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Somalia looks to future at London conference
International organisations and numerous world leaders are to attend a London conference on the future of Somalia.
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Republican rivals spar in TV debate
Republican presidential contenders have taken part in the last television debate before Super Tuesday.
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Talks on St Michael's regeneration project
Dublin City Council and construction firm Bam are to meet today over the contract row threatening the regeneration of St Michael's estate.
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Australian PM announces leadership ballot
Australian PM Julia Gillard has called for a leadership ballot to settle "once and for all" who should lead the Labor party and country.
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Govt to launch 'Pathways to Work' initiative
The Government will launch its Pathways to Work initiative later today.
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Children facing 12-hour hospital wait time
The Irish Association for Emergency Medicine has said children are spending over 12 hours on trolleys in hospitals and in some cases are waiting over 24 hours for a bed.
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49 killed in Buenos Aires train crash
At least 49 people were killed and over 600 were injured when a packed commuter train crashed at a station in Buenos Aires.
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Western journalists killed in Homs shelling
US reporter Marie Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik were among 80 people killed by shelling in the Syrian city of Homs.
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US to review corporation tax rates
The Obama administration has proposed a full review of America's corporation tax rates, and suggests cutting the headline rate from 35%
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Charges over YouTube threats struck out
Nine people, who were accused of behaving in a threatening, abusive and insulting manner on YouTube, have been bound to the peace for two years.
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Ratings agency warns Greece likely to default
Ratings agency Fitch has warned that a Greek default is still "highly likely".
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Mark Haddock among nine cleared of UDA murder
Loyalist leader Mark Haddock and eight other men have been cleared of the murder of UDA leader Tommy English 12 years ago.
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NAMA reverses 31 asset transfers by debtors
NAMA has reversed 31 of 50 asset transfers by its largest debtors, with the highest single transfer reversed worth €30m.
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Four bodies recovered from Costa Concordia
Salvage workers have found four more bodies on the wreck of the Costa Concordia.
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Comedian Frank Carson dies aged 85
85-year-old Belfast-born comedian Frank Carson has died after a battle with stomach cancer.
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Up to 240 Belmayne homes may need repair work
A number of residents of Belmayne in Dublin may have to move out of their homes so that fire safety defects can be repaired.
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Two bodies found on separate farms in Carlow
The bodies of two men, one of whom had suffered gunshot wounds, have been discovered on neighbouring farms in Co Carlow.
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€3bn sale to include parts of ESB, Bord Gáis
The Govt has announced that the sale of State assets will include the Bord Gáis Energy business and some of ESB's "non-strategic" power generation capacity.
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27,400 cigarettes seized at Dublin airport
Customs officers seized 27,400 cigarettes with an estimated retail value of €12,467 at Dublin Airport.
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DCC criticised over waste transfer notice
The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner has criticised the lack of notice given by Dublin City Council to customers about the transfer of its waste collection service.
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19 Peacocks stores to shut in Northern Ireland
Over 250 jobs will be lost with the closure of 19 Peacocks' stores in Northern Ireland
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Equality case over Portuguese job requirement
A Meath man has claimed he was discriminated against by a company which advertised jobs saying staff must be able to speak Portuguese.
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Dundon trial told of death threat
The trial of two Limerick brothers charged with threatening to kill four people has been told that one of them, Wayne Dundon, told a woman his brother would pay someone to kill her son.
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NAMA: Treasury Group past the point of rescue
The Treasury Holdings Group of companies is insolvent and past the point of commercial rescue, according to NAMA.
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Turkish court remands Recep Cetin in custody
A Turkish court has further remanded in custody a waiter accused of murdering two women from Co Down.
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