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Tullow poised to take total control of Uganda field

Tuesday February 09 2010

TULLOW Oil moved a step closer to taking control of operations in Uganda, which it part owns, after the Irish-founded explorer's Canadian partner, Heritage Oil, ended a sale and purchase agreement with Italy's Eni.

Iran set to defy UN in uranium showdown

Tuesday February 09 2010

INTERNATIONAL pressure for new sanctions against Iran grew yesterday after Tehran announced plans to make higher-enriched uranium and add 10 nuclear sites in a year, raising Western fears it wants to develop atom bombs.

50pc jump in number applying to attend UK colleges

Tuesday February 09 2010

THE number of Irish students applying for university places in Britain and Northern Ireland has rocketed by 50pc this year.

A student explains his invention to Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (on left) during the National Festival of Innovation and Prosperity in Tehran yesterday

While the world dithers, Iran is getting closer to a nuclear bomb

Tuesday February 09 2010

THE attempt to talk Iran down from its nuclear ambitions is going badly. Yesterday, Tehran formally told the International Atomic Energy Agency, the UN watchdog, that it would move further ahead with its uranium-enrichment programme. This will take it one big step closer to a nuclear-weapons capability.

US missile decision threatens Russia arms talks

Monday February 08 2010

Russia has attacked a decision by the United States to site interceptor missiles in Romania, saying the move imperils President Barack Obama's much-vaunted "reset" of relations between the two countries and the final stages of nuclear arms reduction talks.

Myers . . . Protestants . . . Fiddling . . . Miracle

Monday February 08 2010

  • KEVIN Myers has succeeded, once again, in proving his adeptness in brandishing a hammer. His article (Irish Independent, February 5) hits the nail squarely on the head in contrasting the responses to the recent earthquakes in China and Haiti by governments and charities.

Kelly Clarkson. Photo: Getty Images

Review: Kelly Clarkson, The Olympia, Dublin

Monday February 08 2010

IT'S slightly surreal that a multi-million selling 'American Idol' winner is playing the intimate confines of the Olympia rather than the cavernous O2.