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Labour MPs seek to defend Speaker
Labour ministers rally round Michael Martin after 32 MPs tell the BBC they do not have confidence in him.
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Stormont car rally hits the skids
The launch of the 2009 World Rally Championship will no longer take place at Stormont, it has emerged.
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Tributes paid to police officers
Tributes are paid to the four police officers killed in a road accident in County Down.
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Court bails Eta extradition man
A convicted Eta killer fighting extradition demands by a Spanish judge is released on bail by a court in Belfast.
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Violent life lived in spotlight
Loyalist Michael Stone, jailed for an attempt to kill Sinn Fein's leadership, had a penchant for publicity and an addiction to violence.
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Police seeking wanted Eta man
Police in Northern Ireland say they are looking for a convicted Eta killer wanted in Spain on charges of supporting terrorism.
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Leaders congratulate Barack Obama
Northern Ireland's first and deputy first ministers congratulate Barack Obama on becoming US president-elect.
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Ireland's call: Come home Barack
US President-elect Barack Obama is invited to his ancestral home in County Offaly by Taoiseach Brian Cowen.
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As it happened: US election reaction
All the news and commentary following Barack Obama's victory in the 2008 US presidential election as it happened.
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Conference gauge for DUP temperature
Peter Robinson addresses his first DUP conference as leader.
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Present politics, or past history?
Jim Fitzpatrick of BBC Northern Ireland's Politics Show casts a sardonic eye over the latest political developments.
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Rally champion given driving ban
One of the UK's most talented young rally drivers is banned from the road for a year following a conviction for dangerous driving.
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Campaigners at abortion rallies
Pro-choice and anti-abortion campaigners hold rallies in support of and in opposition to an attempt to change the law in NI.
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Party defends homecoming protest
A rally organised in protest at a homecoming parade for troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan is defended by Sinn Féin.
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As it happened: McCain v Obama
All the action and reaction from the the third debate between US presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama.
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Irish 'should be made official'
Official status should be given to the Irish language, says an Irish language organisation at a rally in Belfast city centre.
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March urges child poverty action
Campaigners calling on the government to end child poverty have staged a march through London.
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'Millions' of UK young in poverty
Millions of children in Britain are living in - or on the brink of - poverty, a report by a group of charities says.
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Rally champion's son wins races
There is double title success for a rally driver following in his father's footsteps.
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Rally driver out after car theft
A rally driver pulls out of the British championship after his £75,000 car was stolen in Northern Ireland.
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