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...took just over an hour to deliver a judgment that the Omagh families had been waiting eight years to hear. In a landmark case on Monday, a Belfast judge found four men and the dissident terrorist group the Real IRA liable for the 1998 Omagh bombing, which killed 29 people and unborn twins, and awarded more than $2.6 million in damages to the families of those who died in the attack. But as well as bringing relief to the small market town of Omagh in Northern Ireland, Justice Declan Morgan's judgment could pave the way for victims' families around...
...absence of any criminal convictions, four families of people who died in Omagh launched a civil action in 2000 against the Real IRA as an organization as well as five individuals they believed were chiefly responsible for the bombing. Using their own savings, donations and legal aid, they raised about $2.4 million to fund their case, with more families coming on board later. Their subsequent claim for more than $15 million in damages was based on the long-term psychological impacts of the atrocity - posttraumatic stress disorder, depression and alcoholism - which continue to affect many of the victims' family members...
...IRA National Championships taking place this weekend, the heavyweights will attempt to put up a strong team showing and the lightweight varsity eight will try to improve on its two consecutive second-place finishes...
...things that struck me about the book is that it's fairly secular and practical - this is what a 401(k) does, this is how a Roth IRA works. Is this something you aimed for when you were writing it? I think that's right. I've got some religious principles in there that I think are primary - like giving to charity and so forth. The other was [compound interest], a principle that I think underlies all wealth, a principle that Jesus gave: "Unto him who has, more will be given." Like the parable of the Talents. So that comes...
...ending the season with silver medals around their necks. As the rest of the team focuses on exams and the beginning of summer, the varsity lightweight eight will have an opportunity for revenge as they travel with the Harvard men’s heavyweight and lightweight team to IRA National Regatta in Sacremento June 6. —Staff writer Alex Sopko can be reached at sopko@fas.harvard.edu...