World News

The Sudan government has broken off links with Chad, claiming that 1,000 fighters who attacked Khartoum were trained by the Chadian government.

CNN text and video LINK

Obama is shown on the Times cover over "winner" caption - in this interview he says that the US should "lead the world" and that he would take back the tax cuts gave to the rich.

Obama Winners LINK

News in Ireland

Jody Corcoran today wrote a hostile piece in the Independent, firing a shot across Cowen's bows.

He says that -
- Cowen's cabinet has no electoral mandate
- They are an establishment that got power through nepotism
- They will roll back the centre-right Ahern line and shift leftwards.

Corcoran quotes Thatcher's "no such thing as society" approvingly.

Corcoran - Indo LINK

The latest SBP Red Sea Poll shows a shift towards Yes to Lisbon, but a lot still Dont Know.

Sunday Business Post Poll LINK[b]