http://www.irishexaminer.com/Ireland's premier news website providing news and sports reports.10http://www.irishexaminer.com/rss/images/irish_examiner_rss.gifhttp://www.irishexaminer.comhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ieworld/~3/NP1iE2SeJR0/PAKISTAN yesterday signalled the end of its anti-Taliban offensive in the Swat Valley.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ieworld/~4/NP1iE2SeJR0" height="1" width="1"/>WorldIrishExaminer.comFri, 10 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/snojsnidey/rss2/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ieworld/~3/SYs6OTvXTxw/FOURTEEN people are now thought to have died in Britain after contracting swine flu, the government announced yesterday.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ieworld/~4/SYs6OTvXTxw" height="1" width="1"/>WorldIrishExaminer.comFri, 10 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/snojsnidoj/rss2/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ieworld/~3/eEYoB1vbZJY/A SCIENCE teacher arrested after a schoolboy was left with serious head injuries is being held on suspicion of attempted murder, police said yesterday.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ieworld/~4/eEYoB1vbZJY" height="1" width="1"/>WorldIrishExaminer.comFri, 10 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/snojsnidgb/rss2/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ieworld/~3/q1toobU4N9c/WOMEN in Afghanistan are facing increasing violence almost eight years after the fall of the Taliban, a UN report showed yesterday.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ieworld/~4/q1toobU4N9c" height="1" width="1"/>WorldIrishExaminer.comFri, 10 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/snojsnidql/rss2/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ieworld/~3/mLhwNrrSxbA/RESIDENTS of a rural Australian town hoping to protect the earth and their wallets have voted to ban the sale of bottled water, the first community in the country &ndash; and possibly the world &ndash; to take such a drastic step in the growing backlash against the industry.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ieworld/~4/mLhwNrrSxbA" height="1" width="1"/>WorldIrishExaminer.comFri, 10 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/snojsnidid/rss2/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ieworld/~3/CjDuiBlrV5E/SCOTLAND YARD will conduct “no further investigation” of allegations of phone tapping by the News of the World, assistant commissioner John Yates said last night.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ieworld/~4/CjDuiBlrV5E" height="1" width="1"/>WorldIrishExaminer.comFri, 10 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/snojsnidsn/rss2/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ieworld/~3/IDWvLo6GOYQ/MORE than 600 pieces from Air France Flight 447 are being sent from Brazil to France by ship to be studied further for clues to the cause of the June 1 crash, Airbus said yesterday.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ieworld/~4/IDWvLo6GOYQ" height="1" width="1"/>WorldIrishExaminer.comFri, 10 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/sngbaueysn/rss2/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ieworld/~3/JQqpCqLlFVM/HUNDREDS of young men and women chanted “Death to the dictator”, confronting police wielding batons and firing tear gas in the capital yesterday as opposition activists sought to revive street protests despite authorities’ vows to “smash” any new marches.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ieworld/~4/JQqpCqLlFVM" height="1" width="1"/>WorldIrishExaminer.comFri, 10 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/sngbauojau/rss2/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ieworld/~3/dId6QZjEAmM/LEADERS of the world’s biggest emitters of carbon dioxide, including Britain, have agreed to seek measures to limit global warming to 2C, but failed to seal a deal on reductions in greenhouse gases.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ieworld/~4/dId6QZjEAmM" height="1" width="1"/>WorldIrishExaminer.comFri, 10 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/sngbauojkf/rss2/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ieworld/~3/_2yQmp4YoNs/MORE than 31 million Americans watched Michael Jackson’s public memorial on television, but mystery surrounded the whereabouts of his body yesterday and plans for his burial.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ieworld/~4/_2yQmp4YoNs" height="1" width="1"/>WorldIrishExaminer.comFri, 10 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/sngbauojmh/rss2/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ieworld/~3/HmaEwZRdneA/JACKIE KENNEDY had a steamy four-year affair with Bobby Kennedy after JFK’s assassination, according to a new book.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ieworld/~4/HmaEwZRdneA" height="1" width="1"/>WorldIrishExaminer.comThu, 09 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/snojsnauoj/rss2/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ieworld/~3/nZeVQ5G87A0/MICHAEL JACKSON’S dermatologist said he had sedated the pop star in the past for painful medical procedures but had never given him dangerous sedatives like Propofol to use.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ieworld/~4/nZeVQ5G87A0" height="1" width="1"/>WorldIrishExaminer.comThu, 09 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/snojsnaugb/rss2/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ieworld/~3/Si5Ezvfboqk/FOUR people were slightly injured yesterday in the second day of the running of the bulls in Pamplona, including a Spaniard poked in the buttocks by a charging beast.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ieworld/~4/Si5Ezvfboqk" height="1" width="1"/>WorldIrishExaminer.comThu, 09 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/snojsnauql/rss2/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ieworld/~3/1T189SdNAPM/LEADERS of the world’s industrialised powers warned yesterday that the global economy remains in danger and backed away from pledges on global warming as they started their annual summit.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ieworld/~4/1T189SdNAPM" height="1" width="1"/>WorldIrishExaminer.comThu, 09 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/snojsnausn/rss2/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ieworld/~3/6O44DJZSiE0/A TEENAGE girl who acted as a “honey trap” to lure a smitten 16-year-old to his death at the hands of a love rival faces a life sentence.