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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/2411cd3571b4f088/ en-us Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:34:38 -0500 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:34:38 -0500 30 MOSCOW - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Wednesday condemned the ongoing violence in Syria but cautioned against outside interference "under any circumstances". http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203335361/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:50:28 -0500 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203335361/cs/1/ TEHRAN - In an unprecedented move, the Iranian parliament has summoned President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to answer questions before it on the government's handling of economic policies as well as on other http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203335181/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:44:32 -0500 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203335181/cs/1/ BUENOS AIRES - Simmering tensions over the Falklands Islands came into the open with Argentina saying it will lodge a formal protest with the United Nations over Britain's 'militarisation' of the Sou http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203335106/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:36:57 -0500 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203335106/cs/1/ DENVER, Colorado - In a stunning upset, Republican hopeful Rick Santorum won in three major state caucuses, reviving his chances in the US presidential race and clouding front-runner Mitt Romney's win http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203334946/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:25:22 -0500 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203334946/cs/1/ PESHAWAR, Pakistan - At least 10 suspected militants were killed in a pre-dawn US drone aircraft attack in a restive Pakistani tribal town, officials said Wednesday. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203334822/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:19:23 -0500 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203334822/cs/1/ LONDON - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp's British arm has reached out of court settlements with 15 more phone hacking victims including politicians, sportsmen and celebrities in the scam, the high court w http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203334354/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:00:16 -0500 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203334354/cs/1/ BERLIN - German exports have grown 11.4 per cent to top one trillion euros in 2011 but a sharp decline towards the end of the year has triggered fears in Europe's biggest economy, according to fresh f http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203334192/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:52:23 -0500 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203334192/cs/1/ SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo's chairman and three other board members have decided not to stand for re-election, giving in to the demands of its shareholders frustrated over the Internet company's declining http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203333913/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:41:42 -0500 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203333913/cs/1/ SYDNEY - Australia's flag carrier Qantas Airways Ltd. said Wednesday it has pulled one of its A380 super jumbos out of service after cracks were discovered in its wings, despite Airbus assuring that t http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203333763/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:36:05 -0500 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203333763/cs/1/ MELBOURNE - Global mining major BHP Billiton is planning a rethink on its focus areas for investments including the American shale gas venture, with weakening global commodity prices pulling down the http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203333726/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:33:16 -0500 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203333726/cs/1/ On April 10, 2002, then British Prime Minister Tony Blair told the House of Commons, "Saddam Hussein's regime isdeveloping weapons of mass destruction, and we cannot leave him doing so unchecked." http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348678/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:37:46 -0500 (Op-ed) Ramzy Baroud http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348678/cs/1/ The Maldives' ousted president Mohamed Nasheed Thursday appealed to the world community to help restore democracy in his country while stating that he was toppled by a small group of police officers. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203358096/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:10:08 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203358096/cs/1/ The supervisory board of Ajax has decided to resign after months of unrest, the Amsterdam based soccer club said Thursday. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203358089/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:10:01 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203358089/cs/1/ About 1.5 million people have been affected by drought in China's Yunnan province, a media report said Thursday. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203357260/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:50:08 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203357260/cs/1/ With just five months left for the Euro 2012, England football is in turmoil with the resignation of national team manager Fabio Capello over differences with Football Assoiation (FA) following the sa http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203357258/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:50:05 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203357258/cs/1/ Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has proposed to reduce the nearly two-week-long Christmas and New Year holidays and shifting them to May. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203356411/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203356411/cs/1/ A day after he was ousted as the Malidivian president, Mohamed Nasheed has said what happened in the country should be traced to former dictator Maumoon Abdul Gayoom's network and a result of his own http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203355261/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:50:07 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203355261/cs/1/ India's Sania Mirza defeated Britain's Anne Keothavong 6-4, 7-5 to enter the singles quarterfinals at the Pattaya Open tennis event here Thursday. