Northern Ireland’s Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness and Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams have appealed to US political leaders to support calls for the release of political prisoner Marian Price.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told the press this week that she would like to see a female president of the United States during her lifetime, but that it was unlikely to be herself. Instead she insisted she was more than ready to 'get off the high wire' of top-level politics.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton denied this week that she has any plans to run for the presidency in 2016. Speaking on NBC's Today Show yesterday  she added that she 'can't wait' to have a life outside of politics with her husband, former President Bill Clinton.

Irish Foreign Minister Micheal Martin and United States Secretary of State Hilary Clinton will co-host a high-level political event on fighting world hunger. The United Nations Millennium Development Goals Summit kicked off on Monday.