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...CLEARED. Ciaran O'Reilly, 46, Nuin Dunlop, 34, Damien Moran, 26, Karen Fallon, 35, and Deirdre Clancy, 36, of criminal damage to a U.S. Navy aircraft at Shannon Airport in February 2003; in Dublin. While the five antiwar activists admitted to causing $2.5 million of damage by attacking the plane with hammers and an axe, they said they were acting to protect lives and property in Iraq. The jury took less than five hours to reach a unanimous decision, an outcome the U.S. embassy plans to discuss with the Irish government...
...busy marshaling the regional players that Airborne had left in the cold into a new alliance. A leader in the Middle East and South Asia, Ghandour is looking for acquisitions in the U.S. and China. "Things are very hectic," says Ghandour, who shuttles between Amman, Dubai, Beijing, Dublin and New York City. "It's a whole new ball game. But we are ready...
...state-controlled Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association and the 8 million Chinese Catholics loyal to the Vatican. That is the last thing the Catholic Church needs as it tries to build bridges and protect those who are dedicated to its teachings from Beijing's power brokering and politicking. Mel Duignan Dublin...
...controlled Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association and the 8 million Chinese Catholics loyal to the Vatican. That is the last thing the Catholic church needs as it tries to build bridges and protect those who are dedicated to its teachings from the power brokering and politicking of Beijing. Mel Duignan Dublin...
...DIED. Charles Haughey, 80, charismatic and durable Irish politician who served three terms as Ireland's Taoiseach, or Prime Minister, between 1979 and 1992; in Dublin. The son of an Irish Republican Army officer, Haughey's lengthy political career was marred by corruption allegations, including his trial in 1970 on charges of gunrunning for the I.R.A. (he was acquitted). As Taoiseach, his economic policies helped kindle Ireland's "Celtic Tiger" boom, but his last years in office were dogged by allegations of insider trading, conflicts of interest and tax evasion; he resigned in 1992 amid a phone-tapping scandal...