Pulitzer winner Terkel dies at 96
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Studs Terkel dies peacefully at the age of 96.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Friday, October 31, 2008
Miami returns to final gig venue
The Miami Showband, which lost three members in a UVF attack, returns to the venue they played on the night of the murders.
Friday, October 31, 2008
DR Congo refugee camps ‘burned’
Camps sheltering 50,000 displaced people in eastern DR Congo have reportedly been looted and burned, says the UN.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Nadal & Federer out with injuries
Top seeds Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer pull out of their quarter-finals at the Paris Masters with injuries.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Warm welcome for returning troops
The first Royal Irish Regiment homecoming parade of the weekend takes place in County Antrim.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Libya compensates terror victims
Libya pays $1.5bn into a US compensation fund for victims of terror attacks blamed on Tripoli in the 1980s.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Man, 84, foils jewellery robbery
A pensioner tackles would-be robbers who target a jewellery shop in south-west London.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Man injured in five storey fall
A man is taken to hospital after falling five storeys from a building in the centre of Dundee.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Brunei Gurkhas meet royal couple
Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall hear praise of Prince Harry as they meet Gurkha soldiers in Brunei.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Oil prices up after record falls
Oil rises almost 3% on Friday - but falling demand pushes crude prices to their biggest monthly drop in October.