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NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a roundup of today’s news…
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#MADIBA: Nelson Mandela is celebrating his 95th birthday today. He may be in hospital but that hasn’t stopped the celebrations across South Africa. [SABC]
#MANNING: Bradley Manning must face a charge of ‘aiding the enemy’, a judge has ruled meaning the Wikileaks source could face life in prison plus 154 years. [New York Times]
#RUSSIA: A political rival of president Vladimir Putin has been sentenced to five years in a penal colony after being found guilty of embezzling.
A man has attempted to make his way from Dorset, in the south of England, to Ireland on a six-foot dinghy but, unsurprisingly, failed.
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