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Ireland’s Michael Higgins calls for land deal rules to tackle hunger

In a hard-hitting speech, Ireland’s president calls for international framework to regulate land acquisitions in developing countries by Mark Tran Ireland’s president has called for a strong regulatory framework to cover land deals, the transfer of water and speculation on … read more »

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Kenyan Chebet sees off Ethiopia challenge in world cross country

AFP – Kenya’s Emily Chebet ran a superb tactical race to claim the women’s world cross country title on Sunday and leave her country’s bitter rivals the Ethiopians in the minor medal places. The 27-year-old allowed favourite Hiwot Ayalew to … read more »

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2013 Six Nations: Wales v Ireland Live!

Wales will take on Ireland at the Millennium Stadium this afternoon in the opening game of RBS Six Nations 2013. Wales won the Grand Slam last year and began with a win over Ireland in Dublin, but have struggled since … read more »

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Ethiopia: Mobile Banking Legal At Last

Without much deviation from its draft state, the long awaited directive that will allow banks and Micro Financial Institutions (MFI) to provide transaction-based mobile and agent banking services was issued, on January 1, 2013. Now clients of banks and MFI’s, … read more »

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Spain rocks into Euro 2012 quarters with 1-0 win over Croatia

GDANSK, Poland — Defending champions Spain qualified for the Euro 2012 quarter-finals after replacement Jesus Navas hit the late winner in their nervy 1-0 victory over Croatia, who bowed out on Monday. Spain qualify as Group C winners and will … read more »

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Italy into Euro 2012 quarters with 2-0 win over Ireland

POLAND—Italy qualified for the quarterfinals of the European Championship after Antonio Cassano and Mario Balotelli scored in each half in a 2-0 victory over Ireland on Monday. Cassano headed in with his back to the goal by the near post … read more »

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Toronto shooting during Euro match kills one

TORONTO – A shooting at a cafe in broad daylight in Toronto’s Little Italy neighbourhood has left one person dead. Another person has been rushed to hospital. Toronto police say shots were fired just after 3:30 p.m. today at the … read more »

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Torres brace inspires Spain to top of Euro 2012 Group C

Defending champions Spain are on course for the Euro 2012 quarter-finals after their 4-0 thrashing of Ireland on Thursday put them top of Group C with the Irish bowing out. For all their endeavour in defence, Ireland struggled constantly to … read more »

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6 Nation Analysis: How England view Ireland

By Tadhg Peavoy Ireland versus England in the RBS 6 Nations represents one of the highlights of the annual Irish sporting calendar. Watch England v Ireland (ko 5.00pm) live on RTÉ Two and RTÉ.ie (Ireland only). Coverage starts at 12.00 … read more »

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2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier: Ireland v Namibia

Ireland Namibia Match scheduled to begin at 10:00 local time (06:00 GMT) Ireland squad WTS Porterfield*, AR Cusack, GH Dockrell, DT Johnston, NG Jones, EC Joyce, RD McCann†, JF Mooney, KJ O’Brien, WB Rankin, MC Sorensen, PR Stirling, AR White, … read more »

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Zimbabwe diamond activist barred from leaving

Harare – Lawyers for a prominent Zimbabwean human rights activist say state security officials prevented him from leaving the southern African nation for a conference in Ireland on rights violations. Lawyers for Farai Maguwu said on Sunday that his airline … read more »

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10 most indebted nations

What do Malawi, Ethiopia and Mozambique have in common? Well, they’re dirt poor but their finances are in tiptop shape. They know how to balance their budgets and prudently live within their meagre means. And Japan, the US and Ireland? … read more »

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Ghost estates and broken lives: the human cost of the Irish crash

They stand empty across Ireland: 300,000 unoccupied homes, a silent reproach to those who built them believing that the country’s economic boom would never end. As Europe’s finance ministers laboured in vain to reach an agreement on how to ease … read more »

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