Island in sun a world away from home of stealth bomberTo step off the plane in Port au Prince, into what he described as the "heat of an incinerator", is to step from one world into…Sat Jul 21 2001 - 01:00
Confirmation of Egan expected to go smoothly in US SenateThe US Senate confirmation of the new US ambassador to Ireland, Mr Richard Egan (65), will go smoothly despite reports in the…Thu Jul 19 2001 - 01:00
New world trade round is necessary, says EUA new world trade round would be "more difficult to launch" but "more necessary than ever" the EU Trade Commissioner, Mr Pascal…Wed Jul 18 2001 - 01:00
Proposal on amnesty a dilemma for BushA radical proposal to grant amnesty to as many as three million illegal Mexican aliens in the US is placing the White House in…Wed Jul 18 2001 - 01:00
Bush offers new plan to combat global warmingOn the eve of next week's international conference on global warming, President George Bush has announced a US multi-million …Sat Jul 14 2001 - 01:00
Publishers line up to lay hands on savings of the Christian savedI found a copy of the The Indwelling at the local bookshop in Bethesda, although most of its readers probably picked it up at…Sat Jul 14 2001 - 01:00
Polygraph test clears Condit, says lawyerA lie detector test has cleared Congressman Gary Condit of any involvement in the disappearance of intern Ms Chandra Levy, his…Sat Jul 14 2001 - 01:00
Alaskan missile test site given immediate go-ahead, Senate toldSignalling determination to press ahead with its controversial missile defence plans, the US administration yesterday set out…Fri Jul 13 2001 - 01:00
Congressman Condit had third affair, newspaper claimsThe US Congressman linked to the missing intern Ms Chandra Levy had a previous affair with an 18-year-old who was warned by him…Fri Jul 13 2001 - 01:00
Father one more and go to jail, court tells penniless procreatorHe has fathered at least nine children by four mothersThu Jul 12 2001 - 01:00
Experiment sheds light on all that massA scientific theory which suggests that the universes of matter and anti-matter are not quite the mirror images they were once…Tue Jul 10 2001 - 01:00
Congressman finally admits he had an affair with missing Washington internThe Californian Congressman who has been repeatedly linked to a missing Washington intern has finally admitted to Washington …Mon Jul 09 2001 - 01:00
Fears in Europe as Bush shelves treatyEuropean concerns at the US administration's go-it-alone tendencies will have been reinforced this weekend by White House confirmation…Mon Jul 09 2001 - 01:00
Bush nominates former Marine as head of FBIA tough, no-nonsense former Marine, with a prosecutorial vocation and a reputation for competence and as a trouble shooter, Mr…Sat Jul 07 2001 - 01:00
Could Kissinger follow in Milosevic footsteps?When Henry Kissinger visited Paris in early June, an unwelcome invitation was delivered to him at the RitzSat Jul 07 2001 - 01:00
Plea bargain saves spy Hanssen from execution chamberThe country that executes 80 of its poorest citizens each year - most of them members of minority communities who are poorly …Thu Jul 05 2001 - 01:00
Plea for funding of stem-cell researchIn a draft report circulated last week, scientists from the US National Institutes for Health made an impassioned case for the…Wed Jul 04 2001 - 01:00
Virgin arms as UN spectre haunts rural UtahI am indebted this week for the subject matter of my letter home to Patrice St Germain, diligent correspondent of the St George…Sat Jun 30 2001 - 01:00
Ireland's public services show slight increase in corruption according to international indexDespite the flow of news from Ireland's tribunals, international perceptions of the degree of corruption in the State's public…Thu Jun 28 2001 - 01:00
Irish-American firemen killed in blaze buried in New YorkThe slow muffled drums fell silent and a solitary piper played Danny Boy as they carried fireman John Downing's body into St …Sat Jun 23 2001 - 01:00
Drug lord follows McVeigh in a second US federal executionThe US Supreme Court rejected last minute claims that the application of the death penalty was racially discriminatory as the…Wed Jun 20 2001 - 01:00
Robinson urges `risk taking' at racism summitThe forthcoming UN summit on racism and xenophobia needs high-level political input from world leaders if it is to produce a …Wed Jun 20 2001 - 01:00
Republican groups seek to overturn ban by USThe designation by the US State Department last month of the 32-County Sovereignty Movement and the Irish Republican Prisoners…Mon Jun 18 2001 - 01:00
Black middle class to seek slavery reparationIn awarding the dying smoker, Richard Boeken, $3 billion in punitive damages against Philip Morris ten days ago, a Los Angeles…Sat Jun 16 2001 - 01:00
Bomber co-operated in execution that was as clinical as it was briefI have not winced nor cried aloud.Tue Jun 12 2001 - 01:00
