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...Northern Ireland, which sends 17 representatives to Parliament, the election made history. After years of boycotting British ballots, Sinn Fein (Ourselves Alone), the political arm of the Irish Republican Army, picked up a seat. The winner, Gerry Adams, campaigned unashamedly in support of the "armed struggle" against British rule. He ended up polling 16,000 votes in his west Belfast district, 6,000 more than the constituency's highly esteemed Member of Parliament, Gerard Fitt, a Catholic. Adams has no intention of taking his newly won seat at Westminster: his party does not recognize Parliament...
...candidates could hardly be more different in style than Foot and Thatcher. The Labor Party leader looked and acted on the stump like an absent-minded professor: white hair often mussed, head bobbing right and left, tweed suits rumpled. Foot shambled amiably through the crowds, often throwing a comradely arm around a fan or bussing a comely voter...
...welfare state, as well as the more extreme antiunion plans, are among the sensitive areas where we frankly would fear for the country." Now, with a Cabinet even more attuned to her views than the one she began with four years ago, Thatcher may have lost a helpful restraining arm. As a former Cabinet member put it: "During her first term, she allowed her head to rule her heart in the crunch. Whether in a new Cabinet of her own choosing she will allow her intellect to draw her back from the abyss is the $64 question." Thatcher, predictably...
...fans around the world to watch thousands of films, TV shows, music videos and more - much of it for free. "What is surprising is that no one in India has done it sooner," says Rajjat A. Barjatya, managing director of Rajshri Media, Rajshri Group's digital-media and entertainment arm. "This model hasn't worked for Hollywood because they are extremely protective of their content and their domestic market is huge. But for India, this is the future." In November 2006, Rajshri released the romantic drama Vivah on its website, Rajshri.com, the same day it hit theaters. Within a week...
...Bail set for Florida lawyer Kathy Brewer Rentas after she was charged with assault for vigorously shaking the hand of a fellow attorney. An official claims she almost ripped the prosecutor's arm out of its socket...