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Bin Laden

Doctor who helped CIA trace bin Laden sentenced to 33 years

23 hours ago 8,068 Views 41 Comments

The Pakistani man has been convicted of conspiring against Pakistan.

# pakistan - Tuesday 22 May, 2012

From The Score Sand2Snow This post contains videos

One heck of a ride: Irish adventurers trekking 16,000 km from Istanbul to Shanghai

Tue, 10:02 AM 277 Views No Comments

Five countries, three deserts and one mountain range will be crossed by the fundraising duo by the time they reach the east coast of China.

# pakistan - Sunday 20 May, 2012

From Business ETC Pakistan

Pakistan blocks Twitter over blasphemy dispute

Sun, 1:23 PM 2,460 Views 25 Comments

Officials say Twitter refused to remove material considered offensive to Islam,

# pakistan - Monday 7 May, 2012

Pakistan

Al-Qaeda releases video of American hostage

07/05/12 3,188 Views 16 Comments

In the video, hostage Warren Weinstein says he will be killed unless President Barack Obama agrees to the militant group’s demands.

# pakistan - Friday 4 May, 2012

Pakistan

Suicide bombing in Pakistani market kills 20

04/05/12 1,116 Views 6 Comments

A teenager detonated a bomb near a Pakistani market close to the Afghan border Friday, killing 20 people.

# pakistan - Thursday 3 May, 2012

Al-Qaeda planned message to convert Ireland to Islam

03/05/12 17,421 Views 85 Comments

A letter by Al-Qaeda’s American spokesman says Ireland was ripe for conversion because of its ‘sympathy’ for Palestine.

# pakistan - Tuesday 1 May, 2012

Bin Laden This post contains videos

Romney insists he would have ordered bin Laden killed

01/05/12 2,792 Views 12 Comments

Seemingly backtracking on his statements from a few years ago, the Republican presidential candidate says he would have given the order to kill Osama bin Laden.

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One year on: Osama bin Laden’s death

01/05/12 5,327 Views 12 Comments

The architect of the 9/11 terrorist attacks was killed by US Navy SEALs in the early hours of 2 May 2011 – here, we take a look back at the events that unfolded in the wake of his death.

# pakistan - Sunday 29 April, 2012

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The Daily Fix: Sunday

29/04/12 6,932 Views 2 Comments

Back and forth on the treaty debate, pregnant girl turned away from Munster school and a round up of the rest of the day’s news…

Murder

British doctor killed by captors in Pakistan

29/04/12 2,162 Views 7 Comments

The body of 60-year-old Khalil Rasjed Dale, who had been working for the Red Cross, was found four months after he was kidnapped.

# pakistan - Friday 27 April, 2012

Bin Laden

US court rules against release of dead bin Laden photos

27/04/12 1,487 Views 8 Comments

Meanwhile, earlier today Osama bin Laden’s family was deported from Pakistan to Saudi Arabia.

# pakistan - Thursday 26 April, 2012

Pakistan

Pakistan PM convicted of contempt – but won’t go to jail

26/04/12 642 Views 4 Comments

Gilani given a symbolic sentence over his refusal to reopen corruption case against Pakistan’s president.

# pakistan - Friday 20 April, 2012

Daily Fix

The Daily Fix: Friday

20/04/12 5,726 Views 2 Comments

All the biggest news stories from the day, as well as the few bits and pieces you might not have seen.

Crash

Pakistani passenger jet with 127 on board crashes

20/04/12 3,163 Views 7 Comments

A government minister has said there is little hope of finding survivors.

# pakistan - Monday 16 April, 2012

Afghanistan

Coordinated attacks hit Afghanistan

16/04/12 1,044 Views 1 Comment

Kabul and three other cities were targeted in the attacks. They were blamed on the Pakistan-based Haqqani network, which has links to al-Qaida.

