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Italy reach semis with 'heart, class, determination' (ANSA) - Rome, June 25 - The Italian press on Monday covered the national team in praise after they dominated England in a 0-0 draw in the Euro 2012 quarterfinals on Sunday before prevailing 4-2 on penalties to set up a last-four encounter with Germany.

The 'M1′ at 5am. Rob Holmes writes: The Merrion Inn [opposite St Vincent's Hospital] Merrion Road, Dublin 4, on fire at 5am as I cycled home. Fire brigade Dealing With Fire In South Dublin (RTE)

For the families of his victims, and survivors, the 10-week trial of Anders Breivik has been deeply painful. It's also been a harrowing experience for the journalists. On 22 July 2011, Anders Breivik killed 77 people. The next morning I flew from Moscow to Oslo to cover the story.

Data From NASA's Voyager 1 Point to Interstellar Future June 14, 2012 Data from NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft indicate that the venerable deep-space explorer has encountered a region in space where the intensity of charged particles from beyond our solar system has markedly increased.

The American mountain lion or cougar is now re-populating parts of the US, scientists say. Their numbers had plummeted in the last 100 years because of hunting and a lack of prey. Writing in the Journal of Wildlife Management, researchers say the cougar is now spreading far outside their traditional western habitats.

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A major rescue is under way at caravan parks in mid Wales after severe flooding. Three people have been rescued by helicopter and police estimate 40 people have been taken to safety. People are still trapped and numerous caravans are surrounded by flood water at the Riverside Caravan Park in Llandre, near Aberystwyth.

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Over the past six years, the world has become familiar with a little blue bird. The bird is everywhere, constantly associated with Twitter the service, and Twitter the company. Starting today you'll begin to notice a simplified Twitter bird. From now on, this bird will be the universally recognizable symbol of Twitter.

They are playing defence in Madrid. And the moves are familiar. They have been played before in Ireland, Portugal and Greece. The denials become ever more insistent that a bail-out is not needed. "The men in black will not be coming to Spain," said a senior minister yesterday.

Olympic gold medallist Dame Mary Peters was among a group of dignitaries to welcome the torch relay flame when it arrived in Belfast on Saturday evening. A welcoming ceremony took place ahead of the five-day Northern Ireland leg of the relay, which begins on Sunday.

In our third annual Wired 100 issue, we list the most influential figures in Britain's digital economy. With the help of the Wired community, we've named the decision-makers, entrepreneurs, designers and venture capitalists with the power to touch the rest of us -- a snapshot of those who define the Wired world.

74 Check-ins at Saturday Farmers Market Dalkey "Clarke's Berries have some amazing 2 for €5 deals on strawberries, raspberries, blueberries &..."

New figures released by Comscore show that the BBC is most visited original news site in Europe and is second overall behind Yahoo's news agregation site. According to Comscore's data, the BBC has the second highest number of unique visitors after Yahoo with over 26 million unique users per month in Europe, putting it ahead of all its major international competitors including Mail Online, the Guardian and the New York Times.

Polls have opened for the first post-Mubarak presidential election, 15 months after he was ousted in the Arab Spring uprising. Some fifty million people are eligible to vote. Follow our live list for updates:

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The quavering voice of Robin Gibb was one of the key ingredients in the sound and success of the Bee Gees. Over a period of 40 years, Robin - alongside twin brother Maurice and older brother Barry - racked up a string of hit singles and albums. From their early incarnation as pop troubadours to their dramatic reinvention as the kings of disco in the mid-1970s, they notched up more than 200 million album sales worldwide.

One woman has been shot dead and another seriously wounded in County Londonderry. The incident took place in a house in William Court, Bellaghy, on Saturday morning. Police said a man, believed to be in his 20s, had been arrested in connection with the shootings.