Belfast Telegraph back issues from January 2007:
Sheff Utd inflict shock defeat on Arsenal
Jan 02, 2007 ... United conjured up a remarkable Barclays Premiership victory overArsenal at Bramall Lane. Nade, a free transfer signing from Le Havre in the summer, scoredthe winner five minutes from the break for his first Premiership goal for theBlades. Jagielka then ...
Man charged with murder over Tralee stabbing
Jan 02, 2007 ... The Tralee man was arrested last night in connection with thedeath of Mr Lonergan who was stabbed after a row broke out at a NewYear's Eve party in the Balloonagh Estate in the town. ...
Sinn Fein assembly member to step down
Jan 02, 2007 ... Mid Ulster MLA Geraldine Dougan confirmed she would not be puttingher name forward to the party's selection convention for theconstituency for the next Assembly election scheduled for March. She said her decision was taken purely on personal and familygrounds. "I have ...
United let points slip in 2-2 thriller with Magpies
Jan 02, 2007 ... James Milner had given the home side an early lead, but a bracefrom Paul Scholes put the current league leaders in front halfwaythrough ...
Hundreds injured in Muslim animal sacrifice
Jan 02, 2007 ... holiday in emergency wards today after stabbing themselves orsuffering other injuries while sacrificing startled and agitated sheep and otheranimals. Muslims sacrifice cows, sheep, goats and bulls during the four-day religious holiday, a ritual commemorating the ...
Fighting erupts on edge of Islamic stronghold in Somalia
Jan 02, 2007 ... movement's last remaining stronghold as thousands fled advancingEthiopian troops supported by tanks and MiG fighter jets. Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi said his Ethiopian-backedgovernment troops were going after three al Qaida terror suspects wanted in the ...
Hit and run in North injures young boy
Jan 02, 2007 ... It's understood that he was hit by a small black car, which failedto stop at Ormeau Road in the city, just before two o' clock thisafternoon ....
Gaeltacht attendance reaches all time high
Jan 02, 2007 ... Over 25,000 people studied in the Galetact in 2006, the most therehas ever been. A thousand of those attending Irish language courses were adultlearners, while the rest were young students going to summercolleges.Gaeltacht Minister Eamon O Cuiv was very ...
New warnings from DUP over devolution
Jan 02, 2007 ... Democratic Unionist deputy leader Peter Robinson said that hisparty would not accept any move by the Government to appoint ajustice minister and deputy over the heads of political parties atStormont if they could not elect them themselves. The east Belfast MP also stressed that his ...
Watford survive onslaught to get point from Fulham
Jan 02, 2007 ... The Cottagers were guilty of wasting a host of chances before theinterval when Brian McBride, Carlos Bocanegra, Heidar Helguson andTomasz Radzinski should have broken the deadlock. Watford had chances but Fulham could have snatched victory late inthe game while Watford were reduced ...
General election offers charities opportunity to push agenda
Jan 02, 2007 ... It plans to target politicians to campaign for better rights forchildren. Budget 2006 made some provisions to help towards eradicatingpoverty for some one hundred thousand children in this country. Fergus Finlay of Barnardos said the general election will providean ...
Kevin Doyle brace helps Reading drub West Ham by six
Jan 02, 2007 ... Brynjar Gunnarsson was given a free header for the opener beforeStephen Hunt nodded in a second. Anton Ferdinand scored an own goal to extend the lead and KevinDoyle added to the embarrassment for the relegation-threatenedHammers, with Leroy Lita and Doyle adding the fifth and ...
Decentralisation plan off track as only six per cent of civil servants move
Jan 02, 2007 ... Today is the date that was originally set for the completion ofthe programme, which was to see ten thousand civil and publicservants move to fifty-three towns and villages around the country. However only six hundred and fifty civil servants have beenrelocated to date under the ...
Munster beat Connacht to move up to fifth in league
Jan 02, 2007 ... defied the wind, rain and a dogged Connacht pack to secure a winat the Sportsground. But the Heineken Cup champions, who showed nine changes from theirmidweek defeat of Leinster, did it the hard way in Galway as they wereforced to fight back from having two ...
Middlesborough grab home win against Sheffield United
Jan 02, 2007 ... Yakubu helped Mark Viduka's low effort over the line in the 69thminute then converted a 76th minute penalty after being tugged overby Chris Morgan in the box. Viduka had given Boro a first-half lead before the Blades grabbeda controversial equaliser through Phil Jagielka's penalty ...