# pakistan - Sunday 8 April, 2012

Diplomacy

India and Pakistan seek to normalise strained relations

08/04/12 753 Views 3 Comments

President Asif Ali Zadari was making the first visit to India by a Pakistani head of state in seven years.

# pakistan - Saturday 7 April, 2012

Daily Fix

The Daily Fix: Saturday

07/04/12 6,085 Views 9 Comments

All the biggest news stories from the day, as well as any of the bits and pieces you may have missed.

Avalanche

No survivors found after 12-hour search at Pakistani avalanche

07/04/12 2,396 Views 1 Comment

At least 117 soldiers, and potentially as many as 130, are missing after a major avalanche close to the Indian border.

Read Me

Column: I had to squash the rumours about Ger’s death on K2

07/04/12 9,398 Views 24 Comments

Damien O’Brien is the brother-in-law of Irish climber Ger McDonnell, who died on the slopes of K2. Here he explains why he had to investigate the full story of Ger’s final climb.

Pakistan

Avalanche buries 130 Pakistani soldiers – report

07/04/12 3,095 Views 1 Comment

An army base on a remote Himalayan glacier was struck by snow earlier this morning with rescue efforts now underway.

# pakistan - Monday 2 April, 2012

Take 5

The 5 at 5: Monday

02/04/12 4,324 Views 6 Comments

5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…

Bin Laden

Bin Laden’s wives, daughters in jail for illegal entry into Pakistan

02/04/12 1,502 Views 2 Comments

The five women were sentenced to 45 days in prison for illegally entering and living in the country.

# pakistan - Sunday 1 April, 2012

Daily Fix

The Daily Fix: Sunday

01/04/12 8,637 Views No Comments

Our nightly round-up of the day’s main news, and the bits-and-pieces you might have missed…

Pakistan

Pakistani boy, 13, set fire to himself because parents couldn’t afford school uniform

01/04/12 7,398 Views 27 Comments

Kamran Khan’s parents could not afford the traditional clothes to send him to school. Yesterday he died from his injuries.

# pakistan - Friday 30 March, 2012

Pakistan

On the run: Osama bin Laden lived in 5 houses

30/03/12 5,566 Views 23 Comments

A widow of the al-Qaeda has told investigators that he lived in five safe houses in Pakistan and fathered four children, two of them born in government hospitals.

# pakistan - Thursday 29 March, 2012

9 At 9

The 9 at 9: Thursday

29/03/12 5,068 Views 4 Comments

Nine things to know this morning…

Pakistan

Gunmen kill UN worker and five others in Pakistan

29/03/12 704 Views 1 Comment

The group opened fire on UN staff as they drove through the troubled Baluchistan province.

# pakistan - Sunday 11 March, 2012

Khairia

Osama Bin Laden may have been betrayed by oldest wife

11/03/12 5,681 Views 19 Comments

Independent investigator Shaukut Qadir’s theory also shows bin Laden’s deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri as an ambitious second-in-command.

# pakistan - Friday 2 March, 2012

Wikileaks

WikiLeaks emails suggest Bin Laden corpse ‘brought to America’

02/03/12 8,200 Views 66 Comments

Internet emails at the intelligence company Stratfor suggest Osama bin Laden’s body wasn’t buried at sea, as suggested.

# pakistan - Tuesday 28 February, 2012

Pakistan

Gunmen kill 18 bus passengers in Pakistan

28/02/12 568 Views 1 Comment

Nobody has yet claimed responsibility for the attack, however Taliban sympathisers have been known to operate in the area.

# pakistan - Sunday 26 February, 2012

Abbottabad

Pakistani authorities demolish compound where bin Laden was killed

26/02/12 2,209 Views 11 Comments

The leader of Al Qaeda was killed in the three-storey compound by US forces last May.

# pakistan - Wednesday 22 February, 2012

Danger Zones

Revealed: The world’s most dangerous places to be a journalist

22/02/12 2,211 Views 7 Comments

More journalists were murdered last year than died on assignments or in combat.