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203355259/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:50:02 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203355259/cs/1/ Former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich was Thursday banned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) for two years and stripped of his third-place finish in the 2005 race for blood doping. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203354776/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:30:09 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203354776/cs/1/ Ghanaian football fans have expressed disappointment at the national team's failure to qualify for the final of the African Nations Cup tournament co-hosted by Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203354772/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:30:05 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203354772/cs/1/ Heavy snow Thursday halted traffic on a section of the China-Nepal highway, which links southwest China's Tibet autonomous region and Nepal, said traffic officials. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203353326/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:50:02 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203353326/cs/1/ The 27-nation European Union's trade in goods with India has risen by 20 percent. It had reached a peak in 2010 after a decline recorded in 2009 that interrupted a period of growth since 2001, EuAsiaN http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203352972/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:40:16 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203352972/cs/1/ Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar was inducted into the International Cricket Council (ICC) Hall of Fame in Dubai, receiving his commemorative cap from fellow Hall of Famer and team-mate Kapil Dev. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203352216/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:20:09 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203352216/cs/1/ The crisis in the Maldives deepened Thursday with a court ordering the arrest of ousted president Mohamed Nasheed, who assured that he doesn't "want a war" as his family fled the country and took ref http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203351815/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:00:22 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203351815/cs/1/ Over 500 elephants have been killed by poachers at DR Congo's Virunga national park since 2010, a senior government official has revealed. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203351807/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:00:02 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203351807/cs/1/ Former Test fast bowler Nathan Bracken will be suing Cricket Australia (CA) for $1 million over a knee injury that ruined his career. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203350876/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:30:06 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203350876/cs/1/ A total of 55 people stranded on China's Xinjiang-Tibet highway since Tuesday following heavy snowfall have been rescued, a rescue team official said Thursday. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203350268/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:10:08 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203350268/cs/1/ The simpler and more pronounceable your name, the more it is likely to win you friends and favour at the workplace, say scientists. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203350266/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:10:06 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203350266/cs/1/ The noise emitted by ships' propellers distresses whales on the high seas and oceans, say marine scientists who have found a link between the two. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203349779/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:00:03 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203349779/cs/1/ Satellite telephony is believed to be impregnable and perfectly foolproofed against eavesdropping. But, researchers now have cracked the encryption algorithms of the European Telecommunications Standa http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348726/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:10:05 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348726/cs/1/ Thanks to a brace from Martin Caceres, Juventus beat AC Milan 2-1 at the San Siro in the first leg of the Coppa Italia football semifinals Wednesday. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348722/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:10:01 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348722/cs/1/ Cuban runner and world record holder in the 110-metre hurdles Dayron Robles has said his objective in the London Olympics is "nothing but to win the gold". http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348707/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:50:02 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348707/cs/1/ The 2013 All-Star Game will be held in Houston from Feb 15 to 17, the NBA has officially announced here. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348704/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:30:05 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348704/cs/1/ FC Barcelona booked their third Copa del Rey football final appearance in four years with a 2-0 win at home to Valencia Wednesday night. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348701/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:30:02 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348701/cs/1/ AC Milan head coach Massimiliano Allegri asked his side to stay calm after losing to Juventus 1-2 in the first leg of the Coppa Italia semifinals at home. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348698/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:20:05 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348698/cs/1/ Bayern Munich had no problems overcoming a clumsy Stuttgart 2-0, Monchengladbach wrapped up a controversial win and second division Greuther Fuerth clinched a sensational 1-0 win over struggling Hoffe http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348697/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:20:03 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348697/cs/1/ Gutted vehicles and buildings in the picturesque Maldivian atoll Addu, which hosted the SAARC summit last year, are a stark reminder of the violence that swept through it following the ouster of Moham http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348684/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:50:11 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348684/cs/1/ Coronary artery disease (CAD) and prostate cancer, two seemingly unrelated conditions, may actually share similar causes, according to the findings of a drug trial. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348682/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:50:05 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348682/cs/1/ Google Earth can be a powerful tool to keep tabs on a growing industry like ocean fish farming, given its tendency to exploit scarce resources and climate change, a study reveals. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348677/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:20:29 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348677/cs/1/ Coronary artery disease or CAD, which kills tens of thousands worldwide every year, is likely to pass from father to son, reveals a study. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348676/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:20:27 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348676/cs/1/ Music mogul Simon Cowell has admitted he didn't want singer Paula Abdul to be fired from "The X Factor" and added that pop star Mariah Carey is not likely to become the new judge. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348675/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:20:26 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348675/cs/1/ French actress Eva Green has been signed on to play the lead in "300" sequel. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348674/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:20:22 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348674/cs/1/ British royal Prince Harry is set to return to war-torn Afghanistan after qualifying as a frontline Apache attack helicopter pilot. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348673/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:20:13 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348673/cs/1/ Offering hope to more than 160 million people worldwide who are considered clinically blind, a bionic eye implant will be ready for human trials in 2013, reveals a study. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348656/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:50:04 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348656/cs/1/ In a bid to shore up his power, new Maldives President Mohamed Waheed has appointed two new ministers including an army colonel who will be the minister of defence. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348565/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:10:01 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348565/cs/1/ The world's biggest and most magnificent trees face a dire future - thanks to logging, deforestation, pest invasions and effects of climate change. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203347839/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:30:06 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203347839/cs/1/ A family was reunited Wednesday in this capital 25 years after being separated by the country's 1960-1996 civil war. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203346082/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:40:08 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203346082/cs/1/ Mexico's wind power sector is playing an expanding role in the global development of that renewable energy source, having just achieved the milestone of 1,000 Megawatts of installed generating capacit http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203346080/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:40:02 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203346080/cs/1/ The Honduran armed forces acknowledged Wednesday that 22 grenade launchers were stolen from an armoury in 2010. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203345595/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:20:06 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203345595/cs/1/ A senior US envoy scheduled to tour South Asia will make a stop in the Maldives Saturday, as the island nation is grappling with violence after a new president was sworn in, the State Department said. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203344723/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:50:08 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203344723/cs/1/ Argentine oil company YPF, a unit of Spain's Repsol-YPF, announced Wednesday that its investments in the South American country rose last year by 50 percent to a record 13.3 billion pesos ($3.06 billi http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203344720/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:50:02 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203344720/cs/1/ South Korean consumer products giant LG Electronics was the leader last year in Mexico's high-end television market with its 3D models, followed closely by Japan's Sony, the Yonhap news agency reporte http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203344333/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:30:02 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203344333/cs/1/ China, once a nation of bicycles, is reverting to it as a means of movement once again in a measure to push government vehicles off the roads at least once a week in a nationwide effort to conserve en http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203342532/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:20:11 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203342532/cs/1/ Russian scientists are planning to use robotic probes to reach water layers at the bottom of an ancient sub-glacial lake in Antarctica in 2013-2014. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203342530/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203342530/cs/1/ The European Union (EU) Wednesday adopted a plan to build a strong relationship with Pakistan. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203340479/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203340479/cs/1/ Actress Michelle Williams, who plays Marilyn Monroe in the film "My Week With Marilyn", won't let her daughter watch the Oscar. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203339528/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:50:02 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203339528/cs/1/ US stocks edged higher Wednesday as investors were still hoping the debt talks in Greece will be resolved, Xinhua reported. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203338582/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:10:05 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203338582/cs/1/ China will stockpile one million tonnes of sugar in an effort to stabilize prices and protect farmers' interests, the government said Wednesday. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203337304/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:50:01 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203337304/cs/1/ Director James Watkins is impressed by actor Daniel Radcliffe's work in the upcoming horror movie "The Woman In Black" and says the actor did justice to the challenging role. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203337283/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:50:01 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203337283/cs/1/ The toll in a factory building collapse in Pakistan's Lahore city has risen to 22, among them 16 women. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203337282/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:10:02 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203337282/cs/1/ A suicide car bomber Wednesday struck a hotel frequented by officials in Mogadishu, killing at least 10 people. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203336841/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:50:01 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203336841/cs/1/ Actress Demi Moore has been banned from weighing herself while in rehab. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203336137/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:20:01 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203336137/cs/1/ Actress Amy Adams is set to star in and produce a film adaptation of Steve Martin's novel "Object of Beauty". http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203335879/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:10:02 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203335879/cs/1/ Singer-turned-fashion designer Victoria Beckham reportedly admires the dressing sense of actor Russell Brand, who is famed for his skin-tight black jeans and wild hair. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203335142/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:40:01 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203335142/cs/1/ Singer-actress Christina Aguilera has reportedly signed for a third series of "The Voice". http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203334831/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:20:01 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203334831/cs/1/ Sharjah's ruler Sheikh Sultan Mohammed Al Qasimi will open the nine-day Sharjah Light Festival 2012 Thursday being organised by the emirate's commerce and tourism development authority. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203333669/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:30:01 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203333669/cs/1/ A woman schoolteacher shocked parents and pupils at a village primary school by boasting on the social networking site Facebook about drinking, swearing and having sex while partying. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203333335/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:20:10 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203333335/cs/1/ Eighteen premature babies in incubators were said to have died after their hospital was hit by electricity cuts in turbulent Syrian city of Homs, the BBC reported Wednesday. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203333332/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203333332/cs/1/ Against the backdrop of recent self-immolations by Buddhist monks, India Wednesday struck a cautious note on the growing Tibetan unrest, telling China that it was "willing to offer any help" to ease t http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203332997/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:10:01 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203332997/cs/1/ India underlined its commitment to implementing the landmark civil nuclear deal when Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai Wednesday met US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and held a series of meetings http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203332751/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:00:24 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203332751/cs/1/ A total of 14 people convicted for terrorism and criminal charges have been executed in Iraq, its justice ministry said Wednesday. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203332740/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:00:13 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203332740/cs/1/ A 10-year-old autistic boy in Britain's Yorkshire county collapsed and died while playing in the snow and building an igloo, the Daily Express reported Wednesday. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203332738/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:00:08 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203332738/cs/1/ Pitching for stronger India-China relations, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Wednesday formally inaugurated the Indian embassy's new $10 million complex here which has been built with sandstone http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203329578/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:50:22 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203329578/cs/1/ An Airbus has been hit by a second wing scare after 36 hairline cracks were found in a single A380 superjumbo. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203329572/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:50:07 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203329572/cs/1/ A video clip of a four-year-old Chinese boy being forced to do push-ups, wearing just an underwear despite freezing temperature, on a road in the New York city of the US has evoked outrage. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203329210/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:40:01 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203329210/cs/1/ India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni Wednesday heaved a sigh of relief after the World Champions won their first One-day International since June last year. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203329187/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:30:04 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203329187/cs/1/ Australia's ODI and Twenty20 specialist David Hussey said he is still not giving up the hope of bagging his maiden baggy green. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203329177/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:00:05 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203329177/cs/1/ The International Cricket Council (ICC) Wednesday cleared bowling action of Indian women's team fast bowler Snehal Pradhan. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203328984/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:40:02 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203328984/cs/1/ Smriti Mehra had a difficult time on the second nine as she finished with a two-over 74 in the opening round of the Thailand Ladies Open golf here Wednesday. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203328284/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:10:23 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203328284/cs/1/ The Supreme Court verdict cancelling 122 telecom licences claimed its first casualty as Bahrain-based Batelco Wednesday announced its exit from India, selling its stake in mobile firm STel. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203328282/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:10:21 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203328282/cs/1/ A newly-wed couple in a rural area of Pakistan's Islamabad city died of suffocation caused by gas leakage from a room heater, said police. They were married last Sunday. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203328274/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:10:13 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203328274/cs/1/ A top Chinese policeman, who shot to national fame for leading a popular crackdown on organised crime, has gone on leave under mysterious circumstances amid rumours that he is being investigated for c http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203327551/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:20:04 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203327551/cs/1/ Two Dutch TV presenters, who had pieces of their flesh surgically removed, cooked and ate them too during a programme, have been told that they will not be prosecuted for cannibalism. For, such an act http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203327393/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:11:01 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203327393/cs/1/ China's auto exports hit 849,000 units last year, the highest level seen since the onset of the global financial crisis, data showed Wednesday. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203327391/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:10:53 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203327391/cs/1/ FIFA has ruled that the Iraq national team fielded an ineligible player in an Olympic qualifying match last November, and thus awarded a 3-0 victory to rival United Arab Emirates. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203327386/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:10:44 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203327386/cs/1/ Bird hits can be particularly nasty for an airplane, forcing it to land or send it crashing to the ground, often with devastating consequences. Now, fresh research has developed a digitized system wit http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203327384/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:10:34 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203327384/cs/1/ German anthropologists have decoded the entire genome sequence of a Denisovan, representative of the extinct Asian group related to Neanderthals, from a finger bone fossil, a study reveals. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203327379/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:10:24 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203327379/cs/1/ An undercover policeman chased himself through a British town for over 20 minutes after a CCTV operator reported him as a suspect. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203327376/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:10:18 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203327376/cs/1/ A new smart phone senses your depression and nudges you to go out with friends, a study reveals. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203326428/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:00:07 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203326428/cs/1/ Those with a weakness for sweets can now include cookies and cake in a 600 calorie breakfast menu with some proteins and carbs to shed weight in a pleasurable way and also stay slim. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203326423/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:00:02 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203326423/cs/1/ Iran will put on public display a model of the downed US drone next Saturday when it will mark the anniversary of the establishment of the Islamic republic, Xinhua reported Wednesday. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203332749/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:00:21 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203332749/cs/1/ Russia and Iran have not reached any deals regarding bilateral military-technical cooperation during their latest bilateral meeting Wednesday, said Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203332743/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:00:15 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203332743/cs/1/ Greece failed to finalize terms for a crucial €130-billion ($173-billion) bailout Thursday, and Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos headed to Brussels to meet top EU officials, hoping to ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203351991/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:07:32 -0500 Globe and Mail http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203351991/ Right, an aerial view of emergency services people working at the ruined CTV building in central Christchurch, New Zealand, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. Left, a Google Streetview screen capture of the ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203350702/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:07:28 -0500 Globe and Mail http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203350702/ In 1953, novelist Thomas Mann appealed to an audience of students in Hamburg to strive for "not a German Europe but a European Germany." This stirring pledge was endlessly repeated at the ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203351992/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:07:25 -0500 Globe and Mail http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203351992/ to spend billions to grease the wheels of a high-speed train service running down the spine of the state, there was great cheering among those advocating for the same type of system in Canada.Soon ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203351309/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:07:21 -0500 Globe and Mail http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203351309/ The poor little rich boy of Republican politics gets no love.Sure, Mitt Romney racks up victories when he needs them. And his embarrassing losses in Tuesday’s GOP caucuses in Minnesota and ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203351993/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:07:16 -0500 Globe and Mail http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203351993/ Prime Minister Stephen Harper says Canada’s new and improved relationship with China allows him to have it both ways: he was able to bolster economic links with Canada’s second-largest ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203351995/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:07:07 -0500 Globe and Mail http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203351995/ A Canadian man in a New York court has admitted attempting to buy sophisticated technology for the now-defeated Tamil Tiger insurgents in Sri Lanka.Prosecutors say Ramanan Mylvaganam sought to ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203351998/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:06:46 -0500 Globe and Mail http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203351998/