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• Liveaboard life a draw for some hardy Mainers

  15-04-2017 22:04
  Krystin Noyes works on a watercolor paining below decks while her dog, Cirroc, roams around outside in Portland. Noyes spent the winter on the 36-foot boat at Dimillo's Marina with the dog, a cat and her boyfriend, Nate Taylor.
  
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• Belfast Giants: Derrick Walser leaves player-coach post

  15-04-2017 22:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Derrick Walser is no longer Belfast Giants player-coach after the Elite League team announce that his contract is not being extended.
  
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• Gay rights protesters 'spat at' in Belfast city centre - Belfast Live

  15-04-2017 20:41
  
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  Gay rights protesters 'spat at' in Belfast city centre
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  Protesters at a gay rights demonstration in Belfast have said that they were spat at. The 'Demonstration against Gay Concentration Camps in Chechnya' took place at Belfast City Hall on Friday evening. But, some in attendance have told how a 'drunk' man ...
  
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• Belfast mother releases coma image of son as a drug warning

  15-04-2017 19:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jane Brown says she hopes the picture of son Geordie will deter young people from taking drugs.
  
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• Irish Premiership: Crusaders clinch comeback win to stay top

  15-04-2017 18:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Premiership leaders Crusaders fight back to beat Cliftonville while Linfield stay a point behind by defeating Ballymena.
  
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• Pro12: Munster 22-20 Ulster

  15-04-2017 18:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Munster guarantee a place in the Pro12 play-offs and deliver a blow to Ulster's hopes with a gritty derby win at Thomond Park.
  
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• Munster 22-20 Ulster: Hosts hold on for victory at Thomond Park

  15-04-2017 18:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A late drop goal attempt from Paddy Jackson drifted wide of the posts as Ulster lost 22-20 to Munster in Thomond Park on Saturday afternoon.
  
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• WBFY community radio debuts boffo website

  15-04-2017 17:40
  BELFAST: "First off, our new website looks amazing. It's very cool!" said Erik Klausmeyer, Launch Coordinator for Belfast Community Radio WBFY 100.9 FM.
  
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• Irish passport applications surge continues

  15-04-2017 17:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Irish passport applications from NI and Britain are up 68% in the first quarter of 2017.
  
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• Pedestrian in his seventies left in serious condition after Portadown crash

  15-04-2017 17:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have called for witnesses to come forward after a crash in Portadown town centre has left a pedestrian in his seventies in a serious condition in hospital.
  
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• Syrian bus convoy attack: 'Sucide car bomb' kills at least 43 evacuees fleeing to Aleppo

  15-04-2017 15:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A bomb attack on Syrian bus convoy carrying evacuees to Aleppo has killed at least 43 people.
  
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• Titanic 105th anniversary memorial service held at Belfast City Hall ... - Belfast Telegraph

  15-04-2017 14:52
  
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  Titanic 105th anniversary memorial service held at Belfast City Hall ...
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  A ceremony marking the 105th anniversary of the sinking of RMS Titanic has been held at Belfast City Hall's Titanic Memorial Garden.
  Visit Belfast plans for £1bn tourism industry by 2020 - The Irish Newsthe Irish News
  105th anniversary of Titanic sinking commemorated in BelfastITV Newsall 5 news articles »
  
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• Titanic 105th anniversary memorial service held at Belfast City Hall

  15-04-2017 14:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A ceremony marking the 105th anniversary of the sinking of RMS Titanic has been held at Belfast City Hall's Titanic Memorial Garden.
  
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• Knife man makes off with cash from East Belfast off licence - Belfast Live

  15-04-2017 14:05
  
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  Knife man makes off with cash from East Belfast off licence
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  An East Belfast off licence has been robbed by a man wielding a knife this morning. The culprit, a man thought to be in his 40s, made off with a sum of cash after the incident on the Newtownards Road. A PSNI spokesman said: "Detectives are appealing ...
  Knifepoint robbery at east Belfast off-licenceITV Newsall 3 news articles »
  
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• Everton joins Liverpool FC and bans The Sun following Kelvin MacKenzie's Ross Barkley article

  15-04-2017 13:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Everton Football Club has banned journalists from The Sun newspaper following Kelvin MacKenzie's controversial article about Ross Barkley.
  
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• UN to cut food aid for Nigeria crisis over lack of funds

  15-04-2017 13:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Food aid will be cut for more than a million Nigerians affected by Boko Haram's insurgency if promised funding from the international community does not arrive, according to a United Nations official.
  
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• BAHS students 'perform amazingly' in career-based competition

  15-04-2017 13:07
  Belfast Area High School juniors and seniors participated in Jobs for Maine Graduates' statewide Career Development Conference held March 28 at Thomas College. Over the course of the day, Belfast students competed against their peers from across the state in such events as job interviewing, college admissions, prepared speech, communications, and numerous other employability and networking-related sessions.
  
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• Thousands of Syrians stuck on buses as population transfer stalls

  15-04-2017 12:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Thousands of Syrians being evacuated from their besieged towns have spent the night on buses at an exchange point as a much-criticised population transfer deal stalled.
  
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• Reborn Belfast now a magnet for close to 10m visitors a year ... - Belfast Telegraph

  15-04-2017 12:07
  
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  Reborn Belfast now a magnet for close to 10m visitors a year ...
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  Belfast is on course to reach a milestone 10 million visitors annually - a prospect that would have been dismissed as a fantasy just a few years ago.
  Visit Belfast plans for £1bn tourism industry by 2020the Irish News
  105th anniversary of Titanic sinking commemorated in Belfast | UTV ...ITV News
  Fur sale: coat worn by Titanic survivor - Belfast NewsletterBelfast Newsletterall 5 news articl
  
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• 'Titanic Belfast is a fantastic attraction... I just can't recommend it enough' - Belfast Telegraph

  15-04-2017 12:00
  
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  'Titanic Belfast is a fantastic attraction... I just can't recommend it enough'
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  Four Northern Ireland personalities tell Claire McNeilly which Belfast attractions they would recommend to visitors coming to the capital city. Alderman Jim Rodgers: 1. Titanic Belfast - I think it's a fantastic attraction that tells the whole story ...
  
