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The Irish Times
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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    • Explosion in Kabul coincides with Afghan security handover
    • First Derivatives revenue up
    • Obama tells next generation, it’s your turn now
    • EU car sales at 20-year low
    • Biggest protests in 20 years sweep Brazil
    • US president Barack Obama reacts as the sun comes out as he works alongside Britain’s prime minister David Cameron and students on a school project about the G8 summit during a visit to the Enniskillen Integrated Primary School yesterday. Photograph: Reuters G8 leaders call for flexibility in fiscal policy to help boost global economy
    • First Lady Michelle Obama and her daughters  Malia (14) and Sasha (12) at the start of Riverdance at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins America’s First Ladies Rise for ‘Riverdance’
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    • Newcastle fail to confirm Joe Kinnear’s appointment
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    • O’Donovan among early leaders at British Amateur Championship
    • GAA to look into Parnell Park incidents
    • French footballers stand trial in underage prostitution case
    • Rory McIlroy throws his club after chipping to the fourth green during the final round of the 113th US Open at Merion GC in Ardmore, Pennsylvania. Photograph: Rob Carr/Getty Images McIlroy looking for a fresh start as he puts Merion misery behind him
    • Tommy Bowe trains at the North Sydney Oval with the help of a hand splint. Photograph: Dan Sheridan/Inpho Tommy Bowe ‘highly unlikely’ to be available for Lions’ first Test
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    • Asmussen seeks end for zombie banks
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    • Oireachtas should amend Bill’s criminalisation of women and doctors
    • EU a model of good governance compared to enfeebling gridlock of G8
    • Leaving Cert exam on cusp of change – for past 40 years
    • Information vital to sentencing and punishment
    •  US president Barack Obama   in Belfast this week. Photograph:  Paul Faith/Getty Images Obama shows NI is open for business
    • A man walks past graffiti sprayed on a bank window in Bilbao’s Gran Via during a general strike called by Basque nationalist unions ELA and LAB. The graffiti reads: “Burn capitalism”. Photograph: Vincent West/Reuters Basque Country: Thoughts of a return to war as unusual as the bad weather
    • Dove-shaped balloons being released in Bilbao earlier this month at the end of the final meeting of  Basque peace association Gesto por la Paz after 28 years of existence, following Eta’s permanent ceasefire and cessation of armed activity in 2011. Photograph: Vincent West/Reuters Signs of chill in Basque region’s climate of peace
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    • Plenty of Irish children have bicycles but only a handful use them to make the trip to school. Photograph: Getty Images Cycling: the next generation
    • Control issues can sometimes lead to one spouse bullying the other into relinquishing complete access to their phone, laptop or tablet, and that can be a form of domestic abuse. Photograph: Getty Images Tell Me About It: I’ve done something my husband says is unforgiveable
    • Is it time we got the bottle to return to deposit schemes?
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    • Jon Hopkins performing in London in 2011: ‘For live shows . . . It’s quite physical – it certainly isn’t just me sitting quietly behind a laptop. And it’s very loud, very dancey.’ Photograph:  Hayley Madden/Redferns The emotional underground heartbeat of Jon Hopkins
    • Who lives in a house like this?
    • A scene from Jimmy, one of the five films nominated for the Irish Council for Civil Liberties Human Rights Film Awards A still from Jimmy Breaking hearts, winning minds
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