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Spotlight turns to Republicans
In Print Edition Amid the glamour of the Mile High Stadium Barack Obama removed some of the vagueness of his vision for change, but some Democrats worry not enough time was spent bashing John McCain ahead of next week's lower-key Republican convention

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Poet of film and uplifting singer
In Print Edition DAVID HAMMOND: DAVID HAMMOND, who has died in Belfast in his 80th year, was once described by Jeremy Isaacs as "a poet of film", but film was only one of the mediums in which he revelled: radio, voice, guitar, song - these were also his chosen instruments.

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Cuívo - gaffer na Gaeilge
In Print Edition TUARASCÁIL: Dúirt Ó Cuív go raibh sé "fíorshásta" leis an chinneadh agus gurbh "aitheantas é dár dteanga náisiúnta".

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Eye monitor to aid coma treatment
In Print Edition Irish researchers are studying very rapid and involuntary movements of the eye, with a view to measuring the level of patients' consciousness when in a coma, under anaesthetic or suffering a neurological disorder, writes Ashok Jansari

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