/1/ French and British officials have discussed a nuclear deterrence-sharing scheme but Britain has opposed the idea 'so far' on grounds of political unacceptability, a media report said Friday. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613923/cs/1/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:50:01 -0400 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613923/cs/1/ A British man has spotted an enormous pair of pliers flying over a West Bromwich residential street - on Google Street View. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613911/cs/1/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:00:17 -0400 ANI http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613911/cs/1/ A new survey has found that one-fourth of British teens try to access their pals' Facebook accounts. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613909/cs/1/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:00:16 -0400 ANI http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613909/cs/1/ England and Chelsea defender John Terry's father, Ted, has been arrested for allegedly selling cocaine in a bar. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613865/cs/1/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:30:03 -0400 ANI http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613865/cs/1/ England manager Fabio Capello has confirmed that injured David Beckham has been invited to the World Cup. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613854/cs/1/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:10:21 -0400 ANI http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613854/cs/1/ England batsman Kevin Pietersen has asked groundsmen to prepare good Test pitches or risk killing the game. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613841/cs/1/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:10:06 -0400 ANI http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613841/cs/1/ Leaders of the so-called Middle East Quartet of the UN, US, European Union and Russia are meeting in Moscow Friday for talks on the way forward in the impasse on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613827/cs/1/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:20:02 -0400 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613827/cs/1/ Britain's Equalities and Human Rights Commission has said a job ad for a worker "preferably of Indian origin" broke the law. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613754/cs/1/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:10:13 -0400 ANI http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613754/cs/1/ Indians are planning a multi-million pound football league on the lines of the mega rich Indian Premier League. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613743/cs/1/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:10:06 -0400 ANI http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613743/cs/1/ Two persons, who were detained in connection with the kidnapping of a five-year-old British boy in Pakistan, have reportedly been freed by the Paris police. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613740/cs/1/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:10:04 -0400 ANI http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613740/cs/1/ Five-year-old British kid, Sahil Saeed, who was kidnapped and freed two weeks later in Pakistan's Punjab province's Jhelum, has returned to his family home in Oldham, Greater Manchester. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613739/cs/1/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:10:03 -0400 ANI http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613739/cs/1/ After her split with filmmaker husband Sam Mendes, Oscar winning actress Kate Winslet is planning to move to Britain from the US. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613733/cs/1/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:30:02 -0400 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/613733/cs/1/ Britain's rail signal workers have voted to strike in a row over jobs and changes to working practices, their union said on Friday, raising the threat of a first national rail strike in 16 years. ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33306811/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:04:32 -0400 World Bulletin http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33306811/ END: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> There is no rational argument against France claiming their ninth grand slam in Paris t... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33307070/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:02:52 -0400 Times Online http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33307070/ LONDON (AFP) - Last-ditch talks aimed at preventing a strike by some 12,000 British Airways (BA) cabin crew collapsed Friday, leaving thousands of travellers facing chaos from midnight (0000 GMT).BA c... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33306570/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:02:14 -0400 West Australian http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33306570/ BUENOS AIRES: Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana said yesterday, that there has been progress in creating the conditions for Britain to discuss the ownership of the potentially oil-rich Falkland ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33307116/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:56:41 -0400 New Straits Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33307116/ MANCHESTER: A five-year-old British boy whose 12-day kidnap ordeal in Pakistan sparked an international police operation that led to arrests in Europe arrived home yesterday. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33307128/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:56:38 -0400 New Straits Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33307128/ Police are continuing to appeal for help in tracing the mother of an abandoned newborn baby who died. Officers have released photographs of the baby's clothing and towels the baby was wrapped in, in a... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33307134/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:29:16 -0400 BBC http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33307134/ (Reuters) - The whistle of arrows flying across the pitch will replace the sound of leather on willow at Lord's in 2012 when archers take over cricket's spiritual home to target Olympic gold. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33307137/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:25:13 -0400 Reuters http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33307137/ How true.The sooner there is a proper cap on the money spent on the pre-election program of 'lie-spinning' we are to be subjected to every 4 or 5 years, the better.Then it will be possible to contempl... