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Egyptian security forces escort suppoters of the Muslim Brotherhood out of the al-Fatah mosque and through angry crowds in Cairo today. (AP Photo/Hussein Tallal)

IRELAND

• Four Irish people trapped in a mosque in Cairo surrounded by security forces are reported to have been freed.
• A witness has said Irish man Michael Dwyer was executed in Bolivia in 2009.
• A police sergeant in Ibiza has cast doubt on the story of Michaella McCollum Connolly and Melissa Reid.
• The outgoing manager of one county council is getting €270,000 in a severance package.
• A 7-year-old boy has died after falling from a horse in Cork.
• Two people were arrested after a large brawl between football fans in Dublin city centre.
• Hundreds of families are applying for grants to help cover high funeral costs.
• Up to 300 people may have lost money in phishing email scams this year.
• A temporary Emergency Department has opened at Letterkenny Hospital after a freak storm badly damaged the hospital.
• Gardaí have recovered a large amount of property – including 18 plasma tvs – believed to have been stolen in burglaries.

INTERNATIONAL

Life rafts float near a cargo ship after it collided with a passenger ferry in Philippines. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

#EGYPT: Security forces have cleared a Cairo mosque after a stand-off with Muslim Brotherhood supporters barricaded inside [BBC]

#POLICE: Scotland Yard police are assessing new information about the death of Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed.

#FERRY DISASTER: 31 people died and 171 are still missing after a ferry in the Philippines collided with a cargo ship.

INNOVATION

• Microsoft has attacked Google for not letting users watch YouTube videos on the Windows Phone. [BBC]
• Ubuntu has set a record for the most money raised in a crowdfunding campaign after attracting pledges of more than $10 million to develop a new smartphone. [The Guardian]

PARTING SHOT

When his girlfriend died, cartoonist Anders Nilsen reacted the only way he knew how: by putting together a heartbreaking collection of drawings, letters and photographs documenting their relationship. He speaks about his grief – and humour –  in this interview with The Guardian.

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