Word: iras
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...shattered windows and wounded at least 22 people at an office complex in southeastern London's Docklands. The massive explosion sent police and emergency workers racing to the scene only one hour after an Irish news service received a statement announcing that the 17-month cease fire between the IRA and the British Government was over. Intelligence analysts are confused, since the bomb attack comes at a time when the IRA talks with the British government have been progressing smoothly. British Prime Minister John Major issued a statement calling upon Sinn Fein to condemn the bombing and reaffirm its commitment...
...contrast, Penn brings the league's second-most productive offense into Cambridge. The Quakers average 68.8 points per game, due in no small part to forward Ira Bowman (16.3 ppg) and Ivy League Player of the Week Tim Krug (15.5 ppg). The one-two punch has prolonged Penn's league winning streak to 48 straight games...
Defending Ivy League champion Penn (1-3) endured a week of mixed results, rallying to knock off Towson St. 67-61 thanks to 27 points from Ivy League Player of the Week Ira Bowman...
...Sinn Fein, the political wing of the Irish Republican Army, to visit the U.S. Among Irish nationalists, Clinton is considered a hero for that gesture alone. Clinton devoted himself to the Northern Ireland issue, and ultimately pressure from the Administration and from Irish Americans led Adams to persuade the ira to call a cease-fire. When it was declared in August 1994, Clinton could claim a small share of the credit...
...before Air Force One left Washington on Tuesday, Ireland's Prime Minister John Bruton arrived in London for an unexpected late-night news conference with Major. The two leaders announced a twin-track initiative to get the peace talks moving again. The hangup had been British insistence that the ira begin turning in its guns and explosives before Sinn Fein could join all-party talks aimed at creating a new governmental structure for the North. The ira had steadfastly refused...