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US President Barack Obama has said he did not think Israel had made a decision on whether to launch a pre-emptive strike on Iran's nuclear installations.

An Irish ultra runner who is the only man on the planet to run seven marathons in less than seven days on seven continents is expected to break his own record today.

The German Chancellor Angela Merkel travels to Paris today, with her cabinet, to meet French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his Ministers.

The Palestinian president and Hamas' chief held talks on the formation of an interim Palestinian government.

Libya has put 41 loyalists of Muammar Gaddafi on trial in the first legal proceedings launched against members of the former regime.

Newt Gingrich vowed to press ahead with his struggling presidential bid after another big loss in Nevada.

Thousands of Australians were forced to abandon their homes as a record flood swept through areas.

Aid agency GOAL has said a succession plan is in place and its Chief Executive has been asked to slow down by his family and doctor.

Gardaí have issued an appeal to trace a 19-year-old man who was last seen on the DCU campus on Thursday.

A 21-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the death of another man in Co Armagh.

A PSNI officer has been stabbed in Co Armagh while responding to an emergency call.

A car bomb in the south Afghan city of Kandahar has killed at least nine and wounded 19.

The search for two crew members missing from the Tit Bonhomme trawler, which sank off the Cork coast, is due to be scaled back.

Bitterly cold weather sweeping across Europe claimed more victims, brought widespread disruption to transport services, and left thousands without power with warnings.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has described as a "travesty" Russia and China’s veto of a draft UN Security Council resolution on the regime's crackdown.

Greek coalition leaders must respond to proposals made by the country's international lenders for a new bailout deal by midday tomorrow.

Transition teams have been set up across different sectors of the public service to manage the aftermath of thousands of workers taking early retirement.

The Polish finance minister has said it would be "absurd" for any country to have confidence in the euro given the current economic environment.

Manuel Noriega, Panama's military dictator of the 1980s, was taken from prison to a public hospital after suffering a possible stroke.

Early tallies indicated that pro-european politician Sauli Niinisto has won Finland's presidency.