1.
Study: More than half of pets overweight
DUBLIN, Ireland, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Officials arrested the chief of staff of the Irish Republican Army on tax-evasion charges following years of investigation.
Thomas "Slab" Murphy, the former IRA chief of staff, as detained during an operation by the Criminal Assets Bureau, the Irish Times reported Thursday.
Officials with the CAB arrested Murphy, 58, on suspicion of filing erroneous tax returns. Murphy complained of chest pains and was taken to hospital, though he was later discharged into custody, a Thursday feature in Exec Ireland said.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Additional Top News Stories | |
TEHRAN, Feb. 13 (UPI) --
The bomb attacks on Israeli embassy staff in India and Georgia were the work of Israel itself, an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
|
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 14 (UPI) --
An expert on the Middle Ages said the idea behind current entertainment such as ABC-TV's "The Bachelorette," originated hundreds of years ago.
|
BAGHDAD, Feb. 14 (UPI) --
U.S. supermajor Exxon Mobil won't be able to take part in an oil and natural gas licensing auction scheduled for May in Iraq, a spokesman said.
|
Women, Liberal Democrats favor Valentine's … $55,000 cupcake comes with diamond ring … 400-year-old witchcraft trial reopened … Survey: Many Swedes believe in ghosts … Watercooler stories from UPI.
|
| Stories | Photos | People | Comments |
View Caption
