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In brief: O'Brien ton up for Irish T20 assault

Tuesday February 09 2010

KEVIN O'BRIEN will win his 100th international cap this morning when Ireland take on Afghanistan in Dubai at the start of a crucial Twenty20 World Cup qualifying campaign, writes David Townsend.

In brief: NATO allies to reshuffle Afghanistan troops instead of expanding the force

Sunday February 07 2010

NATO allies plan to reshuffle rather than expand their existing troop commitments to Afghanistan, sending more military trainers in place of combat forces. The aim is to prepare the Afghan army and police to take control of security, senior US and NATO officials said yesterday.

William Magan

Sunday February 07 2010

WILLIAM Magan, who died in Kent on January 21 at the age of 101, was an Irishman who, after a full career in the British army and intelligence, turned to writing. He produced an acclaimed book, titled Umma-More after the place in Westmeath where his family were Gaelic chieftains until the 17th Century. It narrated their evolution over succeeding generations into members of the Anglo-Irish Protestant ascendancy that ruled the roost in Ireland almost until independence. He was also the author of An Irish Boyhood, an evocative memoir of his own childhood on their ancestral land on the Roscommon side of Athlone.

Russian military doctrine 'does not reflect reality'

Sunday February 07 2010

NATO said yesterday that a new Russian military doctrine identifying Nato expansion as a threat did not reflect the real world and undermined efforts to improve ties between the western military alliance and Moscow.