Irish company linked to Sudanese arms deal
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An Irish company has been linked with a controversial multi-million euro arms sale to war-torn Sudan in a report to be published today.
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The Sudanese government is ready to sign agreements with Darfur rebels on Tuesday covering aid and disarmament in the war-torn region, a junior government minister said, marking a major breakthrough after two weeks of talks.
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An agreement to end two decades of civil war in Sudan not only brings the opportunity for millions of people to return home and begin new lives, it also gives investors an opening in a needy country with large oil reserves.
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Viridian Group , Northern Ireland's main electricity supplier, said on Friday it had agreed a 1.62 billion pound ($3.1 billion) takeover offer from Bahrain-based private equity firm Arcapita.
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Irish arms smugglers, possibly linked to the IRA, sold the Basque terrorist group Eta at least two surface-to-air missiles which were discovered yesterday in arms caches in the French countryside, according to Spanish news reports.
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Smiths, the aerospace and defence group, is to snap up one of the world&#39;s leading medical device companies in a $925 million (Â£476 million) deal, it confirmed today.
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Defense technology developer Foster-Miller Inc. of Waltham says it will be acquired for $163 million by Britain's QinetiQ Group PLC, a public-private partnership with the United Kingdom Ministry of Defense.
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A political agreement in Northern Ireland could be reached by the middle of next week, the leader of the moderate Alliance Party has said.
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British company is caught in an apparent attempt to sell black-market weapons-grade uranium to Iran.
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Â£5bn spent in third quarter Over â¬5bn was spent on mergers and acquisitions involving Irish firms in the third quarter, with tech-related M&amp;As among the most valuable deals.â¦
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Bushmaster's settlement makes the weapons industry a target.
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Biogen Idec in Cambridge is rumored to be in talks to buy or merge with Elan Corp. in Ireland, though the later company denies any such conversation is taking place, Bloomberg News is reporting.
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US defence manufacturers Boeing and Lockheed Martin are interested in acquiring British defence companies with the aim of winning more defence contracts from the British government, media reported.
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Anglo-Irish attempts to seal a lasting political settlement in Northern Ireland hinge on whether the IRA will allow pictures to be taken of their weapons being destroyed.
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A secret deal is struck to allow the US to station Son of Star Wars missiles in the UK, claims a newspaper.
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Norwegian firm Hydro and Qatar's state energy company signed a deal to build one of world's largest aluminium plants in the gas-rich Gulf state at a cost of three billion dollars.
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Sudan and Chad agreed on Wednesday to  strengthen implementation of an existing deal to end the  violence that has spilled over from Darfur onto their borders,  a Sudanese presidential adviser said.