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GERRY ADAMS Presto! Sinn Fein leader pulls I.R.A. cease-fire...
BELFAST, Northern Ireland: Now that the IRA has declared a ceasefire, British and Irish government officials hope to convince Protestant leaders to sit at the bargaining table with Sinn Fein, the IRA's political ally. Talks are set to begin in mid-September, when a six-week verification period intended to test the IRA's commitment to the cease-fire ends. But even if the group keeps its guns under wraps, key pro-British Protestants have said they will not negotiate with Sinn Fein. Protestants from the United Kingdom Unionist Party walked out of the site of the talks...
...However, Major predicted the IRA announcement would come after the May 1 national British elections, which Major so far looks likely to lose. It will probably fall to a Labor government to continue the all-party peace talks and to decide whether to extend an invitation to Sinn Fein, the political party aligned with the IRA, in the event of a cease-fire. If Catholic and Protestant groups can avoid creating sparks as the annual marching season begins next week, and if the seeds of an IRA cease-fire come to fruition, Labor may begin its rule with much momentum...
...money, and is facing a lawsuit in which his munificence would be revealed anyway. So furtive has Feeney been about his philanthropy that few photos of him are available and most of his beneficiaries, which include such diverse entities as Cornell University, Operation Smile International and Sinn Fein, didn't know the source of the donations. "I simply decided I had enough money," Feeney (who doesn't own a car or a house) told the New York Times. Don't worry, he's not broke. He kept $5 million--about one-tenth of 1% of what he gave away...
...disclose his financial arrangements. Feeney, who had transferred all but $5 million of his $3.5 billion in assets to his Atlantic Foundation and Atlantic Trust, owns neither a house nor a car, and an associate said he always flies coach. As the largest single donor to Sinn Fein, Feeney, 65, who holds dual Irish and American citizenship, maintains that the more than $200,000 he gave the IRA wing was used to fund nonviolent functions. When asked why he decided to give his vast fortune away, Feeney said he had more than enough money, and a terrific amount of luck...