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GO LAST MINUTE

Higgins crashes out at the Crucible

Comments by former pastor keep Obama on defensive

By DENIS STAUNTON in Washington

EXTRACT

Focus falls on DCC's Buckley over the Flavin controversy

By Arthur Beesley Senior Business Correspondent

CHURCH OF IRELAND NOTES

GO READ

By LAURENCE MACKIN

Star names have yet to sparkle

By DAVID LACEY

MY DAY

By In conversation with Sandra O'Connell

Pizza cake

Soccer

Sunderland secure top flight status

Attacking anxiety

LOOSE LEAVES

Dublin bans upheld by CHC

Rugby

Bath too strong for Sale

Credit unions mark 50th anniversary

Former chancellor dismissive of Brown's Northern Rock strategy

By Ciarán Hancock and Business Affairs Correspondent

UP FRONT

By Daisy Cummins

Rugby

O'Sullivan admits World Cup mistakes

By Paul Gallagher

Judge quashesGarda refusal to allow larger rifle to hunter

'I just write . . . I'm the stories'

Sports digest

Red bond can take the strain

By GERRY THORNLEY Rugby Correspondent

North Mayo residents propose deal on location of gas refinery

By Lorna Siggins and Marine Correspondent

Federer to meet Nadal in final

China and the Dalai Lama

Ferguson confident his players will finish the job

Fine Gael questions decision to spend €15m on climate change campaign

By Harry McGee and Political Staff

Holland in building job with solid foundations

The Taoiseach and tribunals

New study supports theory that chickens are closest living descendants of dinosaurs

By RICK WEISS in Washington

My Garden of Eden Go there

Girl (14) killed during Gaza gunbattle

It's eight in the morning and there's nowhere left to go

Court orders property developers to complete €6.5m land purchase

Court clears police of all charges over NY shooting

By SUZANNE GOLDENBERG in Washington

Desert exiles

Culture

REVIEWS

Call for safeguards to protect GPs

British jazz legend Lyttelton dies

Right Here Right Now

Sweeney's Men guitarist and painter

Anglers reeling as buyer nets profit

By Clifford Coonan

China agrees to talks on Tibet with Dalai Lama's envoys

Punjabi keeps the flag flying for British

By BRIAN O'CONNOR at Punchestown

Dublin must fight to improve their image

Two arrested after Belfast assault

Credit union staff debarred from pension scheme

By Colm Keena

Media curbs backed after Putin denies divorce claim

In the lap of the gods

Our unfair education system doesn't bear examination

Cork girl recovering after UK operations

By OLIVIA KELLEHER

GO CATCH A SHOW

By Tony Clayton-Lea

In Short

National League previews

By Seán Moran

Man 'shocked' by child pornography charge

All Bright Now

Rejection of Gaza truce plan adds to Hamas difficulties

By Michael Jansen

Go it alone

Rowe's late winner earns Bray full points

Has he got news for you

Up the isles

Go with the pho

Visagie faces day of reckoning with missionary zeal

Iraq's women stepping into the breach as husbands vanish through violence

France still in thrall to the rebel spirit of May '68

Singer Winehouse under arrest over suspected assault

By THAIR SHAIKH

Rugby

Toulouse dig deep to deny Irish

Poet who expanded black awareness

Boots on for the bank holiday

Report on stem cell research

Raikkonen on pole in Spain

Taxi protests may spread nationwide

By Olivia Kelly

Death toll in Casablanca fire at 55

Clew Bay Lodge can be first to land rich pickings

By BRIAN O'CONNOR Racing Correspondent

Baby steps up the mountains

Perfectly positioned to deliver for Derry

Russell signs off with a double

Lacking Italian style

10 things you should know about the Basques

Drogheda find form to end Cork's run

€200m retail park for Tralee GAA site approved

By ANNE LUCEY

Dubs outplayed by Westmeath

An Irishman's Diary

The political positions of a Panther poet

Go Overnight

EU ruling blocks Malta's quail hunt

By JAMIE SMYTH and European Correspondent

Strong interest in financials prompted by gains in US

By Iseq: 6 and 178.83 (+86.96) Settlement date: May 1st

Ideal test for Ó Flatharta

North's parades body may be dumped

By DAN KEENAN and Northern News Editor

Puttin' on the Ritz

HSE's U-turn on respite beds 'a major victory'

By Ronan McGreevy

Quietest E Street member a natural player and pillar of Springsteen's sound

Consumer confidence in US worst since 1982

Fatal Wexford house fire treated as suspicious

THIS WEEK THEY SAID

Player by player

By compiled by John O'Sullivan

Porterfield confident in captain's role

By Emmet Riordan

PAPERBACKS

In Short

14 die in Mexico drug gang gun battle

Warning on generators as fumes cause death

All too easy . . .

