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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, 07 Aug 2008 14:58:23 -0400 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:58:23 -0400 30 China has hit back at US President George Bush for his criticism of Chinese religious and human rights. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391441/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:56:59 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391441/cs/1/ Impeachment proceedings against President Pervez Musharraf have been initiated in Pakistan by the ruling coalition government. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391440/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:49:41 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391440/cs/1/ White House hopeful John McCain has suggested what he calls a "policy surge" to balance the teetering US economy. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391240/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:32:00 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391240/cs/1/ Russia and Britain are feuding over a Security Council debate on last March's rioting in a Serb-populated part of Kosovo. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391239/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:29:11 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391239/cs/1/ China has everything in place to stage an Olympic Games that will change the world's perception of the country, International Olympic Committee (IOC) chief Jacques Rogge said on the eve of the opening ceremony. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391552/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:01:07 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391552/cs/1/ Beijing, Aug 7 (Xinhua) As the Beijing Olympics start Friday, tens of thousands of young people in China are rushing to marry or have babies. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391546/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:00:52 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391546/cs/1/ In a mere 254 days since he shed his army chief's uniform, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has plummeted from being an all-powerful kingmaker who single-handedly called the shots to a toothless tiger who faces impeachment - unless he quits office before that happens. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391543/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:00:44 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391543/cs/1/ Seven Afghan policemen and 24 Taliban fighters were killed in a series of clashes in Afghanistan, officials said Thursday. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391539/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:00:27 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391539/cs/1/ Pakistan's ruling coalition Thursday decided to impeach President Pervez Musharraf following his failure to win the trust of the newly elected parliament and also to reinstate the judges he had sacked after declaring an emergency last November. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391527/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:02:28 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391527/cs/1/ India have decided to drop wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik for the series deciding third and final Test Match against the Sri Lankans that starts on Friday here at the P. Saravanamuttu Stadium in Colombo. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391526/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:02:14 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391526/cs/1/ India's ruling Congress and the Communist Party of China (CPC) Thursday signed a pact to put in place a mechanism that would help regular high-level exchanges between them, soon after party chief Sonia Gandhi arrived here with her family for the Olympics inaugural ceremony. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391525/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:01:56 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391525/cs/1/ Days before the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) meets to decide on lifting curbs on civil nuclear trade with India, a powerful US Congressman has asked the Bush administration to shelve the deal unless it can guarantee suspension of trade if India conducts another nuclear test. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391517/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:01:34 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391517/cs/1/ The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has become the first Arab country to enter a list of the world's 30 largest services importing nations. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391514/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:01:25 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391514/cs/1/ Mogadishu, Aug 7 (Xinhua) Suspected Islamic insurgents Thursday launched mortar attacks on the presidential residence and the airport in the southern Somali town of Baidoa, the seat of the transitional Somali parliament, witnesses said. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391500/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:01:01 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391500/cs/1/ The Beijing Olympic Games Organising Committee will have its fingers crossed in the fervent hope that the skies, which have had haze hanging over it for the last few days, will clear out in time for the opening ceremony Friday. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391499/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:00:58 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391499/cs/1/ Amandeep Johl continued to be the highest ranked Indian in the field after he fired two over 73 to be placed tied 33rd on the rain-hit second day two of the Worldwide Selangor Masters Thursday. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391498/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:00:54 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391498/cs/1/ The lensmen seemed to be waiting for this particular moment. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391496/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:00:49 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391496/cs/1/ A senior figure of Iraq's Islamic Party was shot in an apparent assassination in the northern province of Mosul, a party spokesman said Thursday http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391462/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:01:26 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391462/cs/1/ Moscow, Aug 7 (Xinhua) Two people were killed and four injured in an explosion on a beach in Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi Thursday, Russian news agencies reported. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391459/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:00:59 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391459/cs/1/ Beijing, Aug 7 (Xinhua) International Olympic Committee (IOC) chief Jacques Rogge Thursday lauded China for its extraordinary efforts to tackle pollution. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391453/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:00:46 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391453/cs/1/ Beijing, Aug 7 (Xinhua) A Nigerian journalist, covering the Olympics, was hit by paralysis here Thursday while he was filing a report at the Olympic Main Press Centre (MPC). http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391447/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:00:23 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391447/cs/1/ China defended its human rights record Thursday after US President George W. Bush gave a speech criticizing its lack of political and religious freedom. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391442/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:00:02 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391442/cs/1/ An estimated 2,000 Tibetan exiles demonstrated in the Nepali capital Kathmandu Thursday, a day ahead of the official start of the Olympic Games in Beijing. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391437/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:00:49 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391437/cs/1/ Tehran, Aug 7 (RIA Novosti) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will attend a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) scheduled for Aug 28 in Tajikistan, The Tehran Times reported Thursday. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391433/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:00:44 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391433/cs/1/ Liberals in the worldwide Anglican Church can take comfort from views expressed eight years ago on the vexed issue of homosexuality by Rowan Williams, the current Archbishop of Canterbury, the London Times said Thursday. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391428/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:00:27 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391428/cs/1/ Indian doctors are once again suing the British government, this time accusing it of violating the spirit of a four-month-old court order by seeking to deny thousands the opportunity to live and work in Britain. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391423/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:00:13 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391423/cs/1/ Beijing, Aug 7 (Xinhua) Chinese President Hu Jintao Thursday met his Sri Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapakse, who is here to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391409/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:01:36 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391409/cs/1/ Indian badminton coach Pullela Gopichand is confident of a good performance from the shuttlers, provided they can handle the pressures of their maiden Olympic appearance and the huge crowd here. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391407/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:01:26 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391407/cs/1/ The price for crude oil produced by the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has dropped below $115, to its lowest price since early May, figures released by OPEC showed Thursday. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391403/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:01:07 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391403/cs/1/ Beijing, Aug 7 (Xinhua) China's fiscal surplus hit 1.19 trillion yuan ($173 billion) in the first half of the current year, the finance ministry said Thursday. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391400/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:00:41 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391400/cs/1/ Eyeing a medal from the high-profile tennis event at the Beijing Olympics, India were handed a tough draw Thursday. The country's top women's star Sania Mirza and the men's doubles pair, Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi, may well make it past the first round, but will then need to come up with something special to make a podium finish in the discipline which gets underway Monday. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391397/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:00:27 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391397/cs/1/ The Olympics have always meant a lot to Roger Federer. But this time around, it could mean more than ever before. For one, it refreshes happy memories of having met his girlfriend, Mirka Vavrinec, at the Sydney Games in 2000. In Athens he carried the Swiss flag. And this time, he does it again on the day he celebrates his 27th birthday. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391394/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:00:13 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391394/cs/1/ Colombia will become the first Latin American country to participate in the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, the Spanish daily El Pais reported Thursday. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391369/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:02:22 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391369/cs/1/ US President George W. Bush Thursday chided China for its human rights record and called on the communist country to help pressure Myanmar's military leaders before departing Bangkok Thursday for Beijing. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391367/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:02:14 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391367/cs/1/ Three human rights activists have been denied entry into Hong Kong just days before the start of the Olympic Games, a media report said Thursday. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391359/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:02:00 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391359/cs/1/ Kabul, Aug 7 (Xinhua) An aircraft belonging to the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) crashed Thursday in eastern Afghan province of Paktika, an ISAF statement here said. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391355/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:01:50 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391355/cs/1/ An English court has jailed a Sri Lankan man who defrauded an entire village apparently in order to pay back debts to a loan-shark with Tamil Tigers links. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391349/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:01:44 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391349/cs/1/ Talks between Iran and the United Nations nuclear watchdog started in Tehran Thursday, state media reported. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391348/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:01:41 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391348/cs/1/ Leaders of Pakistan's coalition Thursday were set to announce their 'decisive decision' on the impeachment of President Pervez Musharraf, a move that could send the country into yet another political crisis. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391341/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:01:18 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391341/cs/1/ The human eye has inspired a new technology that is likely to push the limits of photography by producing vastly better images over a wider field of view. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391338/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:01:01 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391338/cs/1/ Olympic supremo Jacques Rogge may have to declare the Beijing Olympics the best ever as the Chinese organizers are determined to put on the biggest sports show on earth. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391335/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:00:42 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391335/cs/1/ US President George W. Bush said Thursday that he would take up the Myanmar problem with China, one of the few countries that has any influence over the cloistered military state, dissidents said. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391331/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:00:19 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391331/cs/1/ The mosquito-borne chikungunya disease has hit 17 workers in the largest outbreak of the viral infection in the city state, the Singapore health ministry data said Friday. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391303/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:00:48 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391303/cs/1/ India stunned favourites France to enter the semifinals of the 15th world junior men's squash championship for their best-ever result in the competition. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391298/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:00:40 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391298/cs/1/ French President Nicolas Sarkozy will not meet the Dalai Lama during the latter's upcoming visit to France, the Elysee Palace has said. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391296/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:00:36 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391296/cs/1/ The population of expatriate Indians in Qatar stood at 419,096 as of July 31, more than double that of the local Qatari population, a minister said. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391292/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:00:30 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391292/cs/1/ The Olympic torch relay reached the Great Wall of China on the eve of Friday's lighting of the cauldron at the opening ceremony in Beijing's National Stadium. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391290/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:00:22 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391290/cs/1/ An Afghan-German businessman kidnapped in Kabul was freed by Afghan agents, a spokesman of the country's intelligence service said Thursday. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391288/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:00:17 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391288/cs/1/ Nicole Kidman's hometown of Sydney was hoping Thursday for a glimpse of 'four-weeker' Sunday Rose as friends and relatives gathered at the Hollywood actor's harbourside home to greet the new baby and Kidman's husband, Keith Urban. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391286/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:00:03 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391286/cs/1/ The bulk of Americans, highly dissatisfied with their healthcare system, think that it needs a radical overhaul to provide better services and care to the public, according to a new survey. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391283/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:02:21 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391283/cs/1/ Propelled by privatization and diversification, Abu Dhabi, the largest emirate of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), posted an annual growth of more than eight percent, WAM reported Thursday quoting official records. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391281/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:02:17 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391281/cs/1/ The Indian Olympic contingent, hoping for a medal from tennis, had a rude shock as it was handed a tough draw for the competition which gets underway here Monday. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391279/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:02:12 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391279/cs/1/ Exclusion from a group can have negative outcomes like bad mood, reduced self-esteem and a sense of being cut off, according to research. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391278/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:02:10 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391278/cs/1/ Beijing, Aug 7 (Xinhua) The Olympic host city Thursday reopened one of its oldest commercial areas as a tourist attraction. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391276/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:02:07 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391276/cs/1/ A 6.6-magnitude undersea earthquake shook parts of eastern Indonesia Thursday, damaging more than 200 buildings, but there was no immediate report of death or injury, officials said. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391271/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:02:00 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391271/cs/1/ Actress Carmen Electra, who is engaged to rock guitarist Rob Patterson, is candid about her strip routines and suggests 'don't fake while stripping'. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391268/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:01:55 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391268/cs/1/ Punk singer Jilted John, who had a hit way back in 1978, has returned with a new song focussing on British actress Keira Knightley's ultra thin figure. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391267/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:01:47 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391267/cs/1/ Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has been given bail after he pleaded not guilty to the charge of having sodomised an aide. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391266/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:01:40 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391266/cs/1/ The performance of 23-year-old Sri Lankan spinner Ajantha Mendis during the first two Tests against India has excited cricket circles here and he is being hailed as the successor to world record holder Muttiah Muralitharan. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391263/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:01:22 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391263/cs/1/ Even as Nepal's former Maoist guerrillas stepped up consultations to form a new government within 48 hours, their women's wing Thursday padlocked the office of the hosts of the country's oldest and biggest beauty pageant sponsored by Indian ayurvedic giant Dabur. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391259/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:01:11 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391259/cs/1/ Actress Rosie Perez, known for her role in the 1993 movie 'Fearless', has slammed rapper Kanye West for disrespecting her in his new song. