Latest Irish and international news supplied by RTE.ie Copyright © RTÉ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:03:50 +0000 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:03:50 +0000 General News http://www.rte.ie/images/logo_rss_goog.gif http://www.rte.ie The Greek cabinet have approved a draft bill committing the country to reforms required by the EU and the IMF. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:09:01 +0000 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0210/greece.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0210/greece.html Human remains found on a beach in England more than a decade ago have been identified as those of a missing Tallaght man. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:57:46 +0000 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0210/crawfordj.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0210/crawfordj.html The United Nations Human Rights Office has called for Syrian officials suspected of war crimes to be referred to the International Criminal Court. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:18:58 +0000 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0210/syria.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0210/syria.html The website of the CIA was unresponsive today after the hacker group Anonymous claimed to have knocked it offline. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:59:24 +0000 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0210/cia.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0210/cia.html A UN special envoy is in the Maldives for talks with a new administration amid demands for fresh elections there. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:12:36 +0000 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0210/maldives.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0210/maldives.html Argentina will officially protest at the UN today about what it views as Britain's militarisation of the seas around the Falkland Islands. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:59:03 +0000 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0210/falklands.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0210/falklands.html Eurozone finance ministers meeting in Brussels have said that more work needs to be done before they can agree to give Greece an extra €130bn. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:08:23 +0000 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0209/greece.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0209/greece.html The European Central Bank has left interest rates unchanged. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:21:50 +0000 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0209/europe.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0209/europe.html Spain's Supreme Court has convicted judge Baltasar Garzon in a wiretapping case, ending his judicial career. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:52:27 +0000 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0209/garzonb.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0209/garzonb.html Heather Mills has told the Leveson said she did not leak a voicemail recording of her ex-husband Paul McCartney and insisted that the recording was illegally hacked. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:01:56 +0000 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0209/hacking.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0209/hacking.html At least 110 people have been killed in the latest attack on the Syrian city of Homs, an activist group said. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:06:49 +0000 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0209/syria.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0209/syria.html Al-Qaeda's leader Ayman al-Zawahri has said Somalia's militant group al Shabaab has joined the terror network. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:10:28 +0000 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0209/alqaeda.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0209/alqaeda.html US President Barack Obama has said Europe must not flinch as its political leaders confront the debt crisis. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:38:35 +0000 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0209/us_economy.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0209/us_economy.html An office block that collapsed in last year's earthquake in the New Zealand city of Christchurch did not meet building standards. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:50:11 +0000 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0209/newzealand.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0209/newzealand.html A court in the Maldives has issued arrest warrants for the country's ousted president and his former defence minister. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:34:13 +0000 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0209/maldives.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0209/maldives.html Leaders of the Greece's coalition government have failed to agree on whether to support a new €130bn bailout, following eight hours of talks in Athens. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:51:21 +0000 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0208/greece.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0208/greece.html Ban Ki-moon has said that the UN Security Council's failure to agree a resolution on Syria has been "disastrous" for the country's people. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:01:06 +0000 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0208/syria.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0208/syria.html The BBC is to scale back the number of on-screen presenters on its news channel as part of its savings plans. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:02:59 +0000 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0208/bbc.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0208/bbc.html A car bomb has killed 11 people near a hotel where politicians often gather in the Somali capital Mogadishu. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:27:49 +0000 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0208/somalia.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0208/somalia.html The Vatican's chief prosecutor says it is unacceptable for clergy not to abide by "standards" on child protection within the church. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:58:34 +0000 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0208/vatican.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0208/vatican.html Rick Santorum claimed victories in three Republican presidential votes yesterday, reigniting his White House campaign. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:07:37 +0000 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0208/uselection.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0208/uselection.html A French health minister tried to tweet her way out of embarrassing blog advice that homeless people should not go outdoors during the ice-cold snap in Europe. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:29:39 +0000 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0208/france.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0208/france.html Former Maldives President Maldives Mohammed Nasheed was beaten by police during a rally of his supporters in the capital Male today. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:29:29 +0000 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0208/maldives.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0208/maldives.html The funeral of a former British paratrooper whose body was found in a morgue 11 years after he was supposed to have been buried will take place tomorrow. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:41:01 +0000 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0208/alderc.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0208/alderc.html Three Indian politicians have resigned after being caught watching pornography on a mobile phone during a session of state parliament. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:04:27 +0000 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0208/india.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0208/india.html