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Metro Éireann : 15.01.09

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New shop is a piece of cake

05:58 | 15.01.09

Bucking the downturn in Dublin city centre businesses, two enterprising confectioners from Łódź are celebrating the opening of their newest bakery in the city centre. Anna Paluch reports

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In love with Lithuania

05:56 | 15.01.09

Irishman Jack O’Sullivan is among the overseas ambassadors for Vilnius as European Capital of Culture for 2009. He talks to CATHERINE REILLY about his enduring love for Lithuania’s capital city, and why visitors won’t be disappointed by its

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As Europe calls for calm in the Middle East, Irish columnist Gearóid Ó Colmáin calls for an end to the suffering of Palestinians caught in the middle

05:50 | 15.01.09

The Israeli assault on Gaza, which began on 27 December, has provoked international outrage. Yet western governments have observed the usual rules of subterfuge and ambiguity. When the attacks commenced, Sky News reported that London and the Vatican called for

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One tough cookie

05:45 | 15.01.09

American-born Kathy Sinnott MEP talks to CATHERINE REILLY about the struggle for disability rights, her controversial stance on abortion, and how she was branded as the face of the European Parliament’s ‘gravy train’

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As Obama takes office, the world expects

05:43 | 15.01.09

Barack Obama’s victory in the US presidential election last November was celebrated across the globe and hailed as a world-changing event. But Obama will make real history when he is finally sworn in as President in Washington DC next Tuesday – arguably

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Re: Suspected Real IRA man held in Lithuania

05:35 | 15.01.09

It has come to our attention that our US-based organisation, the Irish Freedom Committee, was recently referenced in your newspaper (Suspected Real IRA man held in Lithuania, 13 November 2008).

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Dell ‘undeserving of MAMA Award’

05:34 | 15.01.09

If there were an award for the biggest all-round purveyor of economic destruction, Dell would surely be on the shortlist. And what’s worse, it is just six weeks since Dell won a MAMA Award for its contribution to promoting diversity in Ireland!

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Farewell to a Dublin hero

05:32 | 15.01.09

Tony Gregory was a hero in our house during my childhood. Even in the extremely interesting political times of the late ’70s and early ’80s, Gregory stood out among the throng. He was young, good-looking, articulate and angry. He spoke with an inner-city

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2009: New year, new war

05:31 | 15.01.09

What a start for the New Year! On 27 December, the Israeli Defence Forces launched an attack of unprecedented scale on the Gaza Strip. According to the Israeli government, the attack was in response to unyielding Palestinian rocket and mortar fire into Israel

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Bloggers and journalists harassed and jailed in Vietnam.

05:29 | 15.01.09

The editors of two leading Vietnamese newspapers were fired on 2 January, the latest in a series of measures by the Vietnamese government to stifle criticism and dissent in the press and on the web, Human Rights Watch said last week.

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Under siege

05:27 | 15.01.09

I arrived back in Thailand after my trip to Cambodia to find the country’s capital in turmoil. Before I left I had come across government buildings occupied by thousands of PAD (People’s Alliance for Democracy) protesters attempting to oust

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‘Onwards and upwards - but we must take our chances’

05:25 | 15.01.09

The England game panned out better than we would have expected at this stage of the season. Things got off to an awkward start with some confusion prior to the match about the singing of anthems – England were adamant that this was

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