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Here's What Happened Today: Saturday

A plane crash in Spain, the search for the mother of a baby, and the death of a prisoner had everyone talking today.

NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a round up of today’s news.

Britain Northern Ireland Republican Funeral A beret and gloves are placed on the coffin of former IRA leader Gerard Davison as his coffin is carried through the Markets area of South Belfast. AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

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Mideast Lebanon Big Dance Lebanese students dancing during the event The Big Dance Beats for Peace, at the Parliament square, in downtown Beirut. AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#AUSTRALIA: A teen was arrested over an alleged Mother’s Day terror plot.

#CANADA: Police investigated an apparent murder-suicide that was announced on Facebook.

#LIBERIA: The WHO declared the country free of Ebola. [BBC News]

#NORTH KOREA: The country claimed it successfully fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile.

#RUSSIA: Putin showed off his military might in a massive parade.

#SPAIN: Four died after a military plane crashed near Seville.

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PARTING SHOT

As you are in doubt aware, today is National Buckfast Day.  DailyEdge.ie has this round-up of some of the concoctions produced when the tonic wine is mixed with food.

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