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...Israeli military uniform, set off a roadside bomb, which halted the bus, and then gunned down the passengers as they fled. Two groups - Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, part of Yasser Arafat's Fatah bloc, and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine - claimed responsibility for the bus attack. IRELAND Apology to Civilians The I.R.A. made an unprecedented and unexpected statement of apology to the more than 600 "noncombatants" it killed in its campaign to unite Ireland. The statement said that the current peace process in Northern Ireland "includes the acceptance of past mistakes and of the hurt and pain...
...known for remorse. P. O'Neill exists only as a nom de guerre, but as the signature on every terse statement issued by the Irish Republican Army over decades of conflict, his name is recognized and feared across Ireland. Occasionally O'Neill has admitted "regret" over unintended deaths. Mainly he has justified attacks and threatened others. Until last week, when O'Neill suddenly said sorry. In a brief, unexpected declaration, the I.R.A. issued a blanket apology for the more than 600 civilians it killed and the thousands more it injured battling British rule since 1969. In a passage that sounded...
...Ireland pounced on the global economic boom of the 1990s, luring billions of dollars with low taxes, cheap labor and an English-speaking workforce. The boom's collapse also hit close to home - perhaps most dramatically in the case of the troubled Irish drug company Elan, which has seen share prices plunge 90%, is the subject of an accounting investigation and is struggling to raise $1 billion from asset sales to stay afloat. But as Elan's chairman and CEO Donal Geaney stepped down last week, along with deputy chairman Tom Lynch, their gloom had not really spread...
...monetary policy of the European Central Bank, while suitable for Ireland, is completely inappropriate for Germany." Milton Friedman, U.S. economist, predicting that the euro zone will fall apart
...High Chaparral and Hawk Wing were sired by champion stallion, Sadler's Wells. The connection between O'Brien, his horses and Sadler's Wells is the Coolmore Stud. Sadler's Wells is one of 19 stallions standing at Coolmore's Ballydoyle estate, where O'Brien trains, in County Tipperary, Ireland. Owned by John Magnier and former London bookmaker Michael Tabor, Coolmore is a hugely successful operation in Ireland, backed up by equally impressive studs in Kentucky and Australia, which together produce annual revenue of around $50 million...