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The Olympic flame lit up the Republic of Ireland on Wednesday on its only visit outside Britain en route to the 2012 London Games, in a symbolic gesture of reconciliation between the two states.

The Olympic torch crossed the Irish border on Wednesday for its only visit outside Britain on its journey to the London 2012 Games, in a sign of reconciliation between the UK and the Republic of Ireland.

A large bomb discovered in a van in Northern Ireland was "ready to go" and would have caused devastation had it gone off, police said Saturday.

A large, viable bomb discovered in an abandoned van in Northern Ireland was made safe by army bomb disposal experts, police said on Saturday.

BELFAST (Reuters) - Police fired plastic bullets and water cannon at Catholic youths in Northern Ireland's provincial capital Belfast on Tuesday after rioting erupted when a Protestant parade passed their estate.

Northern Ireland police on Sunday charged three men with a range of terrorist offences following the discovery of a cache of firearms in a van on Friday.

Northern Irish police on Thursday arrested a man in connection with a massive car bomb left in an underpass beneath the main road linking Belfast and Dublin.

A massive bomb left beneath the main road linking Belfast and Dublin could have caused "huge devastation", Northern Irish police said Saturday, as concerns mounted over the growing threat to peace.

BELFAST (Reuters) - Fears of a public health crisis in Northern Ireland grew on Wednesday as the state water provider warned supplies would not return to normal for days, leaving tens of thousands of people without water.

Some 40,000 people were struggling to cope Wednesday without water supplies in Northern Ireland, where frozen pipes have burst leaving some without fresh water for eight days.

With zip lines and roller coasters, ski resorts are no longer just for skiing and snowboarding. Never mind the double black diamond slopes. How about whizzing through the trees on a zip line or careening down the hill on a roller coaster?

Maine woman brings jobs, new life back to ailing wood products plants in hardscrabble areas. Many people gave the Saunders Brothers manufacturing plant up for dead when it closed its doors and went to auction last spring, a victim of the sour economy and cheap imports flooding in from overseas.

Police in Northern Ireland said on Sunday they had charged a man with a series of terrorism-related offences after seizing a number of guns.

Man charged with terrorism offenses over suspected dissident Irish Republican Army weapons. Police in Northern Ireland say a man has been charged with terrorism offenses after police uncovered a suspected dissident Irish Republican Army weapons cache.

Police arrest 7 IRA dissidents following wave of bomb attacks in Northern Ireland. Police arrested seven suspected Irish Republican Army dissidents Wednesday on suspicion of involvement in a wave of bomb attacks this year in the British territory of Northern Ireland.

BELFAST (Reuters) - Police in Northern Ireland launched a major security operation on Friday in a bid to stop dissident republicans disrupting the British parliamentary election next week.

Northern Ireland's first minister condemned Friday a car bomb outside a police station as an "evil and cowardly attack", as security forces warned of the highest threat here for 12 years.

Northern Ireland's first minister condemned Friday a car bomb outside a police station as an "evil and cowardly attack", as security forces warned of the highest threat here for 12 years.

A car bomb has exploded outside a police station in Northern Ireland, injuring three people in the latest attack to rock the troubled province, police said.

A car bomb has exploded outside a police station in Northern Ireland, injuring three people in the latest attack to rock the troubled province, police said.