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OPINION DIGEST
IRA murders and bankrupt Britain
Teenage gunman shot dead after killing 11 in school rampage
A teenage gunman who killed 11 people at his former school in southern Germany has been shot dead by police after a three-hour manhunt. Police said that the 17-year-old gunman killed a total of 15 people, 11 of them at the Albertville technical school in Winnenden, outside Stuttgart. The... [continued]
In pictures: Winnenden school shooting 
In pictures: shooting tragedy at the Amish schoolhouse
Pic of the Day: gunman on the run
Alabama gunman kills 10 in shooting spree
At least 10 people were killed when a gunman went on a shooting rampage across two towns in southern Alabama last night. The gunman, named as Michael McLendon, 27, burnt down his mother's home, killed members of his family on their porch and shot apparent strangers as he... [continued]
Pic of the Day: gunman's last stand
Virginia Tech shootings: the realities of gun law
Ireland condemns IRA killings
Thousands of people are expected at peace rallies across Northern Ireland today in an unprecedented condemnation of dissident republican terrorism. Silent protests have been organised at short notice in Belfast, Lisburn, Newry, Downpatrick and Londonderry at lunchtime in the wake of the murders by Irish republican terrorist groups... [continued]
Will Self: the IRA killings are proof that not all our fanatics belong to al-Qaeda
Relatives of Northern Ireland’s Catholic ‘Disappeared’ are begging former IRA leaders to reveal the last resting places of their loved ones
Mugabe pays Tsvangirai tribute
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has paid tribute to Susan Tsvangirai at a memorial service for the woman who supported her husband, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, through years of political struggle against the veteran president. Mugabe told a congregation that included 1,000 government members, political leaders and diplomats at the... [continued]
Bank starts quantative easing
The Bank of England will begin its latest attempt to kickstart the economy at midday today, when it launches its quantative easing scheme. The Bank plans to pump £75bn of new cash into the economy, in an attempt to ease Britain out of the recession. Quantative easing - effectively... [continued]
What Britain could have bought with the £1.3tn banking bail-out
Madoff likely to plead guilty
Disgraced US financier Bernard Madoff faces spending the rest of his life in jail for orchestrating a $50bn fraud, his lawyer has said. Madoff is expected to plead guilty at Thursday's hearing to 11 charges of fraud, his defence lawyer Ira Sorkin said. Prosecutors, who describe the... [continued]
The People Page: Bernard Madoff 'close to a plea bargain'
Baghdad blast kills 33
At least 33 people have been killed and 46 injured in a suicide attack in the Abu Ghraib municipality in Baghdad, Iraqi officials say. The suicide bomber appeared to target a group of dignitaries as they left a conference on reconciliation in Iraq. The hall where... [continued]
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