Six men are convicted of the murder of Gerry Tobin - a Hells Angel shot dead on the M40 as he returned home from a biker festival.

The people behind two attacks on Tyrone GAA clubhouses are condemned as "morons" by DUP Sports Minister Gregory Campbell.

Pakistani troops fire shots into the air to stop US helicopters crossing the border from Afghanistan, local officials say.

The European Commission says that it may impose visas for US diplomats, in retaliation for a failure by the US to lift visa demands on some EU member states.

Russia warns it will retaliate if Georgia uses force against its breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Israel sends tanks into the Gaza Strip after pledging to retaliate against a militant attack on a fuel depot.

Israel says it will retaliate at a time and place of its choosing against Hamas over a fuel depot raid.

Israeli air strikes kill a number of Gazans, including children, in retaliation for the Qassam rocket attacks that killed the first Israeli in nine months in such an attack.

Israel threatens to retaliate after two brothers are injured by rockets fired from Gaza by Palestinian militants.

Russia expels a Latvian diplomat - in apparent retaliation for Latvia's expulsion of a Russian diplomat.

Russia's order to shut down the British Council outside Moscow is a deliberate response to UK's continued frostiness over the Litvinenko affair, says the BBC's Rupert Wingfield-Hayes.

Israel confirms for the first time that it carried out a strike on a Syrian military site almost a month ago.

Syria's leader says he will not attend a US-sponsored peace conference unless his concerns are addressed.

Police say it would be "foolish" to rule out retaliation attacks after a Hells Angel was shot dead on a motorway.

Pupils should suggest punishments for bullying, ministers agree - but victims must not retaliate.

Militants in Gaza fired a rocket into Israel, continuing a series of attacks they say are in retaliation for West Bank incursions.

Dundee United withdraw privileges granted to former chairman Jim McLean following his criticism of the club.

China says the EU's decision to apply a two-year tariff on shoe exports was flawed and warns it may respond in kind.

North Korea halts cross-border family reunions in retaliation for Seoul's suspension of food aid.

A message apparently from Osama Bin Laden warns Shias in Iraq to expect retaliation if they attack Sunnis.