http://www.irishexaminer.com/Ireland's premier news website providing news and sports reports.10http://www.irishexaminer.com/rss/images/irish_examiner_rss.gifhttp://www.irishexaminer.comhttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/kfaugbaukfkf/rss2/ALCOHOL may cut the risk of heart disease by almost a third in men, research suggested yesterday.WorldIrishExaminer.comFri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/kfaugbaukfcw/rss2/A FORENSICS team searching for the body of a British journalist kidnapped by Palestinian militants more than 20 years ago recovered human remains in Lebanon, the Foreign Office said yesterday.WorldIrishExaminer.comFri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/kfaugbaukfmh/rss2/AFGHANISTAN will control its own security within five years and prosecute corrupt officials, President Hamid Karzai pledged yesterday in an inauguration speech made under intense pressure to shed the cronyism and graft that marked his government’s first term. WorldIrishExaminer.comFri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/kfaugbaukfey/rss2/AFGHANISTAN will control its own security within five years and prosecute corrupt officials, President Hamid Karzai pledged yesterday in an inauguration speech made under intense pressure to shed the cronyism and graft that marked his government’s first term. WorldIrishExaminer.comFri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/kfaugbaukfoj/rss2/THE haggling over Europe’s top jobs ended quietly and quickly last night before the European Union’s 27 leaders even got to the main course of their dinner meeting.WorldIrishExaminer.comFri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/kfauojididmh/rss2/THE political leaders of the 27 EU countries will choose a president and foreign minister behind closed doors at a summit in Brussels tonight.WorldIrishExaminer.comThu, 19 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/kfauojsnausn/rss2/THE battle against global warming could be helped if the world slowed population growth by making free condoms and family planning advice more widely available, the UN Population Fund said yesterday.WorldIrishExaminer.comThu, 19 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/kfauojsnkfau/rss2/US PRESIDENT Barack Obama said yesterday that he met briefly with a half brother who lives in China and who recently wrote a semi-autobiographical novel about the abusive Kenyan father they share.WorldIrishExaminer.comThu, 19 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/kfauojsnkfkf/rss2/A SPOKESWOMAN for Jaycee Dugard said only Dugard and her family should decide when and if a film is made based on the 18 years she spent with the man charged with kidnapping her.WorldIrishExaminer.comThu, 19 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/kfauojsnkfcw/rss2/FRAUDSTER Bernard Madoff’s yacht, Bull, two smaller boats and a Mercedes-Benz convertible were auctioned in Florida for more than $1 million combined.WorldIrishExaminer.comThu, 19 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/kfauojsnkfmh/rss2/BARACK OBAMA conceded yesterday that he has lost a bit of weight and become somewhat greyer during his first year as US president, but said he remains healthy despite the relentless demands of his job.WorldIrishExaminer.comThu, 19 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/kfauojidauql/rss2/THE European Union yesterday joined the US in discouraging Palestinian intentions to seek international recognition of an independent state, urging instead a return to stalled peace talks with Israel.WorldIrishExaminer.comWed, 18 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/kfauojidauid/rss2/A MILLIONAIRE financier being sued by a former employee for discrimination yesterday told a tribunal he never used prostitutes.WorldIrishExaminer.comWed, 18 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/kfauojidausn/rss2/DETECTIVES launched a murder inquiry yesterday after a woman was found mutilated and dying in the street.WorldIrishExaminer.comWed, 18 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/kfauojidkfau/rss2/THE world’s largest atom smasher could be ready to start again by the weekend, according to scientists at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research.WorldIrishExaminer.comWed, 18 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/kfauojidkfkf/rss2/MORE than 100 tourists, scientists and journalists have become stuck in the ice on an Antarctic cruise.WorldIrishExaminer.comWed, 18 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/kfauojidkfcw/rss2/WITH their country in deep political crisis, Czechs took to the streets throughout the country yesterday to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the end of decades of repressive communist rule.WorldIrishExaminer.comWed, 18 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/kfauojidkfmh/rss2/SARAH PALIN said yesterday a 2012 presidential bid is “not on my radar”, but wouldn’t rule out playing some role in the next presidential election.WorldIrishExaminer.comWed, 18 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/kfauojidkfey/rss2/GERMAN prosecutors yesterday charged a 90-year-old former member of Hitler’s SS with 58 counts of murder over a massacre of Jewish forced labourers in the final weeks of World War II.WorldIrishExaminer.comWed, 18 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/kfauojidkfoj/rss2/PRESIDENT Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao promised a determined, joint effort to tackle climate change, nuclear disarmament and other global troubles, yet emerged from their first full-blown summit yesterday with scant progress beyond goodwill.WorldIrishExaminer.comWed, 18 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT