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Police have described a suspicious object found in Carrickfergus as a “viable device”.
The discovery led to a security alert in the town on Thursday evening.
A number of families who were moved from their homes on Drumhoy Drive have now been allowed to return
.
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Liverpool have agreed a transfer fee with Barcelona for Argentina midfielder Javier Mascherano, the club have confirmed.
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Patricia Bardon was found dead in her Belfast home A man has been charged with the murder of a woman who was found dead on the day she was to have got married.
The body of Patricia Bardon was discovered at her flat in Elm Court off Donegall Pass in South Belfast on Monday, her 51st birthday.
A 53-year-old man is to appear at Belfast Magistrates Court later on Friday charged with her murder.
The cause of Ms Bardon’s death has not been released.
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Former US President Jimmy Carter has secured the release of an American citizen detained in North Korea.
Aijalon Mahli Gomes, 31, was sentenced to eight years’ hard labour in April, after being found guilty of illegally entering the country from China.
Mr Carter met senior North Korean officials after arriving in Pyongyang on Wednesday.
He will fly back to the US on Friday with Mr Gomes, a devout Christian who had entered North Korea in January.
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The number of people in England undergoing surgery on the NHS to help them lose weight has increased tenfold in less than a decade, figures show.
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Hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis are ordered to evacuate their homes as flood waters threaten several cities in the south of the country.
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Part of the M5 in Devon has been closed after a crash involving up to seven vehicles.
The accident happened on the northbound carriageway near Cullompton between junctions 28 and 29 at about 2100 BST.
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said six appliances had been sent to the scene as a number of people were trapped in their vehicles.
Some of those involved are believed to have been seriously injured. Police have advised drivers to avoid the area.
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3Par has been the subject of a bidding war between Dell and Hewlett Packard Computer giant Dell has agreed to take over data storage firm 3Par after tabling an improved offer for the company.
Dell says its new offer of $24.30 a share has been accepted by 3Par, following a battle for the company with rival Hewlett Packard (HP).
The new agreement values 3Par at $1.6bn (£1bn), matching an earlier offer tabled by HP on Monday.
Dell said the deal would “dramatically accelerate” 3Par’s revenue growth.
“Dell has a demonstrated commitment and track record in integrating and growing acquired companies and nurturing their entrepreneurial and innovative cultures,” the company said in a statement.
3Par had already signed a takeover agreement with Dell last week, in a deal worth around $1.15bn.
But that included a provision for Dell to match competing bids.
In New York, shares in 3Par fell more than 1.6% following the announcement.
Shares in both Dell and Hewlett Packard rose.
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Police have described a suspicious object found in Carrickfergus as a “viable device”.
The discovery led to a security alert in the town on Thursday evening.
A number of families who were moved from their homes on Drumhoy Drive have now been allowed to return
.
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Authorities face the challenge of keeping the men physically and mentally fit as they await their rescue The family of one of the 33 miners trapped underground in Chile has said it will sue the owners of the mine and government inspectors.
A lawyer acting for the family of Raul Bustos told the BBC that the laswsuit would be launched on Thursday.
The family accuse the owners the San Jose mine of safety lapses and officials of negligently allowing it to reopen in 2008 following an accident.
The miners were earlier told they might not be rescued for several months.
Health Minister Jaime Manalich said the miners, trapped some 700m (2,300ft) beneath the surface since 5 August, had reacted calmly, according to the AFP news agency.
Officials had delayed breaking the news out of concern for their mental well-being.
Authorities have been explaining how they intend to keep the men in good physical and mental health while a shaft is drilled to rescue them from their refuge in the mine, near the northern city of Copiapo.
Meanwhile, their families have been holding vigils and sending the men mementos and messages down a small supply shaft.
Their growing despair turned to jubilation on Sunday when rescuers made contact with the miners via a probe lowered into the mine.
Lawyer Remberto Valdes told the BBC that the criminal action by Mr Bustos’s family sought specifically to see the mine owners and government inspectors condemned for their alleged responsibility.
Now is not the the time to take the blame nor to ask for pardon”
End Quote Alejandro Bohn San Esteban Mining
“I’m not thinking of monetary compensation,” said Carolina Narvaez, the wife of Mr Bustos, according to AFP.
