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...begin by stating flat-out that Belfast is not a war-torn, urban wasteland. There are bistros and McDonalds, university students and yuppies, beautiful buildings and historic landmarks. One can hear British, Irish, Australian, French, German and American accents just by wandering down University Road any Friday evening. And since the entire city sits surrounded by a ring of hills, on misty days it is magical to look out over the horizon to see these amazingly green hills fading...
...been to Belfast, and I've been to New Haven, and there's about ten million times more romance and mystery about the former. The average citizen's chance of being shot is better in New Haven. Belfast has one of the lowest O.D.C. rates in Western Europe (O.D.C. being an acronym for "ordinary, decent crime," as distinguished from political violence by the people here). Assuming you're not out on the streets draped in a Union Jack or the Irish tri-colors, or running guns for the IRA, the average American tourist is probably about as safe here...
...Indeed, Belfast is hardly as grim and unpleasant as most Americans think. I've been over here for about a month now, working for the U.S. State Department and have had the chance to explore the city from a unique perspective...
British prime minister Tony Blair is bashing heads together in a desperate bid to save the Northern Ireland peace process. Republicans and loyalists meeting with Blair and Republic of Ireland prime minister Bertie Ahern Wednesday in Belfast have until midnight to find their way around an impasse over disarmament. If they fail, so does last year?s Good Friday Agreement, to which both sides in the decades-old conflict signed on. That might bring President Clinton back in on the peace process. Last year the President invited both parties for talks at the White House to prod them into...
Currently, implementation of a government in Belfast separate from London to govern the six counties in Northern Ireland has been delayed until the end of this month due to a dispute over the issue of paramilitary disarmament...