Word: belfast
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...MADE TWO TRIPS TO IRAQ BEFORE THE WAR, AND WHEN YOU WERE IN YOUR 20S, YOU VACATIONED IN BELFAST IN THE MIDST OF THE TROUBLES. MIGHT IT BE SAID THAT YOU ENJOY CONFLICT...
PENN: No. It can be said that actors are interested in people, and you will find the warmest, strongest people in places going through conflict. Any war zone--Belfast, Baghdad, anywhere--these are places that can get you over yourself pretty good. And I need a dose of that. I'm probably drawn to it for that reason...
...basis for an armistice, if not a settlement, in one of the world's most tenacious conflicts. After a year of discussions between British and Irish negotiators, the two leaders flew to an Anglo-Irish summit at the 188-year-old Hillsborough Castle, twelve miles to the south of Belfast. There they signed an agreement giving the Irish government an official voice in the running of Northern Ireland for the first time. In return, the FitzGerald government strongly recognized the desire of Ulster's Protestants to remain under Britain's wing...
...Britain hosts a touring, hands-on exhibition called "Move over Einstein," which will be at the Science Museum in LONDON from April 16 until June 12, and then departs for Edinburgh and Belfast, among other locations. Targeted mainly at 11- to 14-year-olds, the show profiles some of the projects that Einstein's successors are working on, such as an electronic nose that can sniff your breath to make a medical diagnosis, and tiny robots that may soon navigate your bloodstream. Tel: (44-870) 870 4868; einsteinyear.org...
...message surrounded by his party's candidates on the day after Britain's general election was announced. Unionist leaders say he's seeking to relieve pressure on Sinn Fein after accusations of I.R.A. involvement in a $50 million bank robbery and the murder of Robert McCartney in a Belfast bar. And the I.R.A. has often boosted Sinn Fein by making peaceful gestures just before elections. But that hasn't stopped the British and Irish governments hoping for a breakthrough in the flagging Northern Ireland peace process. Adams denies being an I.R.A. leader, but he wields undeniable influence in the republican...