Muslim Brotherhoods Spiritual Leader Arrested
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Egyptian authorities have escalated their crackdown on deposed president Mohammed Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood by arresting the organisation's spiritual leader Mohamed Badie.
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US Ready To Take Action Over Syria - Hagel
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US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has said the US military is ready to act immediately should President Barack Obama order action against Syria over a chemical weapons attack.
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AIB Has Offered 4400 Arrears Solutions - Duffy
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AIB chief executive David Duffy has said that the bank has completed 4,400 permanent solutions to those in arrears.
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US Seeks verifiable Plan On Chemical Weapons
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The United States is waiting to see a real and verifiable plan from Russia for removing chemical weapons from Syria but will not wait long and will not accept a delaying tactic, Secretary of State John Kerry said this afternoon.
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No Cabinet Reshuffle This Year - Kenny
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Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said the planned Cabinet reshuffle will not take place this year.
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Explosions Heard At Kenya Shopping Mall
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Kenyan security forces have moved to end the siege at a Nairobi shopping centre where at least 62 people were killed in an attack carried out by the Somali al-Shabaab group.
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Athlone Rape Accused Appears In Court
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A 30-year-old man has appeared at a sitting of the district court in Longford, charged with the rape of two young girls in Athlone, Co Westmeath last Saturday.
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Ireland votes to retain 60-seat upper house
Ireland voted to retain its upper house of parliament today, rejecting Prime Minister Enda Kenny's call to scrap a chamber where the likes of William Butler Yeats once sat but the government saw as redundant. Ref. Source 4