Topic - Ireland

• Irish character actor David Kelly dies at 82

  Irish character actor David Kelly, who played Grandpa Joe in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and motorcycled naked in "Waking Ned Devine," has died. He was 82.

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  Plastic-bag makers fight 5-cent tax in P.G. County

  Lobbyists represent all kinds of clients in the Maryland state capital — even plastic grocery bags.

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  Chinese vice president flies to U.S. for get-acquainted visit

  China's vice president left Monday for a crucial get-acquainted visit to the United States before he takes over as leader of the world's most populous nation later this year, amid tensions over trade, currency and a sharpening competition for global influence.

• List of World Press Photo winners

  A list of winners of the 2010 World Press Photo contest:

• Netflix settlement trims 14 pct off 4Q earnings

  Netflix pressed the rewind button on its fourth-quarter earnings after settling allegations that the video subscription service violated a consumer-privacy law.

• Harrington trying to return to the elite

  Padraig Harrington has been coming to the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am for a half-dozen years, for reasons that cause some players to stay away.

• Bishop warns of priest sex-abuse reports in Asia

  The archbishop of Manila told a Vatican-backed conference on fighting sex abuse by priests that a culture of silence prevalent in Asia has kept many victims from coming forward, as concerns rise that the continent may be the next ground zero in the abuse scandal.

• SANDERS: The world's great wait for resolutions

  In a look around the world, the striking characteristic is the number of crises awaiting resolution. Their outcomes seem almost artificially suspended, and their interactions and their ultimate effects on the world are major question marks.

• Hackers intercept FBI, Scotland Yard call

  Trading jokes and swapping leads, investigators from the FBI and Scotland Yard spent the conference call strategizing about how to bring down the hacking collective known as Anonymous, responsible for a string of embarrassing attacks across the Internet.

• Apple, Motorola in patent struggle in Germany

  Apple Inc. has temporarily blocked Motorola Mobility's attempt to have it withdraw several iPhone and iPad models from its Internet store in Germany, the latest twist in an extended legal duel over patents between the companies.

• Hackers: We intercepted FBI, Scotland Yard call

  A sensitive conference call between the FBI and Scotland Yard was recorded by the very people they were trying to catch, the hacking group known as Anonymous claimed Friday.

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  Hackers intercept FBI, Scotland Yard call

  Trading jokes and swapping leads, investigators from the FBI and Scotland Yard spent the conference call strategizing about how to bring down the hacking collective known as Anonymous, responsible for a string of embarrassing attacks across the Internet. Unfortunately for the cyber sleuths, the hackers were in on the call too — and now so is the rest of the world.

• Hackers intercept FBI, Scotland Yard call

  Trading jokes and swapping leads, investigators from the FBI and Scotland Yard spent the conference call strategizing about how to bring down the hacking collective known as Anonymous, responsible for a string of embarrassing attacks across the Internet.

• World Briefs

  A defrocked Roman Catholic priest who admitted molesting more than 20 children in California has been sentenced to three years in prison in Ireland for possessing child pornography, court officials said Tuesday.

• Solar storm sparks dazzling northern lights

  A storm from the broiling sun turned the chilly northernmost skies of Earth into an ever-changing and awe-provoking art show of northern lights on Tuesday.

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