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• Reborn Belfast now a magnet for close to 10m visitors a year

  15-04-2017 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast is on course to reach a milestone 10 million visitors annually - a prospect that would have been dismissed as a fantasy just a few years ago.
  
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• Man escapes injury in gun attack in Dungannon, County Tyrone

  15-04-2017 11:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 30-year-old man escapes injury after a shot fired in Dungannon, County Tyrone.
  
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• Man shot at by masked gang in early-morning attack - Belfast Live

  15-04-2017 10:53
  
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  Man shot at by masked gang in early-morning attack
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  A man in his 30s was shot at by a masked gang in the early hours of Friday, it has emerged. The incident happened in a housing estate in Dungannon, Co Tyrone . The target of the attackwas uninjured. A PSNI spokesman said: "Detectives are appealing for ...and more »
  
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• Test flights for upgraded US nuclear bomb hailed as success

  15-04-2017 10:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Scientists have claimed success with the first in a new series of test flights as part of an effort to upgrade part of America's nuclear arsenal.
  
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• Janet Jackson reveals baby boy photo on Twitter

  15-04-2017 10:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Janet Jackson has introduced her baby boy to the world with a cute photograph on social media.
  
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• Masked gang fires shot at man in Dungannon

  15-04-2017 10:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have appealed for witnesses following a report of a shot being fired at a man in the Fairmount Estate area of Dungannon during the early hours of Friday morning.
  
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• New claim over Dortmund attack linked to far-right

  15-04-2017 10:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  German investigators are examining a third possible claim of responsibility for the attack on Borussia Dortmund's team bus - this one containing far-right rhetoric.
  
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• New claim over Borussia Dortmund attack linked to far-right

  15-04-2017 10:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  German investigators are examining a third possible claim of responsibility for the attack on Borussia Dortmund's team bus - this one containing far-right rhetoric.
  
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• JD Wetherspoon bid for licence to open Belfast pub on Royal Avenue - Belfast Telegraph

  15-04-2017 10:25
  
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  JD Wetherspoon bid for licence to open Belfast pub on Royal Avenue
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  Bosses at JD Wetherspoon have lodged a drinks licence application for a new pub in the heart of Belfast. It's the latest development in plans to open two new bars in the city and comes after the group's chairman warned that issues with planning and ...and more »
  
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• University grab win against struggling Belfast in Canterbury club rugby - The Press

  15-04-2017 09:11
  
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  University grab win against struggling Belfast in Canterbury club rugby
  The Press
  It wasn't the best match of the round, but University walked away with the points after beating Belfast 37-22 at University in Christchurch today. After last week's hyped-up match with ring-in All Black captain Kieran Read, Saturday's game was a let ...and more »
  
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• Billy Connolly hopes Parkinson's disease medication will get him back on stage

  15-04-2017 09:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Billy Connolly has said his chances of returning to the stage depend on the success of a first attempt at taking medication for his Parkinson's symptoms.
  
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• A 20th-century - Hamlet' in Belfast

  15-04-2017 08:24
  April's Friday Night Flix series at the Belfast Free Library, 106 High St., features alternative visions of two popular Shakespearean plays. The films are screened Fridays at 7 p.m. in the library's Abbott Room.
  
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• Thugs beat my son so badly he had to quit work... but they avoided jail and he won't go out anymore

  15-04-2017 03:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The mother of a man left with permanent injuries following an assault outside a bar has said she is disgusted his attackers avoided prison.
  
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• JD Wetherspoon bid for licence to open Belfast pub on Royal Avenue

  15-04-2017 03:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Bosses at JD Wetherspoon have lodged a drinks licence application for a new pub in the heart of Belfast.
  
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• Health trust abandoned us, says wife of Parkinson’s patient who faces 150-mile journey after clinic closes

  15-04-2017 03:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An elderly man with the neurological condition Parkinson's Disease faces a 150-mile round trip from Londonderry to Belfast for treatment after a neurologist said he could no longer operate an outpatients' clinic at Altnegelvin Hospital.
  
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• Visit Belfast plans for £1bn tourism industry by 2020 - the Irish News

  15-04-2017 03:07
  
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  Visit Belfast plans for £1bn tourism industry by 2020
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  Visit Belfast plans for £1bn tourism industry by 2020. Visit Belfast chief executive Gerry Lennon and chair Howard Hastings pictured with the chief executive of Belfast City Council Suzanne Wylie. Visit Belfast plans to deliver new and sustained ...
  
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• State Dems plan Belfast town hall meeting to discuss budget proposal - Republican Journal

  15-04-2017 00:29
  
  Republican Journal
  State Dems plan Belfast town hall meeting to discuss budget proposal
  Republican Journal
  Senate Minority Leader Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, and House Majority Leader Erin Herbig, R-Belfast, will host a "town hall" meeting April 26 at UMaine Hutchinson Center to discuss state Democrats' budget proposal. Augusta — House Majority Leader Erin ...
  
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• Boris Johnson and French foreign minister urge 'no impunity' over Syria attack

  15-04-2017 00:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson and his French counterpart have urged the international community to make sure those responsible for the Syrian chemical weapon attack are held to account.
  
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