# pakistan - Sunday 19 February, 2012

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The Daily Fix: Sunday

19/02/12 7,333 Views 12 Comments

Your essential evening round-up of all the day’s main news as well as the bits and pieces that you may have missed.

From Business ETC Pakistan

How and why the Pakistani military is making tablets

19/02/12 8,978 Views 20 Comments

Critics argue that the Pakistani military should focus on protecting the country but others argue that the foray into the consumer market boosts national pride.

Pakistan

Bomb kills 8 anti-Taliban tribesmen in Pakistan

19/02/12 1,064 Views No Comments

A time bomb has killed eight members of an anti-Taliban militia in northwest Pakistan, according to local officials.

# pakistan - Saturday 18 February, 2012

Pakistan

Toll from Pakistan suicide blast reaches 32

18/02/12 1,194 Views 12 Comments

A suicide attacker on a motorcycle has attacked a market in a Pakistani town close to the Afghan border, killing 32 wounding 67 people.

# pakistan - Wednesday 15 February, 2012

Save The Children

A quarter of the world’s children do not have enough to eat – report

15/02/12 1,465 Views 26 Comments

A major survey carried out by the charity Save the Children has highlighted the problem of child malnutrition.

# pakistan - Tuesday 14 February, 2012

Horrific

Deaf girl ‘kept in a cellar and used as sex slave’

14/02/12 7,043 Views 11 Comments

The girl told a UK court she was brought to the UK and imprisoned for almost 10 years.

# pakistan - Monday 13 February, 2012

Pakistan

Pakistani Prime Minister charged with contempt

13/02/12 532 Views 3 Comments

The Supreme Court had ordered the PM to reopen an old corruption case against the president – but he refused.

# pakistan - Thursday 9 February, 2012

Opinion

Column: Why isn’t modern day slavery criminalised in Ireland?

09/02/12 5,686 Views 63 Comments

There have been 169 cases of forced labour in Ireland in recent years – and this is only the tip of the iceberg, writes Gráinne O’Toole.

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Poll: Are you satisfied with your quality of life?

Poll: Are you satisfied with your quality of life?

A NEW REPORT from the OECD has suggested people living in Ireland have some of the best lives in the world, with Ireland among the top countries in its Better Life Index.

The index finds that life expectancy, low pollution, positive experiences and a healthy work-life balance are among the factors that contribute to happy lives in Ireland.

It did note, however, that the gap between the rich and poor is wider in Ireland than elsewhere, while the gender gap in educational performance is also larger than average.

Today we’re simply wondering whether (assuming you live in Ireland) you’re satisfied with your quality of life.


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Aggressive banks are making mortgage resolution impossible, writes David Hall of New Beginning – and suggests a way to restore trust between lenders and borrowers.

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Confidence and stability will be the last things to emerge from this dangerous experiment, writes Michael Taft.

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A Yes to the Stability Treaty will give Ireland access to the ESM, writes Naoise Nunn – and keep us out of a potentially lethal game of chicken.

Seamus Breslin
Column: Parents bringing their children to be kneecapped. Yes, this is Ireland.
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Mike Morris
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Phil Hogan is planning to introduce new regulations which are meant to make for better buildings. He’s making a major mistake, writes Mike Morris.

Jane Suiter
Column: Who are the winners and losers in the referendum campaign right now?
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With nine days to go before referendum day, Dr Jane Suiter of UCC analyses the parties and the latest polls to see how the campaign is playing out.

Micheál Martin
Column: Job creation is too important for party politics. Let’s work together.
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Writing for TheJournal.ie, Micheál Martin explains why Fianna Fáil’s new plan to tackle youth unemployment should be seriously considered.

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Column: National pride or bald-faced bigotry? Maybe neither, or both.
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Being proud to be Irish is sometime looked on as a social gaffe, writes Lisa McInerney, but that’s not always fair… and it’s not always the best way to figure out who really is racist…

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