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Sinn Fein meets with Gordon Brown
Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness hold talks with the Prime Minister amid fears of a crisis at Stormont.
Pensioner struck by vehicle dies
An elderly man, who was knocked down in the Tennant Street area of north Belfast on Tuesday, dies in hospital.
Cheap transport call to help poor
Cheaper public transport should be more widely available in rural areas to try to ease poverty, a report says.
House OKs rescue for homeowners, Freddie, Fannie
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rescue legislation sailed through the House on Wednesday aimed at helping 400,000 strapped homeowners avoid foreclosure and preventing the collapse of troubled mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac….
Ambassador: Al-Qaida leaving Iraq for Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (AP) — Al-Qaida’s foreign fighters who have for years bedeviled Iraq are increasingly going to Afghanistan to fight instead, the Iraqi ambassador to the United States said Wednesday….
Foreign checks for airport staff
Airport workers are to face stricter criminal records checks to see whether they have committed offences abroad.
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Aberdare’s verdict on planned benefit changes
Three arrested after city attack
News in brief from Northern Ireland
Beating skins
Marathon session in bid to smash world record
Sticky situation averted as man tries to glue himself to the PM
A campaigner against Heathrow’s third runway attempts to stick himself to Gordon Brown at a Downing Street reception.
Fight class divide, says Phillips
The Equality and Human Rights Commission must have the power to fight the class divide, chairman Trevor Phillips says.
Investment set to create 45 jobs
An engineering firm is to create 45 new jobs through an expansion in Cookstown, County Tyrone.
New rules tackle forced marriage
The rules for people bringing in spouses to the UK from overseas are to change - in an attempt to tackle forced marriages.
Guide to Parliament
What is Parliament for and how does it work?
Cameron pledge on apprenticeships
The Conservatives are vowing to create 100,000 more places for apprentices, saying it will cut social problems.
‘No let-up’
On the ground as polling day nears in Glasgow East
Lib Dem front bench guide
A guide to the key members of the Liberal Democrat front bench team.