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- 10:50 Bank share prices rise back above €1 mark
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Asda cuts petrol price new
Motorists were today given a major boost after Asda announced it was cutting
its petrol price to 90.9p per litre — making it cheaper to fill up north of
the border than in the Republic.
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New Justice Minister on way in deal between SF and DUP
Northern Ireland could have its first Justice Minister in less than a year
under a detailed agreement reached between the DUP and Sinn Fein.
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Stars add X Factor to Belfast lights switch-on
X Factor finalists Same Difference wowed the crowds in Belfast last night as
they joined Santa for the big city centre Christmas lights switch-on.
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Teen beauty queen stripped of title after 20 minutes
A row broke out yesterday after a beauty queen was stripped of her title just
20 minutes after being crowned.
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Opinion: How the Provos 'sold out'
There were many actors in the tragedy played out in Northern Ireland between
1969 and 1994.
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Man 'sawed off his own head' new
The inquest into the death of a man who is thought to have cut off his own
head with a chainsaw was set to resume later today.
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Republicans deny taking down Eoghan posters new
Republican Sinn Fein today moved to quash rumours it was behind the removal of
posters backing X-Factor finalist Eoghan Quigg.
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Clubs blast IFA over Wells
Top clubs in Northern Ireland weren’t consulted by the Irish FA when they
decided to sack chief executive Howard Wells.
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Colombia wants three republicans back in jail new
The Colombia Three should be forced to return to South America, the country’s
Vice President has claimed.
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Mum sues judge daughter over memoirs
A mother is suing over claims of cruelty and neglect made in memoirs written
by her daughter, who is a barrister and part-time judge.
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Lunatic's notes shed light on Ripper mystery
Broadmoor has released the secret records of a madman who was suspected of
being Jack the Ripper.
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Woman gets organ grown from own stem cells
A 30-year-old Spanish woman has made medical history by becoming the first patient to receive a whole organ transplant grown using her own cells.
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- X Factor duo to switch on Christmas lights
Taylor is still true to Northern Ireland cause
He may be the only man every to represent Northern Ireland who doesn’t have a blood relative born in the country, but there is no questioning Maik Taylor’s commitment to his adopted nation.
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Pirates hold world's largest oil producer to ransom
The most spectacular prize in maritime history was anchored off Somalia last night with a rag-tag army of pirates holding the world's largest oil producer to ransom.
Presbyterian Mutual Society in hands of administrator
The Presbyterian Mutual Society has gone into administration after getting into a series of financial difficulties.
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Congratulations to the Belfast Telegraph on its campaign to address the rip-off culture in Northern Ireland, perpetrated in the main by corporate interests.
Woman gets organ grown from own stem cells
A 30-year-old Spanish woman has made medical history by becoming the first patient to receive a whole organ transplant grown using her own cells.
Blackberry ready to launch iPhone rival
The first touch-screen BlackBerry phone will arrive in stores today in a fresh battle with competitor Apple.
Pornos have better plots than this
In the new comedy from writer-director Kevin Smith, the Zack of the title is Seth Rogen, playing much the same cheery, out-of-shape slacker as he did in Knocked Up, only without the pot-smoking. The Miri of the title is Elizabeth Banks, who's considerably less out of shape, but no less cheery.
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Leona Lewis has described the Snow Patrol single Run as a song of “loss and hope”.
Weller is crowned the new king of dad-rock
Paul Weller has been around for ages it seems, a fixed point in the music scene's ever-changing moods, but in truth his success has relied on his ability to reinvent himself at crucial times.
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Have you seen the latest James Bond thrillathon yet? As ever, Ford product placement abounds. You might remember the Mondeo with the wobbly door in Casino Royale.
McCain and Obama promise 'new era of reform'
President-elect Barack Obama and his former rival John McCain pledged yesterday to launch "a new era of reform" after a dramatic meeting in Chicago appeared to dispel much of the election campaign's bitterness.
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• Lindy McDowell: Why Stone’s ‘art’ wasn’t in the frame
In common with about 100% of the population I did not for a minute think that Michael Stone’s attack on Stormont was a work of performance art.
• Gail Walker: Why we don’t need Charles on Nolan show
Buoyed by an uplift in public support following his 60th birthday celebrations, Prince Charles is up to his old tricks again.