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News Fix

Here's What Happened Today: Saturday

The weather, Love Ulster and shots fired in Kinsale have everybody talking.

NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of today’s news.

IRISH 

One Direction Tickets. Pictured one di One Direction fans jump after buying tickets in St Stephen's Green Shopping Centre this morning. Sam Boal / Photocall Ireland Sam Boal / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

INTERNATIONAL

Luke Somers Luke Somers, 33, an American photojournalist who was kidnapped over a year ago by al-Qaeda. Thejournal Thejournal

#YEMEN: A US journalist was killed by militants during an operation aimed at freeing him from Al-Qaeda kidnappers in Yemen.

#BIG COUCH: The Vatican found hundreds of millions of euro it had “tucked away”.

#HAGUPIT: A major typhoon made landfall in the Philippines, threatening more devastation for the country.

#AL-QAEDA: Pakistani soldiers killed a major Al-Qaeda leader.

INNOVATION

  • What smartphone plan should you get? [TheJournal.ie]
  • Looking for apps? Here are the week’s best [TheJournal.ie]
  • This app makes you talk to a stranger as soon as you wake up. Yuck. [Geek]

PARTING SHOT

Some people don’t believe that rape is as big a problem as it is made out. Here’s how bad it is in the US.

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