Bush pledges action on global warmingExplicitly acknowledging the threat to the world from global warming and human responsibility for it, President Bush yesterday…Tue Jun 12 2001 - 01:00
Last statement is poet's words of defianceTimothy McVeigh's choice of an 19th century poem as his handwritten last statement gave new notoriety to the minor Victorian …Tue Jun 12 2001 - 01:00
Severest of sentences for the gravest of crimes, says BushTimothy McVeigh had faced the "severest of sentences for the gravest of crimes", President Bush told journalists following yesterday…Tue Jun 12 2001 - 01:00
Unrepentant McVeigh waives appealsReviled but unrepentant, the Oklahoma bomber, Timothy McVeigh (33), today faces death by lethal injection still convinced that…Mon Jun 11 2001 - 01:00
McVeigh rules out clemency plea as execution is set for MondayLawyers for Timothy McVeigh have said the Oklahoma bomber now regards even a clemency appeal as a "meaningless gesture"Sat Jun 09 2001 - 01:00
Smoker is awarded $3 bn by US courtLawyers for the US tobacco industry yesterday expressed confidence that a record-breaking award of $3 billion against tobacco…Fri Jun 08 2001 - 01:00
Senate leadership mantle passes to Democrats, courtesy of JeffordsOvernight they had moved Senator Jim Jeffords's desk across the Senate chamber and nailed it to the floor surrounded by protective…Thu Jun 07 2001 - 01:00
McVeigh refused further stay of executionThe Oklahoma bomber, Timothy McVeigh, yesterday was denied further stay of execution by a federal court in Denver following an…Thu Jun 07 2001 - 01:00
Supreme Court ruling raises hopesThe US Supreme Court has given new hope to anti-death penalty campaigners by overturning the sentence on a mentally handicapped…Wed Jun 06 2001 - 01:00
Paying ultimate price for entering US illegally"Walk a couple of hours and you'll reach a highway," the "coyotes" said. "We'll be back with water."Sat May 26 2001 - 01:00
Giuliani's mistress barred from New York mayoral home"Score one for Donna" was how the New York Daily News headlined Monday's court decision to bar the city mayor's mistress from…Wed May 23 2001 - 01:00
Powell links appeal to halt violence with hint of re-engagement in Middle EastThe US Secretary of State, Mr Colin Powell, held out the tentative possibility of US re-engagement in the Middle East peace process…Tue May 22 2001 - 01:00
Killing McVeigh `is not part of the healing process'Bud Welch has every reason to want Timothy McVeigh dead. "I used to want to kill him," he admitsSat May 19 2001 - 01:00
Times they are a-changing as Dylan reaches 60 but the legend lives on as strong as everForty years ago, Joan Baez dragged him on to the stage at the Newport Folk FestivalSat May 19 2001 - 01:00
US cuts off funding to `Real IRA'The US government has formally designated the "Real IRA" as a terrorist organisation in order to cut off funding to the group…Thu May 17 2001 - 01:00
US pulls out of OECD tax controlsAttempts by the OECD to curb both harmful tax competition and the appeal of off-shore tax havens have taken a blow with the decision…Sat May 12 2001 - 01:00
The woman who made human rights `universal'The US House of Representatives, in a fit of pique which does it no credit, on Thursday agreed to make the payment of some $244…Sat May 12 2001 - 01:00
Brooks goose-steps into Broadway's record booksThe irrepressible 74-year-old Mel Brooks, master of black humour and bad taste, is goose-stepping his way into Broadway's record…Wed May 09 2001 - 01:00
Massive increase in US arms spending likelyThe ability to fight two major wars simultaneously has long been the yardstick for US defence spending, force levels and procurement…Tue May 08 2001 - 01:00
Luck of the Irish runs out as judge rules it a dirty wordCarol Ann Martin is proud of her Irish roots. And she just wanted to declare it on her car's vanity licence plate: "IRISH".Tue May 08 2001 - 01:00
$60bn scheme will not buy absolute security"The probability that a missile armed with weapons of mass destruction would be used against US forces or interests," a CIA-sponsored…Sat May 05 2001 - 01:00
Bush's ambiguity reduces temperature on missiles issueWhether deliberate or accidental, ambiguity seems to be the order of the day for US diplomacyFri May 04 2001 - 01:00
US politicians want Trimble to lift SF banMembers of the US House of Representatives have called on Northern Ireland's First Minister, Mr David Trimble, to lift the ban…Fri May 04 2001 - 01:00
Conviction of former Klan member pleases rights groupsFollowing the conviction of a former Ku Klux Klan member for the 1963 bombing of an Alabama church and the death of four teenage…Thu May 03 2001 - 01:00
Missile consensus may be possibleAmerica's allies have expressed deep concern about the US intention to deploy a national missile defenceWed May 02 2001 - 01:00
