Pseudomonas is detected in water outlets in the neonatal units at three more hospitals in Northern Ireland.

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Bug found in more hospital taps

A Kircubbin woman has called for the hunting laws in Northern Ireland to be changed after her cat was killed by dogs from the North Down hunt.

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‘Barbaric’ hunting dogs kill cat

A regional breakdown of new car registrations has shown that sales in Northern Ireland fell 11.7% in 2011 – the biggest drop of any UK region.

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Car sales figures drop most in NI

TEHRAN — Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday welcomed the U.S. Navy’s rescue of 13 Iranian fishermen held captive by pirates, just days after it had warned all U.S. ships to leave the region. U.S. officials announced Friday that the fishermen had been rescued by a Navy destroyer the day before, more than 40 days after their boat was commandeered by suspected Somali pirates in the northern Arabian Sea. Read full article > >

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Iran welcomes U.S. Navy rescue operation

Strong winds are battering Northern Ireland leading to disruption across the country.

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Strong winds lead to disruption

Golf stars Rory McIlroy and Darren Clarke are among 55 people from Northern Ireland who have been named on the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List.

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Golfing stars honoured by Queen

A huge fire that engulfed a Russian nuclear submarine as it was undergoing repairs in the northern Murmansk region has been contained but is still not out, officials say.

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Russia submarine fire ‘contained’

Michael O’Neill has been confirmed as the new manager of Northern Ireland.

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O’Neill confirmed as new NI boss

A freight train has been derailed and two people were swept from their car in flooding that struck Australia’s Northern Territories.

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VIDEO: Train derailed in Australia flood

The people who go in search of the northern lights

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On the trail of the Northern Lights

A warning of severe winds has been issued for the far north of Scotland and the Northern Isles for Christmas Day.

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Severe wind warning for far north

The Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson says he is determined to do all he can to build upon “peace and stability” in the country in 2012.

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NI First Minister in peace pledge

PRAGUE — Vaclav Havel, the dissident playwright who wove theater into politics to peacefully bring down communism in Czechoslovakia and become a hero of the epic struggle that ended the Cold War, has died. He was 75. Havel died Sunday morning at his weekend house in the northern Czech Republic, his assistant Sabina Tancecova said. Read full article > >

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Havel, Czech dissident playwright who led 1989 anti-communist ‘Velvet Revolution,’ has died

Along the northern New England Coast, festive monuments of engineering and local pride mark the Christmas season and guarantee bragging rights for the towns.

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New England Asks: Who Has Fairest Lobster Trap Tree of All?

The National Audit Office confirms it will investigate the sale of Northern Rock to Virgin Money.

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NAO to probe Northern Rock sale