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Lebanese volunteers give the victory sign as they leave Beirut yesterday to fight in Iraq, proclaiming they were ready to embrace death to expel US and British forces from Arab land. Photograph: Jamal Saidi/Reuters

Lebanese volunteers give the victory sign as they leave Beirut yesterday to fight in Iraq, proclaiming they were ready to embrace death to expel US and British forces from Arab land. Photograph: Jamal Saidi/Reuters

  • Curbs on FoI Act set to remain in place

    The Minister for Finance, Mr McCreevy, has rejected calls to make significant changes in the Government's legislation to impose restrictions on the Freedom of Information Act, it emerged last night, writes Mark Hennessy, Political Correspondent
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  • Mortgage lending continues sharp rise

    Mortgage lending is continuing to accelerate, a trend likely to intensify the Central Bank's investigation into the lending practices of the financial institutions, writes Cliff Taylor , Economics Editor. p

  • NTL reports 25% increase in turnover

    NTL Ireland has reported a 25 per cent increase in turnover for the fourth quarter of 2002, with earnings from the Irish market of £4 million sterling (€5.8 million). p

  • Bank tight-lipped on the cost of changes for customers

    AIB will pay interest to some of its current account customers from June but will withdraw free banking from others, writes Siobhán Creaton , Finance Correspondent. p
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  • Ahern and Blair plan to present blueprint next week

    The Taoiseach and the British Prime Minister plan to return to Hillsborough on Thursday week - the fifth anniversary of the Belfast Agreement - to present the parties with their blueprint for restoring devolution to Northern Ireland. p

  • Rights body 'to use powers to the full'

    The head of the new Human Rights Commission, Dr Maurice Manning, has said the body would conduct inquiries into human rights violations, and would appear in court alongside litigants like Mr Jamie Sinnott or the non-national parents of Irish-born children. p

  • Tribunal changes urged by law reform body

    The Law Reform Commission (LRC) has called for the right to legal representation at tribunals to be drastically reduced, and for much of the work of tribunals to be carried on in private in order to reduce the amount of money and time they take. p

  • Tennis star may sue event promoter over fee

    The sports marketing agency representing tennis star Anna Kournikova has warned it is prepared to use "legal means" to recoup losses against the promoter of the Trilogy tennis tournament and fashion show. p

  • Luas will cross State's busiest junction

    Traffic delays on the State's busiest junction, the Red Cow roundabout between the N7 and M50 in south Dublin, are set to worsen with the arrival of Luas. p
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  • Documents dispute may delay Shannon issue

    A dispute over discovery of documents relating to the use of Shannon Airport by US military aircraft en route to the war in Iraq has cast doubt on whether a High Court challenge will proceed this week to the Government's permitting such use of the airport. p

  • Victims of 1995 Serb killing buried

    BOSNIA: Thousands of relatives of 8,000 Muslim men and boys slaughtered in Bosnia in 1995 gathered yesterday to bury 600 victims of the Srebrenica atrocity. p

  • EU takes over security role in Macedonia

    MACEDONIA: The European Union has launched its first military operation in the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia. p

  • Prize-winning journalist sacked over interview

    Baghdad-based journalist Peter Arnett was yesterday fired by the two American news organisations he worked for, NBC News and National Geographic Explorer, after he gave an interview to state-run Iraqi television, writes Conor O'Clery , North America Editor. p
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  • RFU in diplomatic retreat on protocol

    RUGBY/Six Nations review: The English Rugby Union will apparently be sending a written apology to their Irish counterparts for the England team's failure to adhere to customary pre-match protocol when refusing to line up as requested for the pre-match introduction to President Mary McAleese, writes Gerry Thornley . p

  • Dublin and SRC to end impasse

    The stand-off between Dublin and the SRC is likely to end in a few days, writes Seán Moran , GAA correspondent. p
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