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Detectives at the scene of where a man’s body was found last night. Pic: Eamonn Farrell/Photocall Ireland

IRELAND

• The hunt is underway for two men seen escaping the scene of a suspected gangland-related killing in Dublin.
• Gardaí made a fifth arrest over the violent death of Vincent Maher at a Finglas house party
• Barry Cowen refuted claims that Paul Kiely had any ‘hand, act or part’ in the running of Fianna Fáil.
• Minister Ruairí Quinn is prepared to have Education Department officials meet with teachers over junior cycle reform concerns.
• Police in Derry are concerned for missing man Andrew Quigley, who failed to return home after a night out.
• Deputy Simon Harris says that former CRC chair Hamilton Goulding still has questions to answer.
• Eamon Gilmore said that the Irish and British Governments might intervene in the Haass negotiations if there is no progress.
• MEP Emer Costello said Greek-like austerity would have been implemented by a single-party Fine Gael government.
• A woman was arrested after a man was seriously assaulted outside a pub in Newcastle in Co Down.
• SUSI may ‘seek to recover’ 65 postgraduate grants sent out in error.
• 1,100 drivers were stopped at checkpoints in Dublin over the period of an hour – two were arrested.

WORLD

Candle and floral tributes on Ferry Gait Crescent in Edinburgh, Scotland, near the home of Mikaeel Kular. Pic: Danny Lawson/PA

#SCOTLAND The mother of Edinburgh toddler Mikaeel Kular has been charged over his death.

#PAKISTAN A deadly Taliban bomb blast killed 20 soldiers in Pakistan.

#TURKEY Plastic bullets were fired as hundreds of people protested in Istanbul against internet restrictions.

#FRANCE Francois Hollande’s partner Valerie Trierweiler left hospital after needing treatment following allegations of Hollande’s infidelity.

#BRITAIN A UKIP councillor who said that same-sex marriage led to floods in Britain has been suspended.

#USA Denis Rodman has checked into alcohol rehab, according to US reports.

INNOVATION

Image: TechCrunch

• Creepy, or cool? This Face Substitute app is probably a bit of both... [TechCrunch]
• Ever wanted a car that would park itself? You could find that in the cars of the future...

PARTING SHOT

A gravestone marking Edgar Allan Poe's original grave stands in a cemetery outside Westminster Hall in Baltimore. Pic: AP Photo/Patrick Semansky

Each year on Edgar Allen Poe's birthday, the 'Poe Toaster' would appear at the author's grave, clad in a wide-brim hat and a scarf, and leave three roses and a half-drunk bottle of cognac behind. Did a toaster appear this year? Reports say no...

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