Spanish government blames ETA for bombing
Jan 02, 2007 ... Around two dozen people were hurt when a device went off in theparking lot of Richard Rogers-designed Terminal 4 and one person ismissing. It's understood that the attack followed a telephone warning toauthorities. The attack ends a nine month ceasefire by Basque ...
Van Barneveld gunning for Taylor in dream final
Jan 02, 2007 ... Taylor is a 13 time World Champion and Barney 4 - but it is theDutchman's first crack at the PDC title. "I wanted this man. I gave up everything to get to this final. Itwas my biggest dream," said Van Barneveld. "I've followed Phil for years, and after losing the Lakeside ...
Spurs fight back to grab point from in-form Pompey
Jan 02, 2007 ... Before a late rush by Pompey, Spurs will have thought theydeserved more from the game but their away form - just one win ontheir Premiership travels this season - let them down again. Benjani's goal - his first in nine games - came via a deflectionoff Calum Davenport before ...
Dunne recovers to help Man City to victory over Everton
Jan 02, 2007 ... Georgios Samaras put 17 games of goalscoring misery behind him tonet the second-half double. But his half-time introduction for fellow mis-firing forwardBernardo Corradi inspired the Blues to a third successive league winfor the first time since August 2005, consolidating their ...
Adamant Approach does the business in Punchestown
Jan 02, 2007 ... The 5/1 favourite comfortably beat Santa's ...
Pit bulls handed over to council
Jan 02, 2007 ... It's the first such amnesty of its kind, intended to persuadeowners of the dangerous dogs to allow them to be humanely destroyedwithout fear of prosecution. The fad of owning pit bull terriers is particularly prevalent insome working class areas. That includes some of the ...
Chelsea fall further behind in title race
Jan 02, 2007 ... Mourinho's side fell six points behind Manchester United at thetop of the Barclays Premiership. Moritz Volz gave Fulham a shock 17th-minute lead but Liam Roseniorput through his own net in the 35th minute when he deflected Frank Lampard'sshot into ...
Foreigners hurt as two more bombs explode in Bangkok
Jan 02, 2007 ... including six foreigners, a Thai television station reportedtoday. The Thai capital had been rocked hours earlier by a series ofexplosions that killed two people. The latest two bombs went off near Central World Plaza, asprawling city shopping mall One ...
Premiership:
Jan 02, 2007 ... MANC2-1 EVE MIDDL 3-1 ...
Ronaldo makes the difference again for United
Jan 02, 2007 ... his third successive double as Manchester United overcame 10-manReading's brave resistance at Old Trafford. The visitors had already held United to one draw this season andhad a chance of repeating the feat when Ibrahima Sonko levelled aftr Ole ...
Primary teachers to launch campaign to reduce class sizes
Jan 02, 2007 ... At the moment Ireland has the second largest class sizes inEurope. The National Teachers Organisation is pledging to make this anelection issue. "The campaign will consist of lobbying of all TDs and senators inthe ...
Fast Forward wins at Ascot
Jan 02, 2007 ... Sir Robert Ogden's horse galloped well from the final fence for atwo and a half length victory. Witness Run came in second with Baodai well back in third. Only four horses ran the Active Novices' Chase which ...
Phone users send 87 million texts over Christmas period
Jan 02, 2007 ... Over 14 million texts were sent over the New Year celebrationsalone. Around ...
Kenny to miss Middlesbrough clash
Jan 02, 2007 ... Kenny was withdrawn during yesterday's 1-0 win over Arsenal with agroin complaint. Fellow Irishmen Derek Geary and Stephen Quinn are rated asdoubtful. Manchester City could be without the services of Ireland's ...
Adams underlines policing as key issue in republican agenda
Jan 02, 2007 ... In his first engagement since Sinn Fein embarked on an internaldebate on whether it should pledge its support to the Police Serviceof Northern Ireland, the west Belfast MP told a republicancommemoration in County Fermanagh that the strategy his party waspursuing was risky. He ...
Irish Cancer Society urges women to have smear test
Jan 02, 2007 ... This applies to women who have been, or are sexually active who'venever had a test and to those who haven't had one in over threeyears. Research shows that one in five women between 20 and ...
Numbers of middle aged women seeking advice on sexual health go up
Jan 02, 2007 ... Young adults and women in their forties, who are starting overoften find themselves at well-woman clinics. Christmas can be the busiest time of the years for the clinics. The numbers seeking emergency contraception soar during theholidays. Alison Begas is from the Well ...
Liverpool cruise past Bolton to nab third place in table
Jan 02, 2007 ... England striker Crouch, benefiting from Craig Bellamy's hamstringinjury, made the most of the opportunity with a brilliant strike inthe 61st ...