Atomic Energy Agency to investigate US Syria claims

By JULIAN BORGER

Roche accuses Libertas of deceitful campaign

By MARY FITZGERALD and Foreign Affairs Correspondent

Scary stories

Acting very strangely

Lotto jackpot over €15 million tonight

Too early to tell whether airport city will fly

Timing of key clash angers Ferguson

By DANIEL TAYLOR

US soldier cleared of murdering Iraqi

Harney says HSE unable to fill post of microbiologist

By Fiona Gartland

There's no show like a Joe reunion show

A must-win for Celtic but pressure on both

By EWAN MURRAY

High Court vindicates hospital's action on transfusion

By Mary Carolan

Mortgages to rise as banks pass on cost of funding to customers

A city to dye for

Bring your birthday suit

Some 900 people attend spiritual Taizé service

By JOHN LAWRENCE

Ability to let the past go crucial to Ahern's successes

Worcester see off poor Newcastle to reach final

Zimbabwe's MDC opposition offices raided by police

By BILL CORCORAN in Johannesburg

Almeida heads Sligo in the right direction

Lisbon Treaty referendum

Go Adventure

The story of Sándor

Tibet protests fuel Chinese resentment

MIRIAM LORD'S WEEK:

By New quarters being prepared in Kildare Street for Bertie

Winehouse cautioned over assault

Clothes lines

Explosive Tipoki the centre of gravity

Disquiet over forced separation of sect's mothers and children

By Denis Staunton

Donegal Creameries 'unlikely' to purchase Highland

By Ciarán Hancock and Business Affairs Correspondent

Judge makes recommendations for hospitals

Team player has the drive to succeed

Eat like an Italian

Northern Exposure

Dubliner was a 'prince among gentlemen'

State funding of elections preferable to private donations

Walk on water

Cabinet to set up public service reform body

By Martin Wall and Industry Correspondent

Aer Lingus passengers may face disruption

By Martin Wall and Industry Correspondent

British oil pipeline shut down ahead of strike

When might is right

Regrowing grandeur

Plan to move Dublin Port meets wide approval

By Olivia Kelly

Jehovah's Witnesses member backs protocols

By JOHN DOWNES

Home advantage gives underdogs a chance

By WARREN GATLAND

Go Holiday DIY

By Conor Pope

The tearing of the Green

Holidays In Hand as pocket-sized audio guides target travellers

By MIRIAM DONOHOE

Sofia's cyber soap

SECOND READING

A helpful and holistic guide to a little-understood subject

By Muiris Houston Medical Correspondent

Indian soap operas in firing line as Afghan regime cracks down on 'un-Islamic' TV

Soccer

Spurs land Croatian Modric

Planes 'too much of a strain' as travellers switch from air to sea

By Ronan McGreevy

La Dolce Vita

Hopelessly lost in Lisbon

By Shane Hegarty

Woman repeatedly raped in Dublin church grounds

Battle of midway can go in Kerry's favour

By Seán Moran

Securities trader charged over false rumours

Bitesize

London Irish must cope without Catt's experience

InShort

CCTV shows husband beside river, say gardaí

Keane and Southgate share same goal

Ó Cuív praises journal for community workers

By JOHN LAWRENCE

Mahon tribunal to resume hearings on Ahern's finances on May 13th

By Colm Keena and Public Affairs Correspondent

China's foreign investment policy criticised for funding conflict

By ADAM HARVEY

Picture perfect

Dalai Lama welcomes China talks offer

Call for UN mission to Zimbabwe

HRT is only proven treatment, report says

By DR MUIRIS HOUSTON and FIONA GARTLAND

NY police acquittal 'like another death'

Council rejects call to pay €8m to firm for projects

By Simon Carswell and Finance Correspondent

Bohemians forced to settle for a point at Dalymount Park

Plans to curb binge drinking

Lisbon Treaty aims to update European Union's rulebook

What's Hot

Abbas doubts deal possible this year

Parallels between Ranieri and Grant are stark as Abramovich's sword hovers

Al-Sadr calls for end to clashes with Iraqi army

By Michael Jansen

Duke has work cut out

By Brian O'Connor

In search of the new Sauvignon

Church tackles plague of 'pastoral plagiarists'

By KATE CONNOLLY in Berlin

Local area network

Hibernian disappoints pensions parent Aviva

Three bitten by rabid puppy in UK

Clarke holds lead in Shanghai

Cowen's FF will be redolent of Lemass model

'Moonies' founder hands reins to son (28)

By JUSTIN McCURRY in Tokyo

Case for a new capital city

In short

Alarm bells ring on data retention

PRESBYTERIAN NOTES

The ultimate power trip

Prevalence of sexual violence

Two charged after Dublin assault

HORIZONS

Berlin ball

Seven Days

State tries to 'demonise' nurses, meeting told

By Olivia Kelly

House damaged in Armagh bomb attack

Coghlan must be allowed to run her race unhindered

Soccer

Ballack double keeps race alive

MY HOLIDAY

By In conversation with Fiona Gartland

GO READER GO

Man arrested after Limerick arms find

Man questioned over Kerry stabbing

Thousands attend Sligo cancer rally

Clarke just a shot adrift of leaders

Hard man ready to slug it out for Premier survival

Not a happy camper

Retail sales fall for first time in four years, says CSO

By NIGEL STIRLING

Authority plans to build €4bn business 'city' at Dublin airport

Tipperary honours the late Benazir Bhutto

By Genevieve Carbery

Drowned man's wife awarded €519,000

By OLIVIA KELLEHER

Doubt over availability of Zimbabwe election results

Romantic Irish alive and kicking

Two Dublin pipe bomb attacks investigated

PDs lose third councillor since election

By Harry McGee

Ramblers fail to break down resilient students

North's local elections postponed until 2011

By DAN KEENAN

Lifting the lid on an unsolved 'dirty war' atrocity

Beacon disputes compensation levels in co-located hospital contracts

By Martin Wall and Industry Correspondent