Russia frees 12 Georgians, but EU mulls sanctions | RUKHI, Georgia Russian forces turned over 12 Georgian soldiers on the border of one of the separatist provinces under its control Thursday after the short war that outraged the West and brought Moscow's milit... Russia frees 12 Georgians, but EU mulls sanctions RUKHI, Georgia -- Russian forces turned over 12 Georgian soldiers on the border of one of the separatist provinces under its control Thursday after the short war that outraged the West and brought Moscow's mili... Fears grow of a new Cold War | RUSSIA has sent warships on "peacekeeping" duties to the Black Sea in response to the arrival of US and NATO ships carrying humanitarian aid, raising the curtain on the first act of what Europe warns is a new... Missile sale ends US freeze on Taiwan arms | THE US will sell $US90 million ($105 million) worth of anti-ship missiles to Taiwan, ending what some analysts said has been a freeze on arms sales that was designed to ease cross-Straits tension between Chin... Torture enthusiasts are in the line of British fire | Remember that clutch of outspoken and confident lawyers who in last year's torture debates bravely came out for the freedom to torture? | They seemed mostly to be from Melbourne. One was a professional loud m... 18 sailors test positive for cocaine on Royal Navy destroyer used to catch drug smugglers | Eighteen sailors face being thrown out of the Royal Navy after they tested positive for cocaine on a warship which has been used to combat drug smuggling, the Ministry of Defence said today. | The crewmen wer... Full text of Bill Clinton's speech to DNC | Speech by former US president Bill Clinton to the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, on Wednesday August 27th. | I am honored to be here tonight to support Barack Obama. And to warm up the cr... Ulster Bank fined €2,000 for age discrimination External » | The Equality AuthorityThe Irish Times take no responsibility for the content | or availability of other websitesCHARLIE TAYLOR | A woman who was refused a car loan because of her age has been award... Move on parish records ends discrimination In this section » | Public spending should target social causes of poor healthNationalists need a leader to speak the hard truthsAmericans are over being manipulated by Republican pedlars of fearClinton casts f...
Cowen to address UN summit next month Irish Times| Taoiseach Brian Cowen is to address a United Nations summit for the first time as leader next mont...
Ireland to play Georgia in Mainz Irish TimesCARL O'MALLEY and NOEL O'REILLY | After much deliberation, Fifa finally confirmed this afternoon tha...