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Olivier triumph for Rachel Weisz

Monday March 22 2010

Rachel Weisz and Dame Maggie Smith have scooped two standout Laurence Olivier prizes at the glitzy theatre awards ceremony.

Rachel Weisz has won a Laurence Olivier award for her role in the stage play 'A Streetcar Named Desire'.  Picture: Getty Images

A Weisz choice for gong

Monday March 22 2010

Oscar winner Rachel Weisz scooped a Laurence Olivier award for best actress last night for her stage role as Blanche DuBois in 'A Streetcar Named Desire'.

I've faced down US on settlement, boasts Israel PM

Monday March 22 2010

ISRAELI Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu boasted yesterday that he had faced down American demands to halt Jewish construction in East Jerusalem, raising the stakes in a diplomatic row.

Side Line: The law of the land should always supersede the laws of the Catholic Church

Monday March 22 2010

Among the myriad of words -- spoken and written -- regarding child sex abuse and the Catholic Church in recent days, one central reality should not be forgotten.

Vincent Hogan: Sad farewell to rugby's emotional Croker union

Vincent Hogan Monday March 22 2010

It was a pity that the final, memorable acoustic of rugby in Croke Park should be a cacophony of jeers for a visiting goal-kicker. Dan Parks may or may not have noticed. His winning strike was such a brazen read of the wind, chances are he heard nothing at that moment beyond some inner voice preaching cold procedure.

Palestinians carry the body of Mohammed Qadus during his funeral in the West Bank yesterday

Two more teens shot dead as West Bank tensions escalate

Monday March 22 2010

ISRAELI troops shot dead two Palestinians yesterday in an escalation of bloodshed which brought the total killed in the West Bank to four within 24 hours.

Weisz and Rylance scoop Oliviers

Sunday March 21 2010

Rachel Weisz has scooped the Laurence Olivier award for best actress for her stage role as Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire.

Protesters gather across Russia to call for the resignation of Putin

Sunday March 21 2010

Thousands of people across Russia took to the streets yesterday demanding the resignation of Vladimir Putin in the largest show of discontent since he came to power more than a decade ago. Opposition movements called the nationwide "Day of Wrath" to express discontent at falling living standards following years of oil-fuelled growth.

Israeli leader plans US trip to defuse settlements row

Saturday March 20 2010

THE Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is expected to meet top US administration figures in Washington next week after sharp international condemnation yesterday of his government's most recent plans to expand a Jewish settlement.