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Blair backed US on Iraq a year before invasion, memo reveals
- UK
- October 18, 2015, 11:43
A previously secret memo has given an insight into Tony Blair’s talks with US president George W Bush in the run-up to the Iraq War. The document, wri(...)

Eamonn McCann: Hospital bombing exposes US hypocrisy over civilian deaths
- Opinion
- October 8, 2015, 04:10
Asked on Monday whether the US had decided to reject referral of the bombing of the hospital at Kunduz to the International Criminal Court (ICC), Stat(...)

9/11: Newly released photos show US leaders in aftermath of attacks
- US
- July 25, 2015, 15:10
Newly-released photographs taken on the day of the September 11th attacks show the reaction of senior figures in the Bush administration as they conve(...)

Maureen Dowd: As W’s brother, Jeb Bush carries the baggage of past wars
- US
- May 17, 2015, 16:50
It isn’t about what we know now. It’s about what we knew then. It is simply not true, as Republican presidential aspirant Scott Walker said on Friday,(...)

Hillary looks to send email controversy to out-box
- US
- March 7, 2015, 01:00
The tweet wasn’t even a day old and it had been viewed more than three million times, according to social media website Twitter.“I want the public to (...)

Jeb trots out usual suspects from another Bush reign
- US
- February 23, 2015, 01:15
I had been keeping an open mind on Jeb Bush. I mean, sure, as Florida governor, he helped his brother snatch the 2000 election. And that led to two de(...)

The terrorists win: the movie pitch we never thought we’d hear
- US
- December 20, 2014, 11:41
The saga that led to Sony Pictures pulling its movie The Interview hasn’t just made a mockery of the stories Hollywood tells us about itself: it ha(...)

Simon Carswell: Report leaves little doubt that US tortured detainees
- US
- December 9, 2014, 22:31
The word “torture” is mentioned on 82 of the 525 pages of a US Senate committee’s report into the CIA’s use of torture in interrogations of al-Qaeda s(...)

Hogan prepares as EU commissioners await parliamentary grilling
- Europe
- September 25, 2014, 01:00
Next Monday morning the first of 27 public hearings begins in Brussels as MEPs question incoming European Union commissioners about their suitabili(...)

Peace partnership centre agreed between Maynooth and Kenya
- Religion & Beliefs
- July 31, 2014, 19:09
The Edward M Kennedy Institute in Maynooth has agreed a partnership with the Shalom Centre for Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation (SCCRR) in Kenya(...)