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World commemorates 100th anniversary of Titanic sinking
15/04/2012 - COMMEMORATION

World commemorates 100th anniversary of Titanic sinking

One hundred years after the sinking of the Titanic, the world marked the tragedy on Sunday with ceremonies planned in cities across North America, Britain and Northern Ireland.
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Riots rock Belfast ahead of loyalist parade
12/07/2011 - UNITED KINGDOM

Riots rock Belfast ahead of loyalist parade

Twenty-two police officers were injured when Irish nationalists rioted in Belfast overnight, throwing petrol bombs and burning cars ahead of the biggest annual parade by Ulster loyalists.
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A Pulitzer Prize winning journalist - and illegal immigrant
23/06/2011 - IN THE PAPERS INTERNATIONAL

A Pulitzer Prize winning journalist - and illegal immigrant

In Thursday's round-up of the global press: the real reason Obama is drawing down troops, how it's possible to win a Pulitzer Prize and still be an illegal immigrant, and why Russia doesn't see the fun side of Superman.
Violent sectarian riots flare in Belfast for second night
22/06/2011 - NORTHERN IRELAND

Violent sectarian riots flare in Belfast for second night

Clashes between Protestants and Catholics erupted for a second consecutive night Tuesday, resulting in at least three injuries. Police blamed pro-British paramilitary groups for initiating the clashes in a Catholic enclave of east Belfast.
Northern Ireland votes for a new Assembly
05/05/2011 - NORTHERN IRELAND

Northern Ireland votes for a new Assembly

Northern Ireland heads to the polls on Thursday to elect a new Assembly at Stormont. Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams, long the face of Ireland's republican party, stood down last year in order to run for election in the Irish Republic. That's left his deputy, Martin McGuinness - a former IRA leader - in the running to become Northern Ireland's First Minister.
Catholic policeman killed in Northern Ireland
03/04/2011 - UNITED KINGDOM

Catholic policeman killed in Northern Ireland

A car bomb killed a 25-year-old police officer in Omagh, police said Saturday, the first deadly attack in two years on Northern Ireland security forces.
Bomb explodes outside shopping centre in Londonderry
05/10/2010 - NORTHERN IRELAND

Bomb explodes outside shopping centre in Londonderry

A car bomb exploded early on Tuesday in the Northern Irish city of Londonderry, causing substantial damage to nearby shops, police have said. A warning received prior to the explosion had prompted the evacuation of houses and businesses in the area.
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Russia: heatwave bakes the country
19/07/2010 - THE WEEK IN EUROPE

Russia: heatwave bakes the country

Scores die in Russia as the country suffers tropical temperatures. Violent riots show peace remains fragile in Northern Ireland. In Italy, police arrest 300 people in raids against the Calabrian mafia. And we'll show why the prospect of adopting the euro has boosted the morale of Estonians.
Belfast rocked by third day of sectarian violence
14/07/2010 - UK

Belfast rocked by third day of sectarian violence

Children as young as nine years old are reported to have taken parts in riots in Northern Ireland this week, while shots were fired at police forces during a third night of violence that authorities have blamed on dissident republicans.
THE WORLD THIS WEEK - Friday, June, 18th (part 2)
18/06/2010 - THE WORLD THIS WEEK

THE WORLD THIS WEEK - Friday, June, 18th (part 2)

Germany makes France blink, David Cameron’s dramatic apology over Bloody Sunday, and why Barack Obama’s not taking on the U.S. Senate over climate change… Joining François Picard in The World This Week, Katrin Bennhold of the International Herald Tribune,Anne-Elizabeth Moutet of The Sunday Telegraph, Newsweek's Paris bureau chief Christopher Dickey and Craig Copetas, senior writer for the Bloomberg financial news agency.
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