Severe winds expected on Sunday
Jan 02, 2007 ... Gusts of up to 130 kilometres per hour are forecast for themorning and ...
Leinster beat Ulster in last Landsdowne match
Jan 02, 2007 ... Road as second-half tries from Owen Finegan and Jamie Heaslip sawthem come from behind to beat Ulster 20-12. Dubbed 'The Last Stand', this provincial derby marked, the teambrought the curtain down on Lansdowne Road as it currently exists. The stadium will be knocked ...
Power cuts hit country due to bad weather
Jan 02, 2007 ... Stena Line and Irish Ferries have cancelled sailings on the IrishSea, while an open-air New Year's Eve concert in Belfast, which hadbeen expected to attract ten thousand people, has been called off. Gusts of up to 150 kilometres an hour have knocked trees andlightning has hit power ...
Dublin family in hospital following carbon monoxide poisoning
Jan 02, 2007 ... They were staying a the Crowne Plaza Hotel in the city when theyfell ill. Joe and Kathleen Nicholl, their daugher Mags Barber and her nine-year old son Nathan were staying in the four-star hotel in Liverpoolsince Wednesday. They complained of nausea and headaches, and on ...
Belfast police re-trace movements of missing man
Jan 02, 2007 ... Martin Kelly has not been seen since he left a bar in Belfast'sdocklands on New Year's Day 2006. But his family have not given up hope of ever seeing him again. Despite public appeals, police enquires in Northern Ireland andbeyond the UK, land and sea searches and the launch ...
Man charged with having loaded handgun at niteclub
Jan 02, 2007 ... Trevor Brunton with an address in Cabra is charged with theunlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition at the Spawell Hotelin Templeogue. He's also faces a number of counts under the Misuse of Drugs Actas well as being charged with having unauthorised ammunition at ...
Mixed reaction to Saadam's death
Jan 02, 2007 ... However other countries have insisted that justice has been servedand claimed the former Iraqi dictator had a fair trial. International human rights organisations have sharply criticisedthe execution and the trial which handed down the sentence. Amnesty International said it ...
Doubts raised over tomorrows Punchestown card
Jan 02, 2007 ... At present the track is raceable but the inspection has been fixedas a result of a poor weather forecast. Tomorrow's card at Tramore has been ...
Gardai in Tralee name house party stabbing victim
Jan 02, 2007 ... He was 34 year-old Michael Lonergan, from the Balloonagh Estate inthe town. He was rushed to hospital after the stabbing at around ...
Northern Church leaders call for peace in New Year's message
Jan 02, 2007 ... In a joint New Year message they asked people to pray to helpachieve their goal. The statement - from the Presbyterian Moderator, David Clarke,Archbishop Robin Eames of the Church of Ireland, Archbishop SeanBrady, the Catholic primate and the Rev Ivan McElhinney of theMethodist ...
Motherwell earn well deserved draw against Celtic
Jan 02, 2007 ... point against Bank of Scotland Premier League leaders Celtic atFir Park. The impressive Derek Riordan grabbed his first Celtic goal after36 minutes on his maiden league start for the Hoops after the champions haddominated the opening stages. Artur Boruc made a ...
Passenger plane loses contact with controllers in Indonesia
Jan 02, 2007 ... Air traffic operators were unable to contact Adam Air flight KI-574, Gunawan Suherman said. "We can't say what happened yet, we are still coordinating,"Suherman said. The missing plane is a Boeing 737-400, carrying six crew and 96passengers, including 11 children, Indonesia's ...
Family of murdered man continue to fight for justice four years on
Jan 02, 2007 ... This new year's eve marks the fourth anniversary of the murder of39 year old car dealer Sean Poland, who was shot dead at his home, inBlackwater, Ardnacrusha before midnight on December 31, 2002 Although numerous arrests have been made in connection with hisdeath, no one has ever ...
Iraqis' right to hang Saddam 'must be respected' says Ahern
Jan 02, 2007 ... Iraqi authorities to hang Saddam Hussein must be respected. However he stressed Ireland was opposed to the death penalty andexpressed his personal opinion that the former dictator should have died inprison. "My view is Saddam should have spent his last ...
Hoax bomb threat forces jet to land in Shannon
Jan 02, 2007 ... The plane was en-route from New York to Athens with 182passengers, including the Greek Transport Minister, and twelve crewwhen it landed at twenty past four this morning. It followed two ...
