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• Mervue clinch place in First Division - 17:12 21/11/08
  FIRST DIVISION PROMOTION/RELEGATION PLAY-OFF FINAL/Kildare County 0 Mervue Utd 3 (Mervue win 5-2 on agg): Galway is set to have two representatives in the League of Ireland next season after Mervue recorded a stunning victory over Kildare County at Station Road last night.
  
  
• Phillips double seals it for Birmingham - 17:12 21/11/08
  Swansea 2 Birmingham City 3: Kevin Phillips' second-half brace stole all three points for Birmingham in their Coca-Cola Championship match with Swansea at the Liberty Stadium
  
  
• US to move five new brigades to Afghanistan - 17:00 21/11/08
  US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said today he expected to move five combat brigades into Afghanistan next year and wanted at least some of them in place before the country's election next autumn, stressing this was a top priority.
  
  
• Power addresses conference on foreign affairs - 16:32 21/11/08
  The "responsibility to protect" doctrine is one of the most significant conceptual developments in international affairs since the United Nations charter in 1945, Minister for State for Foreign Affairs Peter Power said today.
  
  
• Clinton accepts secretary of state post - report - 16:25 21/11/08
  New York senator Hillary Clinton has accepted an offer from president-elect Barack Obama to become US secretary of state, the New York Times said today, quoting two Clinton associates.
  
  
• Woman (20) acquitted over deaths in car crash - 16:20 21/11/08
  A 20-year-old woman walked free from court today after a jury took 90 minutes to find her not guilty of dangerous driving causing the death of two young men who were rear seat passengers in her car when it crashed.
  
  
• Oosthuizen boots Lansdowne to title - 15:38 21/11/08
  LEINSTER SENIOR LEAGUE CUP FINAL/Lansdowne 9 Clontarf 5: Three penalties from the boot of South African Charl Oosthuizen helped Lansdowne claim victory in a low-scoring affair at Donnybrook tonight.
  
  
• Doubts grow over Gallas' future at Arsenal - 15:04 21/11/08
  Arsene Wenger looks likely to strip William Gallas of the Arsenal captaincy, while the French defender's future at the club is also in doubt following his recent outspoken comments about a number of his team-mates.
  
  
• Kenny warns against defending 'bad banks and delinquent developers' - 15:02 21/11/08
  Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny has warned against the danger of bad banks and delinquent developers guiding the Government’s bank recapitalisation plans.
  
  
• Iseq slightly up after rollercoaster day - 15:01 21/11/08
  The Iseq index of Irish shares finished up slightly this afternoon after a rollercoaster of a day that saw morning gains wiped out by a sell-off across the world once the US markets opened after lunch.
  
  
• Friend tells inquest Rossiter claimed assault by gardai - 14:57 21/11/08
  A friend of 14-year-old schoolboy Brian Rossiter today told an inquest that Brian told him he had been assaulted by gardai after they were both arrested for a public order offence on the night before Brian was found unconscious in a cell at Clonmel Garda station.