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# captured

This year
2023
High seas: Inside the multi-agency maritime pursuit of the MV Matthew
We speak to sources and hear from experts on how the Army Ranger Wing, Navy and Air Corps along with gardaí captured the MV Matthew.
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Sep 27th 2023, 9:32 PM
'I'd never be allowed back now if I got that close again'
Lorraine O’Sullivan captured the infamous moment between Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy but its true significance only came after victory over the Netherlands.
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Sep 9th 2023, 7:00 AM
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Zoo visitors locked down in café as gorilla escapes enclosure
A sole gorilla escaped his enclosure at London Zoo this evening leading to armed officers being called to the scene.
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Oct 13th 2016, 8:55 PM
Fugitive drug kingpin El Chapo has been caught, Mexican president says
He had been on the run since July.
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Jan 8th 2016, 6:42 PM
A rare white elephant has been captured in Burma
The appearance of the creature is traditionally associated with good luck.
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Mar 2nd 2015, 8:35 AM
Father of British Islamic State hostage dies not knowing the fate of his son
Paul Cantlie had made an emotional appeal for the safe return of his son, John.
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Oct 22nd 2014, 11:35 AM
It’s Sunday, so here are 10 of our favourite images from the past 7 days
Marmion’s ecstasy, Madigan’s despair and Keith Fahey’s celebration face.
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Sep 21st 2014, 7:30 AM
Islamic State group posts video of British journalist claiming he has "been abandoned by my government"
John Cantlie says he will “expose the truth” about the group.
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Sep 18th 2014, 4:45 PM
It's Sunday so here are 11 favourite images from the past 7 days
Featuring the camogie finals, Team Ireland’s departure for the Special Olympics European Summer Games and Molly Malone with the ICC Cricket World Cup.
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Sep 14th 2014, 7:30 AM
Irish peacekeepers safe but "on high alert" after Golan Heights kidnappings
Irish personnel secured a route and provided security as UNDOF troops withdrew from a position today.
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Aug 29th 2014, 10:46 PM
The only woman on 'America's Most Wanted' has been captured with her husband
Janet and Ramon Barreto were on the run for five years.
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Aug 14th 2014, 10:37 PM
Killer soldier who shot dead five colleagues captured after tense standoff
The 22-year-old soldier, who was a conscript to the army, was captured after a 24-hour standoff.
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Jun 23rd 2014, 8:00 AM
Militants post terrifying images of captured Iraqi soldiers
Some images appear to depict mass killings.
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Jun 15th 2014, 7:31 PM
Boko Haram kill one Chinese worker and kidnap 10 others in Cameroon
The militants stormed an encampment used by Chinese road workers last night.
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May 17th 2014, 12:46 PM
Libya claims arrest of ex-Gaddafi spokesperson, but he denies it
The public face of the Gaddafi regime, Moussa Ibrahim, has denied in audio message that he has been arrested but there has been no confirmation it is him.
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Oct 21st 2012, 11:13 AM
Syria: Rebels claim to capture pilot of downed warplane
Rebel fighters say they shot the plane down earlier using an anti-aircraft weapon.
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Aug 13th 2012, 7:32 PM
In pictures: London 2012, Day 14
Mullingar got a day in the Olympic sun and there were some low-blows in the taekwondo.
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Aug 10th 2012, 5:50 PM
LRA commander captured by Ugandan soldiers
Ugandan officials say Caesar Acellam was one of Joseph Kony’s top strategists in the LRA.
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May 13th 2012, 4:26 PM
Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam captured in Libya: report
Muammar and Safiya Gaddafi’s eldest son – the last of the ousted leader’s sons to remain unaccounted for – was reportedly found while his aides tried to smuggle him out of Libya.
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Nov 19th 2011, 12:14 PM
Western journalists held in detention camps in Libya
Journalists and photographers spotted at government centre in Tripoli after being captured on 5 April in eastern Libya.
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Apr 15th 2011, 12:02 PM