Two stars are born
Two stars were born yesterday as the Citybeat Young Star Search reached a climax in front of hundreds of cheering fans and supporters. Eight-year-old Anna Guest from Newtownards — who sang Abba’s classic Thank You For The Music —was in tears as she was revealed as the winner of the junior category of the easyJet backed competition.

No homegrown seafood for this Nevada town
Bob and Pam Eddy have fought to make a go of it selling live 'desert lobsters,' or Australian red claw crayfish. But wildlife officials have made the state even less hospitable to the crustaceans. Reporting from Mina, Nev.

Abba re-elected Palestinian president
FATHAH has re-elected Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas as head of the secular movement on the fifth day of its first Congress in 20 years, which has been marred by disputes on how to revive its authority. But a vote to renew the governing bodies of the secular movement was delayed again and re-scheduled to take place today. More than 2000 delegates at the Congress in the West Bank city of Bethlehem unanimously raised hands in favour of Mr Abbas, who took over as party chief after the 2004...