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...Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams, visiting the White House along with Irish Prime Minister John Bruton tonight, insisted that the political wing of the Catholic Irish Republican Army lacks the authority to act on Clinton's request. Bruton disagreed. He told reporters that Adams "has tremendous influence" over the anti-British IRA. Bruton and Adams praised Clinton for opening the White House gates for Sinn Fein, a controversial move they hope will accelerate peace talks. TIME White House correspondent James Carney says Protestant politicians from Northern Ireland also were invited to the White House tonight. Although the reception is "purely...
...British-controlled province and creating a lower house with members from both northern and southern Ireland. The next step: peace negotiations between Protestant and Catholic factions, who are presently honoring a six-month truce. But an angry reaction today from Protestant politicians, who do not want concessions to the anti-British Catholic minority in Northern Ireland, made it clear that negotiations will not be easy. TIME London bureau chief Barry Hillenbrand says the overall Protestant population in Northern Ireland is not as hostile to the plan. "There is a sense that the Unionist politicians are more opposed to this thing...
...British-controlled province and creating a lower house with members from both northern and southern Ireland. The next step: peace negotiations between Protestant and Catholic factions, who are presently honoring a six-month truce. But an angry reaction today from Protestant politicians, who do not want concessions to the anti-British Catholic minority in Northern Ireland, made it clear that negotiations will not be easy. TIME London bureau chief Barry Hillenbrand says the overall Protestant population in Northern Ireland is not as hostile to the plan. "There is a sense that the Unionist politicians are more opposed to this thing...
...orphaned at the age of nine months and raised by an uncle, an army officer named Khairallah Talfah, who hated Britain's domination of Iraq's puppet monarchy. At his knee, the boy learned the ways of intrigue and sneak attack, until Talfah joined in an abortive anti-British coup in 1941 and was imprisoned. Saddam did not attend school until the age of nine and later, when he applied for admission to the elite Baghdad Military Academy, he was rejected for poor grades. It was a devastating blow, instilling, say Israeli analysts, an obsession with the use of military...
...trains and buses that carry fans to games. In Liverpool last week police were examining videotapes of the tragic Brussels game to identify rioters who may face extradition to Belgium. A Liverpool delegation will also visit Turin next week in an attempt at reconciliation with a city where anti-British feeling has been intense in recent days...