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391257/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:00:57 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391257/cs/1/ Individuals with synesthesia or 'cross activated senses' perceive the world in a different way and unlike any of us they can hear movement. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391256/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:00:32 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391256/cs/1/ Beijing, Aug 7 (Xinhua) Cuban head coach Pedro Roque feels his Olympic boxing team is not short on experience and has the firepower to give a tough time to opponents here. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391255/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:00:22 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391255/cs/1/ Tim Burton, acclaimed director of hits like 'Sleepy Hollow' and 'Edward Scissorhands', was sued by his ex-fiancee Lisa Marie, but the court has dismissed the case. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391248/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:00:06 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391248/cs/1/ The United Arab Emirates' (UAE) national airline Emirates has announced that an aircraft at Kuwait International Airport was forced to abort take-off because of a technical fault. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391198/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:01:03 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391198/cs/1/ India's ruling Congress party president Sonia Gandhi arrived here Thursday along with son Rahul, daughter Priyanka, son-in-law Robert Vadra and their two children to attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games along with a galaxy of world leaders, including US President George W. Bush. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391196/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:00:59 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391196/cs/1/ The man who witnessed the gunning down of his loved ones at the horrific massacre in Nepal's royal palace and survived despite injuries will start a new life seven years after the tragedy. Gorakh Shumsher Rana, the son-in-law of assassinated Nepal king Birendra, is set to get married this year. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391192/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:00:49 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391192/cs/1/ Thousands of passengers at the Abu Dhabi International Airport (ADIA) are getting a glimpse of the skeleton of a 140-million-year-old dinosaur that has been put on display. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391190/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:00:27 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391190/cs/1/ Beijing, Aug 7 (Xinhua) Durban defeated Hong Kong for the right to host the 123rd session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 2011. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391185/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:00:14 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391185/cs/1/ British actress Sienna Miller and Balthazar Getty have been meeting at a hotel that is less than two miles from the actor's wife's house. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391182/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:00:08 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391182/cs/1/ Parents and caregivers should ensure that babies get enough time to lie on their bellies and not on their backs, especially while awake, to prevent them from retarded development, the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) has advised. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391177/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:01:09 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391177/cs/1/ Two bomb explosions in the western Nepali city of Pokhara injured six people and sparked panic among residents, media reports said Thursday. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391176/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:01:07 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391176/cs/1/ Researchers are trying to determine exactly how chemotherapy kills malignant tumours in order to minimise their side effects and test efficacy of safer agents. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391175/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:01:04 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391175/cs/1/ Teens and adults interpret abstinence differently, which explains why such programmes are unable to prevent teenage sexual activity, according to a new study. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391171/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:00:57 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391171/cs/1/ Beijing, Aug 7 (Xinhua) Yu Zaiqing of China was elected vice-president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at the 120th IOC session here Thursday. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391169/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:00:53 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391169/cs/1/ Dentists often tell patients to floss their teeth to protect them from decay and periodontal disease, the leading cause of tooth loss in adults. A recent study showed flossing can also help reduce the amount of gum disease-causing bacteria found in the mouth, contributing to healthy teeth and gums. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391168/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:00:47 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391168/cs/1/ Energy major GE Energy has signed an agreement in Qatar to set up a greenfield plant that will supply power to what is going to be the world's largest aluminium production facility. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391164/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:00:38 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391164/cs/1/ E. coli has remained a mystery for long as a fourth of the roughly 4,000 genes it carries are unknown to researchers. But 'GIANT-Coli,' short for genetic interaction analysis technology for E. coli, a new technique, has the potential to speed up the discovery of new gene functions and help crack its code, says a new study. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391161/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:00:29 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391161/cs/1/ Taking risks instinctively might have had its advantages in the caveman era, but it is potentially dangerous and out of place in the existing technology-driven world. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391159/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:00:20 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391159/cs/1/ Imagine European audiences spending an entire month tapping their feet to Indian dance and music! That's exactly what happened at a festival here, as Indian artistes gave a glimpse of folk, traditional and even Bollywood art. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391153/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:00:02 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391153/cs/1/ Canadian researchers have found clues to why some people get hooked to smoking with their first puff. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391152/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:00:36 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391152/cs/1/ The Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT), the leading educational authority of Abu Dhabi, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Vanderbilt University of the US for cooperation in academic fields. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391148/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:00:26 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391148/cs/1/ A British couple is going to tie the knot this weekend - 22 years after they were born next to each other in the same hospital ward. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391143/cs/1/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:00:03 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/391143/cs/1/ GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba – Salim Hamdan pleaded with a military jury on Thursday to spare him from a life in prison, saying he worked as Osama bin Laden's driver because he needed a job. ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16735121/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:43:12 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16735121/ KATMANDU, Nepal – Thousands of Tibetan exiles demonstrated in Nepal and India on Thursday, a day before the Olympics open in Beijing, demanding religious rights and saying China should not be al... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16730149/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:43:10 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16730149/ FRANKFURT, Germany – The European Central Bank and the Bank of England both left their benchmark interest rates unchanged Thursday as they ponder how best to steer their economies between the sh... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16735118/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:43:00 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16735118/ DETROIT - A judge ordered Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to jail Thursday for violating the terms of his bond in his perjury case by making a city business trip to Canada and not informing the court. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16733264/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:34:42 -0400 MSNBC http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16733264/ Police in New Zealand hunting a prolific burglar have issued a wanted poster bearing a photograph of the British actor Robbie Coltrane. Although the photograph of Coltrane has the word "wanted" above ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16731211/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:23:29 -0400 The Guardian http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16731211/ BAGHDAD – Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr will call on his fighters to maintain a cease-fire against American troops but may lift the order if a planned Iraq-U.S. security agreement lacks a timeta... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16735126/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:43:05 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16735126/ Justice Department concludes Dr. Bruce Edwards Ivins--who killed himself last week--responsible for 2001 deadly anthrax attack. Press conference transcript. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16735380/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:35:43 -0400 National Post http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16735380/ ISTANBUL, Turkey – Global oil prices are bouncing back above $120 per barrel after a pro-Kurdish news agency said Kurdish rebels claimed responsibility for a fire at a critical Turkish pipeline.... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16735124/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:43:04 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16735124/ YANGON, Myanmar – A popular comedian who is a prominent critic of Myanmar's military government was formally charged Thursday with several political offenses. The sister-in-law of Zarganar sa... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16731379/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:43:15 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16731379/ NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania – The army general who successfully toppled Mauritania's government staged a show of force Thursday, leading several thousand supporters in a march through the capital. Hi... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16729951/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:43:08 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16729951/ The European summer vacation just isn't what it used to be. With economies stagnating and inflation in the euro zone about 4 percent, people are cutting the length of their holiday stay, vacationing c... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16732462/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:28:36 -0400 Associated Press http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16732462/ A day after the Liberal Party re-elected Colin Barnett as leader and 24 hours before the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, Mr Carpenter visited state Governor Ken Michael to dissolve parliamen... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16734685/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:45:51 -0400 The Australian http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16734685/ Six Canadian soldiers were injured in a firefight with the Taliban on Thursday after they were ambushed west of Kandahar. The soldiers were conducting a patrol through the volatile Zhari district a... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16733097/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:22:52 -0400 Globe and Mail http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16733097/ Internet access remains erratic for journalists in Beijing covering the Olympics Many sites about Tibet and spiritual group Falon Gong are deemed "subversive" China promised no restrictions ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16730525/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:18:23 -0400 CNN http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16730525/ Dayron It was already billed as the sporting contest of the Beijing Olympics, but the men's 110m hurdles has now gained a political edge after the world record holder, Dayron Robles, added his name ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16730150/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:23:02 -0400 The Guardian http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16730150/ TBILISI, Georgia – Heavy shelling overnight in the Georgian breakaway province of South Ossetia wounded at least 21 people, officials said Thursday. Tensions in the region have soared, stokin... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16735125/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:43:02 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16735125/ DUBAI – The leader of an Iranian Sunni Muslim rebel group said on Thursday his faction was willing to talk to the government of the Shi'ite-dominated country and turn itself into a political par... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16731096/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:42:57 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16731096/