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ieworld/~4/6O44DJZSiE0" height="1" width="1"/>WorldIrishExaminer.comThu, 09 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/snojsnkfcw/rss2/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ieworld/~3/FrDTyGnnCPY/POISONED illegal drink in the Indian state of Gujarat has killed more than 40 people and left many more seriously ill.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ieworld/~4/FrDTyGnnCPY" height="1" width="1"/>WorldIrishExaminer.comThu, 09 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/snojsnkfmh/rss2/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ieworld/~3/Sm5lQMNJ9S0/US missile attacks killed at least 45 Taliban in their Pakistan stronghold of South Waziristan yesterday.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ieworld/~4/Sm5lQMNJ9S0" height="1" width="1"/>WorldIrishExaminer.comThu, 09 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/snojsnkfey/rss2/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ieworld/~3/FNnxkkdN4es/HUNDREDS of helmeted troops in riot gear swarmed the central square of the capital of western Xinjiang yesterday after ethnic riots left at least 156 dead.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ieworld/~4/FNnxkkdN4es" height="1" width="1"/>WorldIrishExaminer.comThu, 09 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/snojsnkfoj/rss2/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ieworld/~3/Fgg_I7e3hOA/SOUTH Korean intelligence officials believe North Korea or pro-Pyongyang forces committed cyber attacks that paralysed major South Korean and US government websites, aides to two lawmakers said yesterday.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ieworld/~4/Fgg_I7e3hOA" height="1" width="1"/>WorldIrishExaminer.comThu, 09 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/snojsnkfgb/rss2/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ieworld/~3/c1RUA4EEtO4/NEW Nasa satellite measurements show that sea ice in the Arctic is not just shrinking in area, but thinning dramatically.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ieworld/~4/c1RUA4EEtO4" height="1" width="1"/>WorldIrishExaminer.comThu, 09 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/snojsnkfql/rss2/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ieworld/~3/yiWO3YCS0pg/ALEC BALDWIN could be the next US actor to enter politics after saying he was giving “serious thought” to running for Congress.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ieworld/~4/yiWO3YCS0pg" height="1" width="1"/>WorldIrishExaminer.comThu, 09 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/snojsnkfid/rss2/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ieworld/~3/Ts0rCMqV7zA/POLAR bear Knut is now officially a Berliner.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ieworld/~4/Ts0rCMqV7zA" height="1" width="1"/>WorldIrishExaminer.comThu, 09 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/snojsnkfsn/rss2/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ieworld/~3/SagerkrsgJw/POLICE are searching for a British backpacker who went missing in the Australian bush.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ieworld/~4/SagerkrsgJw" height="1" width="1"/>WorldIrishExaminer.comThu, 09 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/snojsncwau/rss2/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ieworld/~3/qScRynApeNQ/POLICE in New York believe the body of a two-year-old child discovered in the Passaic River last Sunday may have been removed from a grave at a Connecticut cemetery.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ieworld/~4/qScRynApeNQ" height="1" width="1"/>WorldIrishExaminer.comThu, 09 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/snojsncwkf/rss2/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ieworld/~3/_u_Qzvu9ATg/SARAH PALIN says she’s not a quitter, she’s a fighter, but adds that, politically speaking, “if I die, I die. So be it.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ieworld/~4/_u_Qzvu9ATg" height="1" width="1"/>WorldIrishExaminer.comWed, 08 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/snojidcwkf/rss2/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ieworld/~3/4EHv9y6CmjI/FORMER US vice president Al Gore yesterday called on the global community to approach the climate change crisis with “a sense of joy”.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ieworld/~4/4EHv9y6CmjI" height="1" width="1"/>WorldIrishExaminer.comWed, 08 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/snojidcwcw/rss2/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ieworld/~3/SOIqle6ENPc/THE cancer-stricken Lockerbie bomber could die before a decision is made on his appeal after new delays in the case, his lawyer warned yesterday.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ieworld/~4/SOIqle6ENPc" height="1" width="1"/>WorldIrishExaminer.comWed, 08 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/snojidcwmh/rss2/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ieworld/~3/oId6I1ano6c/WITH the world’s most powerful leaders gathering in L’Aquila just three months after a devastating earthquake hit the city, Italian security officials have prepared an emergency evacuation plan to airlift the leaders to safety in case of another powerful tremor.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ieworld/~4/oId6I1ano6c" height="1" width="1"/>WorldIrishExaminer.comWed, 08 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/snojidcwey/rss2/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ieworld/~3/0Ots_uvJCfA/POLICE risk losing public confidence if they do not change how they manage protests, the British police watchdog said yesterday.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ieworld/~4/0Ots_uvJCfA" height="1" width="1"/>WorldIrishExaminer.comWed, 08 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/snojidcwoj/rss2/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ieworld/~3/mCieJIsjlgo/WORKING to turn Russia from antagonist to ally, US President Barack Obama has asked the Russian people to “forge a lasting partnership” with the US, but he acknowledged after talks with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin that on divisive issues there won’t be “a meeting of the minds anytime soon”.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ieworld/~4/mCieJIsjlgo" height="1" width="1"/>WorldIrishExaminer.comWed, 08 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/snojidcwgb/rss2/