“I’m thinking of holding people responsible. Not only the mine’s owners but also people who didn’t do their job” checking the safety of the mine, she added.
Inspectors from Chile’s National Geology and Mine Service – known as Sernageomin – have been named in the case because they authorised the mine to reopen in 2008, a year after it was shut following an accident.
The owners of the San Esteban Mining company which operates the San Jose mine, Alejandro Bohn and Marcelo Kemeny, have denied any responsibility for the accident.
“Now is not the the time to take the blame nor to ask for pardon,” Mr Bohn said.
Chile’s Congress is investigating the accident and President Sebastian Pinera has vowed to punish anyone found to be responsible for what happened.
A special exercise and recreation programme is being set up to keep the men fit during their long wait.
They will also need to be in shape to be pulled up the 66cm (26-inch) wide shaft that is being bored to rescue them.
Officials have warned it may take up to four months to complete.
“We were able to tell them… they would not be rescued before the Fiestas Patrias [Chile’s Independence Day on 18 September], and that we hoped to get them out before Christmas,” Mr Manalich was quoted as saying.
Although they took the news calmly, he said, “a period of depression, anguish and severe malaise” was possible.
The BBC’s Gideon Long says parts for a massive drill are arriving on site
The health minister added that the surface team wanted the trapped miners to set up routines, entertain themselves and attempt to simulate day and night.
The US space agency, Nasa, has been called upon for its expertise keeping astronauts alive and well on long missions in confined spaces.
The miners, who spent 17 days surviving on emergency supplies designed for a couple of days, are now being sent down the supply shaft high-protein, high-calorie foods similar to those designed for astronauts.
Other supplies have included small lights, eye patches and medicine. Anti-depressants would be included with the supplies, the health minister said.
An intercom cable has been dropped to them to allow communications their rescuers and families.
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The UN says more must be done to prevent such “atrocities” as a recent mass rape in DR Congo, and criticises peacekeepers’ failure to act.
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An HIV-positive German popstar accused of infecting a former partner with the virus has been given a two-year suspended sentence.
Nadja Benaissa, 28, admitted having unprotected sex and keeping her HIV status secret, but denied deliberately infecting anyone.
The No Angels singer was found guilty of causing bodily harm to one man, and of two cases of attempted bodily harm.
At the trial she said she was “sorry from the bottom of my heart”.
Ms Benaissa had sex with three people without telling them she was infected. One of them was confirmed as having contracted the virus.
Ms Benaissa told the court Darmstadt that she had not told anybody about her disease because she was afraid of the consequences for her career, which she conceded was a “cowardly act”.
She claimed she had been told by doctors that the risk of passing on the virus had been “practically zero”.
Ms Benaissa was arrested in Frankfurt last year, shortly before she was due to perform a solo concert, and spent 10 days in custody.
No Angels were formed in 2000 on the international TV show Popstars, before recording a series of hits and emerging as Germany’s most successful girl band.
They re-formed in 2007 and competed in the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest, finishing 23rd.
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Two suspects were arrested in Ottawa and a third in London, Ontario Three Canadians arrested in an alleged terrorist conspiracy had bomb parts and plans and posed a “real and serious threat”, Canadian police have said.
The trio, arrested this week, were charged with supporting terrorism.
Hiva Alizadeh and Misbahuddin Ahmed were jailed following a court appearance on Thursday.
Also arrested was Khuram Sher, who according to the Toronto Star newspaper sang and danced in an audition for the Canadian Idol television programme.
Prosecutors have said Mr Alizadeh and Mr Ahmed face charges of conspiracy to facilitate terrorism, with Mr Alizadeh also charged with providing or making property available for a terrorist organization and possession of explosives.
A man identified as Khuram Sher sang an Avril Lavigne song and danced the moonwalk and the robot in an audition for the sixth series of Canadian idol.
“This group posed a real and serious threat to the citizens of the national capital region and Canada’s national security,” Royal Canadian Mounted Police Chief Superintendent Serge Therriault told reporters.
