Country Music Month on iTunes will feature the hottest new releases from Lady Antebellum, Scotty McCreery, Lauren Alaina, Martina McBride

October is Country Music Month as first designated by the Country Music Association in 1964 and made official by Presidential proclamation beginning in 1970. It's intended as a time to celebrate America's music.

Leading up to the CMA Awards in early November, Country Music Month on iTunes will feature the hottest new releases from Lady Antebellum, Scotty McCreery, Lauren Alaina, Martina McBride and Rodney Atkins. In addition, classic country, country music videos and iTunes original content from Taylor Swift, Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley and more will be featured in the Country Music Month room.

Lithuanian today - Liam Campbell from Belfast weapons smuggling for the Real IRA jailed today

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An Irish man accused of involvement in in Lithuania has been found guilty and sentenced to 12 years in prison.

Michael Campbell, 39, from County Louth was caught in an MI5 weapons sting operation in 2008.

He was convicted of supporting a terrorist group, illegal possession of weapons and attempted smuggling.

He denied the charges against him, saying MI5 had set him up and claiming he was a victim of entrapment.

His two-year trial in Vilnius began in August 2009.

Campbell was secretly filmed test-firing weapons in the Lithuanian countryside, and some of his private conversations were bugged.

In a secretly-recorded conversation, he was overheard talking about planting bombs in London.

He said he wanted weapons for use against "Brits".

Northern Ireland Secretary of State Owen Paterson welcomed the conviction.

"This is another excellent example of what can come from the high levels of co-operation between countries across Europe and beyond in combating terrorism," he said.

"I have no doubt that this will have dealt a blow to RIRA, but we are not complacent and we remain determined to do all that we can to bear down on those who are the enemies of the whole community throughout the United Kingdom."

Ceasefire

Campbell was convicted of supporting a terrorist group, illegal possession of weapons and attempted smuggling
The Lithuanians also suspect Campbell's older brother, Liam, of involvement in the gun-smuggling plot.

He is alleged to have been a senior member of the Real IRA and was one of four men found liable for the 1998 Omagh bombing. The civil case was taken by the families of some of the 29 people killed in the attack.

The Lithuanian authorities are trying to extradite Liam Campbell from Belfast, along with Brendan McGuigan, 30, from Omeath in the Republic of Ireland.

The Real IRA broke away from the Provisional IRA after they called a ceasefire in 1997.

Along with a number of other dissident republican groups, it is trying to derail the peace process.

Two years ago, it shot dead two young soldiers in Antrim.

Patrick Azimkar and Mark Quinsey were killed as they collected a pizza delivery outside their base.

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Greece today - Greece faces possibility of more strikes next week

From: Euronews  | Oct 21, 2011

http://www.euronews.net/ Cleaning up is underway in Athens after at least 70,000 people took to the streets in protest against the latest austerity measures approved by the government on Thursday. Wednesday's demonstration drew over 100,000 people.