Moody’s cut Ireland’s credit rating to junk on Tuesday, warning that the debt-laden country would probably need a second bailout.
Priests beat and raped children during decades of abuse in Catholic-run institutions in Ireland, an official report said on Wednesday.
The reporter’s morning routine is the same as everyone else’s except for one subtle difference, he scans his fellow commuters for would-be assassins. ”When I get on public transport I look around to see if any of the passengers have suspicious bulges,” said the journalist, who declined to be named.
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/ 10 January 2007
Bombs exploded in two southern Philippine cities on Wednesday, killing at least six people and wounding dozens, days before a summit meeting of leaders from 16 Asian nations gets under way. Western governments have warned of bomb attacks by Islamic militants during the summit from January 13 to 15.