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  • Dalian Wanda Group to buy UK yacht maker and hotel property Dalian Wanda Group to buy UK yacht maker and hotel property

    LONDON - China's largest premier commercial property and entertainment conglomerate, Dalian Wanda Group Wednesday entered into 320million pounds definite acquisition deal with leading British yacht company, Sunseeker International Ltd, under which Wanda will acquire a majority shareholding of 91.81% in pre-eminent luxury motor yacht manufacturer. Under the agreement, the remaining 8.19% ...

  • Irish public support attack on U.S. president and family Irish public support attack on U.S. president and family

    Many people have rallied in support of controversial Independent TD Clare Daly after her extraordinary attack on the visiting U.S. president Barack Obama and his family. Daly didn't miss any punches on Wednesday morning in the Dail when she hit out at Obama, describing him as the "hypocrite of the century," and "a war criminal." She pointed out while he was in Northern Ireland talking the ...

  • Obama wife and daughters take walk in Wicklow Mountains National Park Obama wife and daughters take walk in Wicklow Mountains National Park

    US first lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha Tuesday wrapped up their brief visit to Ireland with a private guided tour of Wicklow Mountains National Park. Michelle Obama and the girls have been taking in the sights as President Barack Obama meets with other world leaders at the G8 summit in neighbouring Northern Ireland. Malia, 14, and Sasha, 12, listened attentively Tuesday ...

  • Lundbeck and several drug firms fined for pact to delay generic drugs Lundbeck and several drug firms fined for pact to delay generic drugs

    BRUSSELS - European Union in its first case over pay-for-delay deals that held back sales of cheaper generic drugs Wednesday fined Danish pharmaceutical company Lundbeck 93.8 million euros and imposed fines totaling 52.2 million euros on several other producers of generic medicines. The European Commission, the EU's antitrust regulator, said the companies had reached agreements that may ...

  • Major General Finn appointed to top UN role in Jerusalem Major General Finn appointed to top UN role in Jerusalem

    18 June 2013 150 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the appointment today of Major General Michel Finn, of Ireland, as head of Mission and Chief of Staff of the Jerusalem-based UN Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO), the first such operation the world body set up almost 60 years ago. "Major General Finn succeeds Major General Juha Kilpia of Finland, who will ...

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Symbiopsychotaxiplasm Take One [DVD]

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm Take One [DVD]

There are so many levels of meaning in William Greaves oddball 1968 experimental hybrid Symbiopsychotaxiplasm Take One that its hard to know where to begin deconstructing it--or if deconstruction is even a possibility. Ostensibly about a film crew conducting screen tests of a ... ...

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  • McLoone Absentees will not hurt Donegal

    Donegal’s Leo McLoone insists he has no concerns about the strength in depth of the All-Ireland Football Champions’ panel as they prepare to face Down in the Ulster semi-final. Questions have been raised about Donegal’s ability to cope with the loss of players through injury, and Jim McGuinness’ men are short the services of Neil Gallagher and 2012 Footballer of the Year ...

  • Extradited drug dealer jailed for 18 years

    An international drug dealer who was extradited to the UK after living in Ireland for 15 years has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for his role in a massive drugs smuggling operation. Philip Baron posed as a businessman and lived in a luxury house in Straffan, Co Kildare. He was investigated by the Garda National Drugs Unit before being sent back to England after losing appeals to both ...

  • 150 jobs created at Belfast service

    Social Development Minister Nelson McCausland said the new positions, which are mainly at administrative officer level, would be within the eastern division. The employment opportunities are part of a 3 million investment in the service. Mr McCausland said the announcement was fantastic news for the local economy. "Securing new jobs in the current climate is a challenge and it is ...

  • We may wish to ignore suicide but that won’t make it go away

    On Tuesday, a HSE suicide prevention officer was reported by this newspaper as revealing that provisional figures for last year show a 20 per cent rise in suicides compared with the numbers recorded for ...

  • Siptu says payments controversy has damaged union

    Siptu general secretary Joe O'Flynn: said the union has changed its rules and established an external review of its financial procedures. Photograph: David Sleator/The Irish ...

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