Germany begins six-month stint at EU presidency
Jan 02, 2007 ... Berlin also began its year-long turn at the head of the Group ofEight industrialised nations. Holding both posts simultaneously willalso allow Germany to focus minds on combating climate change,Chancellor Angela Merkel has said. The planned EU constitution has been in political ...
Woods set to miss Mercedes Championship
Jan 02, 2007 ... Woods has decided to give the season opener a miss claiming hewon't have enough time to prepare after spend Christmas on a skiholiday with his ...
Thai PM says bombings not linked to Islamic extremists
Jan 02, 2007 ... toppled regime rather than Muslim insurgents were probably behindbombings in the capital. The nine bombs that exploded across Bangkok on New Year's Eve andearly today Killed three people and wounded 38 people, including nineforeigners. The bombings capped a ...
Leinster and Munster teams announced for tomorrows matches
Jan 02, 2007 ... Rob Kearney starts at fullback in place of the injured GirvanDempsey, Chris Whitaker returns at scrum half while Will Green startsin the front row. Ulster boss Mark McCall has left a number of vacancies in his sidefor the clash. McCall must decide between Paddy Wallace and ...
Meningitis vaccines still unavailable in the Republic
Jan 02, 2007 ... The vaccination against pneumococcal meningitis is available inthe North, but is unavailable in the Republic due to its high cost. Spokesperson for the foundation Clodagh Brennock said she hopesthe vaccine will be introduced ...
Church head receives international peace award
Jan 02, 2007 ... international peace award for his work towards reconciliationthrough years of violence. Dr Robin Eames, 69, retiring Archbishop of Armagh and Church ofIreland Primate of All-Ireland, is to receive the 2006 TipperaryInternational Peace Award. Elected ...
Strong winds cause disruption throughout country
Jan 02, 2007 ... Gusts of more than 130 kilometres an hour have been recorded incounties Galway and Mayo. All Stena Line and Irish Ferries sailings have been cancelledwhile in the Belfast a massive outdoor New Year's Eve concert hasbeen called off due to safety concerns. Up to 10,000 people ...
Five year old girl killed by dog on Merseyside
Jan 02, 2007 ... this morning, police said. Ellie Lawerson suffered fatal injuries when she was attacked bywhat was believed to be a pit bull terrier at her house in Eccleston, St Helen's. She died at the scene according to Merseyside Police. The dog also attacked a woman, thought ...
Two die in Bankok bomb blasts
Jan 02, 2007 ... Several areas of the city were targeted - a shopping centre, theold city and near the port. Twenty ...
Three arrested in North for ramming police car
Jan 02, 2007 ... The police had been attempting to stop a "runaround" car when theincident happened. The ramming took pace on the Newtownards to Comber Road whenpolice were alerted to the presence of the so called runaround car. They tried to stop it but the driver of the runaround rammed ...
Bomb blasts kills two in Sri Lanka
Jan 02, 2007 ... today, killing two police officers and wounding another, themilitary said. The rebels detonated the bomb as a police jeep passed by in ...
Elderly man dies in car crash in Westmeath
Jan 02, 2007 ... He was the driver of a car which struck a tree at Ballinderryshortly after ten o'clock this morning. As yet the man has not been named but is believed to be a singleman who lived locally. He is the ...
Almost 50 die in bomb blasts in Iraq
Jan 02, 2007 ... At least 58 people were wounded in a blast in Kufa, a Shiite town100 miles south of the Iraqi capital, said Issa Mohammed, director ofthe morgue in the neighboring town of Najaf. A mob cornered and killed a man walking away from his car who theyblamed for the explosion, according ...
O'Driscoll hails massive win against Ulster
Jan 02, 2007 ... Ulster lead has been cut to just three points ahead of Leinster insecond. "It was massively important, not only from that point of view, butUlster are on top of the Celtic League and we had to pull them back.We spoke about getting maximum points, I guess you always have tostrive ...
Claims that US Embassy bombing suspects in Somali stronghold
Jan 02, 2007 ... "We are hunting those known to be responsible for the ...
Indian business admits killing 15 women and children
Jan 02, 2007 ... assaulting and killing at least 15 children and women over thepast two years, police said today. Police recovered 15 skulls from the backyard of the house inNoida, a township east of New Delhi, as well as parts and bones from an undeterminednumber of bodies ....
Bangkok hit by a series of deadly blasts
Jan 02, 2007; ... No one claimed responsibility. The bombings capped a year ofunrest in Thailand, including a military coup three months ago and anincreasingly violent Muslim insurgency in the south. National deputy police chief Gen. Ajirawit Suphanaphesat saidMuslim separatist insurgents were ...