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Cage visits jail to talk to pirates

Wednesday November 18 2009

Nicolas Cage has visited a Kenyan prison holding suspected Somali pirates awaiting trial to highlight the problem of piracy in the Indian Ocean.

Ian O'Doherty: What's the big deal about?

Ian O'Doherty Thursday November 12 2009

There is currently a bit of a storm brewing in New Zealand after a primary-school teacher was busted -- as it were -- for appearing in a raunchy photo shoot for a local lads' magazine.

Kevin Myers: 'Fear of Islamophobia stopped Hasan's superiors from disciplining him for his jihadist outpourings'

Kevin Myers Tuesday November 10 2009

I imagine a lot of American Muslims over the weekend will have felt like the Irish once did in London after an IRA bombing there: let this massacre not be by one of ours, dear God.

In Brief: Murder hunt launched after firework through letterbox led to blaze death

Sunday November 08 2009

British police yesterday launched a murder hunt after a devoted mother of nine died saving her son from a house fire started by a firework pushed through her letterbox.

Free our comrades or we'll kill hostages, say pirates

Saturday November 07 2009

Somali pirates were engaged in a deadly stand-off with Spanish forces last night after threatening to kill three fishermen held hostage for more than a month.