“Our criminal investigation and arrests prevented the assembly of any bombs and the terrorist attack or attacks from being carried out.”
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Jack McConnel said he was looking forward to new challenges Scotland’s former first minister, Jack McConnell, is to quit Holyrood at next year’s election.
The MSP for Motherwell and Wishaw said it had been “the greatest privilege” to have served as an elected member since the parliament was established in 1999.
He was recently made a life peer, taking the title Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale.
The decision will end previous speculation that he was considering a return as Scottish Labour leader.
Before becoming a peer, it emerged at the end of last year Lord McConnell had decided to seek re-election as a candidate in the 2010 Scottish Parliament election.
Milestones and time. If Eliot’s Prufrock measured out his life with coffee spoons, Jack McConnell has counted the decades.
In his 20s, he notes, he was a councillor. Then, in his 30s, he was Labour’s General Secretary in Scotland. Throughout his 40s, he was an MSP. He turned 50 in June.
That, he says, has prompted a reappraisal of his political life – and the decision to stand down from his Motherwell and Wishaw constituency at the next Holyrood elections, due in May.
Plus, of course, he’s no longer in office. He’s Scotland’s longest serving first minister to date – but lost that post when Alex Salmond’s SNP took power in 2007.
Politically, it is seldom easy to be a former holder of high office.
For your colleagues and opponents, you become a standing reminder of other times, other challenges.
Jack McConnell has concluded that he would rather be linked to future objectives such as strengthening the links between Scotland and Malawi which he forged as FM.
Indeed, he had been lined up to be Britain’s High Commissioner to Malawi.
But the move was delayed, with opponents suggesting that Labour was less than keen to face an early Holyrood by-election.
Now, an alternative parliamentary avenue lies ahead for Jack McConnell – or rather for Baron McConnell of Glenscorrodale.
A life peer, he plans an active career in the House of Lords while continuing, he says, to work on global issues such as conflict resolution and poverty.
The MSP and former maths teacher stood down as Scottish Labour leader after his party lost the 2007 Holyrood election to the SNP, but has continued on the backbenches.
Despite being named a future British High Commissioner to Malawi shortly after the election, Lord McConnell never got the chance to take up the appointment, following Labour’s UK election defeat.
But he said Scotland’s partnership with the African country – one of the world’s poorest – would be at the heart of his work.
The former maths teacher and councillor informed members of his local party about his decision to stand down as an MSP.
Lord McConnell said: “I have been an elected representative for most of the last 30 years and it is time to move on.
“I have been involved in national Scottish politics, including the creation of the Scottish Parliament and serving in government, for most of those 30 years, and it is time for others to take Scotland forward now.”
‘Big challenge’
Lord McConnell went on: “As I enter the next decade – my 50s – I look forward to new challenges.
“I will continue my work on peacebuilding – across the world post conflict reconstruction is the single biggest development challenge of our time.”
The peer said he would also continue to campaign for vulnerable young people and speak up for devolution and diversity in the House of Lords.
He said: “Throughout my career – from the classrooms of Lornshill Academy to Bute House, I have always tried to do the right thing.
“I have made mistakes – we all do – but I believe I have served my country well and will continue to do my best in this new phase of my life.
“It has been the greatest privilege.”
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Ian Green set up 11 Facebook accounts to distribute images The ringleader of a worldwide child pornography network has been jailed for four years after admitting sharing up to 100,000 images on Facebook.
Convicted sex offender Ian Green, 45, from West Sussex, had pleaded guilty to making, possessing and distributing indecent images of children.
Judge Charles Byers said it was a “sophisticated operation”.
“These are the sorts of images which right-thinking people can never condone,” he said.
“These are real children who are abused in order to satisfy the sexual pleasures of you and those who you seek to communicate with.”
The judge said Green and the other Facebook users he shared the images with were “exploiting these children in the worst possible way”.
Chichester Crown Court heard Green used 11 different Facebook accounts to distribute the images, along with pornographic videos of children.
He also shared the photographs, 724 of which were rated at the most extreme level of five, using email and MSN.
An international investigation into the ring began when police in Australia linked a number of Facebook accounts containing indecent images of children on the social-networking site to a user in the UK.
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