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Taliban chief killed in drone raid

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:44:08 +0000

A leading Taliban commander and key link to al Qaida, has been killed in a US drone attack on a house in Pakistan's north-west tribal region.

Elokobi makes Forest switch

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:29:08 +0000

Wolves defender George Elokobi has joined Nottingham Forest on an emergency loan and could stay at the City Ground until the end of the season.

Sky's the limit for stair runner

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:04:07 +0000

A German runner has scored a record seventh straight win in an annual race up 86 flights of stairs at the Empire State Building.

Yachvili sidelined for Ireland game

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:54:07 +0000

France scrum-half Dimitri Yachvili has been ruled out of Saturday's RBS 6 Nations clash against Ireland in Paris with a back problem.

Three more arrests over 2010 murder

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:49:52 +0000

Two men and a woman have been arrested over the murder of a man in Dundalk nearly two years ago.

NZ quake deaths building 'flawed'

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:24:29 +0000

A six-storey building that collapsed and killed 115 people in the New Zealand earthquake was made of weak columns and concrete and did not meet standards when it was built, the government says.