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Metro Éireann : 27.05.10

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Naomi and the warlord

15:30 | 27.05.10

Supermodel Campbell may be forced to testify against Liberian dictator

Attoh vows to make a difference

15:29 | 27.05.10

A candidate in last year’s local elections is appealing to friends and well-wishers across Ireland to help in her bid for the Vodafone World of Difference award programme.

MRCI celebrates graduates in community work programme

15:29 | 27.05.10

SOME 22 MIGRANTS have graduated from a specialised community work programme accredited by NUI Maynooth and co-ordinated by the Migrant Rights Centre Ireland (MRCI).

Asylum family fights re-housing

15:28 | 27.05.10

RESIDENTS AT a south-west Dublin asylum seeker hostel are rallying behind a woman from Chechnya who is under threat of transfer to Cork, having been accused of slapping a staff member.

Interfaith event will tackle science and religion debate

15:28 | 27.05.10

The sixth annual religious peace conference organised by the Interfaith Roundtable will be held in Dublin on Saturday 5 June.

Belgiumâ€™s veil ban brings protest to Dublin embassy

15:27 | 27.05.10

AROUND 25 MUSLIMS protested outside the Belgian embassy in Dublin last weekend, opposing the country’s proposed penalties against Muslim women who wear face veils.

Killing cartoonist â€˜is Islamic dutyâ€™ says ex-nurse

15:27 | 27.05.10

AN IRISH CONVERT to Islam has told Metro Éireann that any Muslim with the opportunity to kill Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks, who drew the Prophet Muhammad as a dog, is obliged to do so.

â€˜Thereâ€™s no black or white Irelandâ€™

15:26 | 27.05.10

Just a few weeks into her new role as Minister of State with responsibility for Equality, Integration and Human Rights, the Green Party’s Mary White tells Catherine Reilly about her plans and priorities for integration

Boonmee shines through in a lacklustre Cannes

15:25 | 27.05.10

Uncle Boonmee Can Recall His Past Lives is the sweetly nutty title of the Thai film that took the Palme d’Or at Cannes last weekend.

Charles Laffiteau`s Bigger Picture

15:24 | 27.05.10

The most common myth about immigration in the west is that immigrants take jobs away from native citizens. We know this is a myth because the actual numbers of jobs that immigrants take that could be filled by natives is quite small. This is because immigrants

Take me out to the ball game

15:23 | 27.05.10

‘America’s pastime’ is also South Korea’s most popular sport, writes ANDREW FARRELL

DÃºisigh agus bolaigh na tÃºilipÃ!

15:22 | 27.05.10

Chonaiceamar réabhlóid bheag eile sa Phoblacht na Cirgise an tseachtain seo caite nuar a tháinig scaifte daoine amach ar na sráideanna chun deireadh a chur le rialtas d’Uchtarán Kurmanbek Baki-yev.

Spainâ€™s not-so-secret weapon

15:22 | 27.05.10

Francesc ‘Cesc’ Fabregas could finish as one of the top players at this summer’s World Cup in South Africa – provided he’s fit to play.

North Korea hope to repeat history

15:21 | 27.05.10

When North Korea – who play international soccer as Korea DPR – qualified for their first and only World Cup appearance in 1966, they made quite an impact in spite of being given very little hope of success. Forty-four years on, and public opinion

Special needs sports day is a great success

15:21 | 27.05.10

The Champions League and Heineken Cup finals may have had all the attention last weekend, but the annual sports festival for adults with intellectual disabilities took pride of place in the hearts of everyone at Ballybough Community Centre.

China trade reforms donâ€™t have to stop

15:20 | 27.05.10

At the beginning of a 10-day trade meeting between China and the US, Chinese President Hu Jintao said his country would continue to reform its exchange rate method “under the principle of independent decision-making, controllability and gradual progress.”

Ireland needs to do its bit to make poverty history

15:19 | 27.05.10

In September 2000, world leaders met at the United Nations to sign a historic deal to make the worst forms of global poverty history before the year 2015.

What makes a crime racist?

15:19 | 27.05.10

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