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33307136/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:21:46 -0400 The Guardian http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33307136/ S tate health officials have announced that New England Sinai Hospital in Stoughton has voluntarily suspended admission of new patients after state officials cited the hospital for "serious concerns."... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33306946/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:19:16 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33306946/ Another parliamentarian is facing the possibility of prosecution after police handed a file relating to alleged expenses abuse to prosecutors. The announcement came as four Liberal Democrat MPs were ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33304565/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:35:23 -0400 IC Wales http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33304565/ The pope will address Ireland on Saturday in an unprecedented letter apologising for chronic Catholic child abuse. His message will be watched closely by angry Catholics from Boston to Berlin to see ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33304566/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:35:21 -0400 IC Wales http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33304566/ 121 years in the making, nestled in the estuary of the Skeena River, the historic Cassiar Cannery, BC’s longest consecutively operated cannery, is pleased to announce its diversification into th... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33304109/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:24:55 -0400 PR Web http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33304109/ JUPITER, Fla. -- Albert Pujols hit his first home run of the spring, but right-hander Chris Carpenter was pounded for seven runs Friday in the St. Louis Cardinals' 7-6 loss to the Florida Marlins.Car... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33304378/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:21:17 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33304378/ France have rediscovered their swagger, helped by the abandonment of rotational selection. Their pack is not as physical and intimidating as some in recent memory but the tight five's mobility is supp... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33304569/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:16:03 -0400 The Guardian http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33304569/ Mountain State's 7' 8" junior Paul Sturgess is the tallest college basketball player in the country. His team knocked off Bacone in the first round at the NAIA National Championship on Wednesday, Marc... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33304568/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:01:07 -0400 Leader-Post http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33304568/ A van driver was assaulted and his vehicle stolen in a hijacking incident in Belfast city centre on Friday.He had parked his vehicle in Adelaide Street and had stepped out at about 1000 GMT when he wa... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33304559/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:58:44 -0400 BBC http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33304559/ Filed at 4:29 p.m. ET JUPITER, Fla. (AP) -- Albert Pujols hit his first home run of the spring, but right-hander Chris Carpenter was pounded for seven runs Friday in the http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33304563/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:56:29 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33304563/ Admitting that she didn't like being a mum was so unthinkable for Claire Keys, it wasn't until she found herself staring at a railway track and fantasising about ending it all that she understood the ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33303904/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:50:18 -0400 The Guardian http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33303904/ Lord Ashcroft's status as a non-dom has prompted a public outcry. Photograph: Chris Young/PA Intense pressure from Conservative officials has forced the http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33304562/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:50:16 -0400 The Guardian http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33304562/ AFP, ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA Saturday, Mar 20, 2010, Page 20 Wales and the US set the Australian round of the IRB Sevens series alight on the opening night yesterday with shock wins over Fiji and Engl... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33304469/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:45:34 -0400 Taipei Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33304469/ At a time when the world's media are struggling with cuts to staff and budgets, each organization faces an estimated cost of $40,000 to send a reporter on the campaign trail with the two main candidat... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33304561/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:32:37 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33304561/ Staff at the Dinnington library are used to people bringing books back late but the package they received last month was in a class of its own. It contained a paperback first edition copy of "Qua... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301271/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:51:51 -0400 World Bulletin http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301271/ A paedophile was able to rape a five-year-old girl he was babysitting because agencies failed to tell her mother he was a convicted sex offender. A serious case review revealed a number of agencies f... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301633/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:51:01 -0400 IC Wales http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301633/ LONDON — Britain's national debt is the key theme in the country's looming national election - but it's now news organizations, not just the country's government, racking up huge bills to meet t... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301394/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:43:51 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301394/ Another parliamentarian is facing the possibility of prosecution after police handed a file relating to alleged expenses abuse to prosecutors. The announcement came as four Liberal Democrat MPs were ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301626/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:38:17 -0400 Daily Mirror http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301626/ A paedophile was able to rape a five-year-old girl he was babysitting because agencies failed to tell her mother he was a convicted sex offender. A serious case review revealed a number of agencies f... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301631/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:38:13 -0400 Daily Mirror http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301631/ The parents of a former soldier facing the death penalty in Iraq over the killing of two colleagues pleaded with the British Government to help save his life. Danny Fitzsimons, 29, of Middleton, Grea... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301628/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:38:07 -0400 Daily Mirror http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301628/ LONDON -- Britain's national debt is the key theme in the country's looming national election - but it's now news organizations, not just the country's government, racking up huge bills to meet the c... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301434/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:37:36 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301434/ LONDON — Britain's national debt is the key theme in the country's looming national election - but it's now news organizations, not just the country's government, racking up huge bills to meet t... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301621/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:25:25 -0400 The Seattle Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301621/ LONDON (Reuters) - A three-day strike by many of British Airways' cabin crews will go ahead after union talks with management collapsed, leaving the ruling Labour government with a major headache week... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33300859/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:22:48 -0400 The Star http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33300859/ By DAVID STRINGERASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER LONDON -- Britain's national debt is the key theme in the country's looming national election - but it's now news organizations, not just the country's gove... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301536/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:21:12 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301536/ Two brothers who called themselves 'The Blackburn Resistance' and filmed al-Qaeda style propaganda in a park have been convicted of terrorist offences. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301443/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:15:03 -0400 Sky News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301443/ The pound has fallen sharply against the dollar and the euro after a Bank of England policymaker said the UK could yet fall back into recession.The pound fell 2.5 cents, or 1.6%, against the dollar, t... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33300741/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:15:00 -0400 BBC http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33300741/ The First Minister and Plaid Cymru leader Ieuan Wyn Jones urged the BBC to include them in a debate alongside Tory, Lib Dem and Labour leaders and give them the opportunity to answer an agreed number ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301639/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:14:14 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301639/ Anne Moffat is facing deselection as the candidate in her East Lothian constituency just weeks before the general election is due.The Labour Party's National Executive Committee agreed last week to al... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301638/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:14:13 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301638/ Mr Wolfe, who was born in 1924, served in the Scottish Horse Regiment and, after the war, he became involved in groups that promoted Scotland and Scottish culture.The qualified chartered accountant we... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301636/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:14:12 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301636/ The First Minister and Plaid Cymru leader Ieuan Wyn Jones urged the BBC to include them in a debate alongside Tory, Lib Dem and Labour leaders and give them the opportunity to answer an agreed number ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301637/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:14:12 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301637/ Prime Minister Gordon Brown - seeking his first election win, and a fourth successive victory for his governing Labour Party - will charge a select group of reporters 13,000 pounds ($20,000) to join h... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301551/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:12:25 -0400 Associated Press http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301551/ (Reuters) - Fresh from a withering verbal attack on the European Union president, Britain's most outspoken EU critic is turning his attention on a target closer to home. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301632/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:11:01 -0400 Reuters http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301632/ schools to close, the government's expert on school leadership has warned.Steve Munby, chief executive of the National College for Leadership of Schools and Children's Services, said heads of rural pr... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301623/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:07:52 -0400 The Guardian http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301623/ DSG international is accelerating plans for a chain of Currys and PC World megastores in Britain as time runs out before the arrival of US firm Best Buy.The giant stores, which boast coffee bars and h... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301624/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:07:51 -0400 The Guardian http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301624/ A 10-year-old boy has undergone an operation to replace his windpipe using his own stem cells, which could herald a revolution in transplant surgery.The boy, who is convalescing at Great Ormond Street... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301625/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:07:44 -0400 The Guardian http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301625/ 121 years in the making, nestled in the estuary of the Skeena River, the historic Cassiar Cannery, BC’s longest consecutively operated cannery, is pleased to announce its diversification into th... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301183/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:05:08 -0400 Earth Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301183/ A total of 12,000 British Airways (BA) employees will go on strike on midnight after last-minute talks between the loss-making airline and the Unite union failed on Friday. Unite's joint general secr... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33300867/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:00:49 -0400 RIA Novosti http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33300867/ A breakthrough has been made in the treatment of the most common birth defect in Britain. New tests on a substance known as hydrogel have discovered that the material may help to treat cleft palates ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301641/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:55:26 -0400 Private Healthcare UK http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301641/ Men who lose their hair at an early age may have a reduced risk of cancer, a survey has revealed. Research from the University of Washington School of Medicine has found that men who begin to lose th... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301642/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:55:24 -0400 Private Healthcare UK http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301642/ A report on the maternity services on offer by the NHS has highlighted a shortfall in provisions for obese women. The survey, conducted by the Centre for Maternal and Child Enquiries (CMACE), reveale... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301643/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:55:23 -0400 Private Healthcare UK http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301643/ The government's chief medical officer has advised that children need to take more exercise. Sir Liam Donaldson said in his annual report that the "harm caused by inactivity is very substantial&... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301644/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:55:22 -0400 Private Healthcare UK http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301644/ LONDON—Britain's national debt is the key theme in the country's looming national election—but it's now news organizations, not just the country's government, racking up huge bills to meet... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301634/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:49:36 -0400 Denver Post http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301634/ LONDON (AP) - Britain's national debt is the key theme in the country's looming national election - but it's now news organizations, not just the country's government, racking up huge bills to meet th... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301619/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:40:46 -0400 Find Law http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301619/ MILTON KEYNES, England: Fresh from a withering verbal attack on the European Union president, Britain's most outspoken EU critic is turning his attention on a target closer to home. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301635/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:38:58 -0400 Arab News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33301635/ The first killer to be convicted using pioneering dog DNA technology has been given a life sentence for the "vicious" murder of a teenage boy. Chrisdian Johnson must serve at least 24 years in jail a... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33298595/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:47:31 -0400 Daily Mirror http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33298595/ The Centrum Rezdent building in Poland, part of which is a pub named the Wonky Pub, is mind-boggling to look at when sober, imagine stumbling out of it after a few ales. Photo by Borys Czonkow/Rex Fea... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33298596/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:47:28 -0400 Daily Mirror http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33298596/ A former BT engineer was today given a community service order after admitting fraudulently tapping into people's phone lines, police said. Peter Creese, 44, of Countesthorpe, Leicestershire, ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33298585/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:28:32 -0400 The Independent http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33298585/ A handyman who raped a woman in her own home 23 years ago was finally jailed for eight years today after he was caught thanks to the DNA database. Dennis Fitzgerald walked into the woman's hom... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33298586/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:28:29 -0400 The Independent http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33298586/ Search the news archive for more stories BA has been urging people to check its official website, where information can be found as to just which services will be operating and what happens to ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33298587/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:28:25 -0400 The Independent http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33298587/ Mountain State's 7' 8" junior Paul Sturgess is the tallest college basketball player in the country. His team knocked off Bacone in the first round at the NAIA National Championship on Wednesday, Marc... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33298603/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:25:40 -0400 Vancouver Sun http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33298603/ A financial adviser wearing fancy dress hit his head on a night out and died two days later, a court has heard.Gareth Davies, 26, of Llangibby, Monmouthshire, was fundraising for a football team in Oc... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33298583/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:24:09 -0400 BBC http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33298583/ An organiser of a series of student pub crawls has been found guilty of assaulting a 61-year-old man who complained about noise at one event.Ryan Hilton, 23, of Filey, North Yorkshire, punched Mark Ro... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33298584/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:24:08 -0400 BBC http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33298584/ UK troops will march in Red Square for the first time at a military parade, the British embassy in Moscow has said.British, French and US armed forces will help mark the 65th anniversary of the end of... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33297544/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:24:04 -0400 BBC http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33297544/ The company, which narrowly avoided collapse last year, rebuffed the informal offer and said it would instead pursue its own fundraising plans to secure its future. Following the approach, the City's... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33297615/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:23:54 -0400 Sky News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33297615/ LONDON (Reuters) - England captain Steve Borthwick will miss Saturday's final Six Nations championship match against France at the Stade de France (7:45 p.m.) after failing to recover from an injured ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33298467/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:19:54 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33298467/ (Reuters) - A future Conservative government would overhaul defence spending by attacking bureaucracy and boost military exports to stimulate growth, the party's defence spokesman Liam Fox said on Fri... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33298598/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:17:57 -0400 Reuters http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33298598/ (Reuters) - A British anti-radicalisation campaign called Prevent is a pressing priority in the European country experts see as the most at risk from al Qaeda attack. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33298597/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:17:56 -0400 Reuters http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33298597/ (Reuters) - Imperial Commander produced an imperious display of jumping on rain-soaked ground to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup for jockey Paddy Brennan and trainer Nigel Twiston-Davies on Friday. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33298599/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:17:55 -0400 Reuters http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33298599/ Afghanistan was killed alongside four comrades when a Taliban bomb exploded during a rescue effort for victims of an earlier blast, an inquest heard today.Rifleman William Aldridge, 18, along with rif... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33298592/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:14:37 -0400 The Guardian http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33298592/ Edinburgh University says its policy helps ensure 'local students are not prevented from studying their chosen subject because of the pressure on popular subject areas'. Photograph: Murdo Macleod He... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33298593/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:14:35 -0400 The Guardian http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33298593/ Prince Harry says he hopes to join a group of disabled soldiers in a charity expedition to the North Pole to raise money for wounded troops. The 25-year-old prince, who is patron of the four-week trek... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33298602/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:13:49 -0400 Sun-Sentinel http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33298602/ (See pictures of the U.K. at home.) If Dagenham's decline is emblematic of the ebbing of Britain's manufacturing prowess — and the way in which shifts in the global economy can strip a place of j... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33298601/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:03:45 -0400 Time http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33298601/ ." Walsh added he had "no concerns" about threatened action from unions in France and Germany in sympathy with Unite. He added that BA's offer to the union would remain on the... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33297784/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:49:12 -0400 Yahoo! News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33297784/ LONDON (AP) -- Britain's benchmark stock index bucked the trend and rose modestly Friday after the part-nationalized Lloyds Banking Group PLC issued a buoyant business update. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33297617/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:47:11 -0400 Tampa Bay Online http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33297617/ FILE - In this Tuesday, March 16, 2010 file photo, traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Stocks are trading in a narrow range Thursday, March 18, after a fresh batch of... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33294600/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:13:19 -0400 Sign on San Diego http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33294600/ The first killer to be convicted using pioneering dog DNA technology has been given a life sentence for the "vicious" murder of a teenage boy. Chrisdian Johnson must serve at least 24 years in jail a... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33295650/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:11:22 -0400 IC Wales http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33295650/ A common grey squirrel among blooming crocus in the sunny spring weather in Bath (All Pictures: PA, Reuters and Getty Images) http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33295646/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:58:09 -0400 Daily Mirror http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33295646/ has become a venue of choice for recitals and chamber music, both for live concerts and for recordings. In the fall of 2009, Records was launched as an independent label dedicated to recordings made a... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33295639/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:57:25 -0400 Market Wire http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33295639/ (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)FILE - In this Tuesday, March 16, 2010 file photo, traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Stocks are trading in a narrow range Thursday, March... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33294584/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:50:01 -0400 Examiner http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/15665b944045da4a/id/33294584/