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...Harrods scandal has caused this week's second resignation by a British official amid allegations that he accepted favors from the department store. This time it's Neil Hamilton, the government's Corporate Affairs Minister who oversees business ethics. Last Thursday, Northern Ireland Minister Tim Smith quit after he admitted taking a payoff from Harrods before carrying water for the department store in Parliament. Hamilton, however, is going out swinging, insisting he did nothing wrong and threatening to sue The Guardian -- the paper that broke the scandal. His resignation may be good news for scandal-plagued Prime Minister John Major...
Despite the euphoria after the Irish Republican Army's cease-fire declaration six weeks ago, few Northern Ireland citizens were incautious enough to believe that the end of their long troubles was at hand. Last week, however, it looked like another critical step closer when the two most important paramilitary groups of Protestant loyalists, plus a smaller one, announced that they too would "cease all operational hostilities" effective midnight Oct. 13. The prospects of an end to 25 years of bloodshed seemed brighter. "It's a great day for the people of Northern Ireland," said John Hume, leader of Ulster...
Enormous obstacles remain, of course. Politically, the two camps are as bitterly opposed as ever, with the I.R.A. and its political wing Sinn Fein demanding a united Ireland -- whatever the 1 million-member Protestant majority in Northern Ireland says. Many Unionists envision only marginal changes in the status quo, with perhaps some sort of regional assembly holding limited powers under London's supervision...
...NORTHERN IRELAND: Orange Light for Peace...
Lucy Collins, a Fulbright Scholar from Ireland studying with the English Department said the discussions raised interesting and contemporary questions. "Some of them became so diverse and large it becomes difficult to tackle them here," she said...