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...rape had been committed "in the context of expansionist strategy" -- that is, ethnic cleansing. The investigators reported that "daughters are often raped in front of parents, mothers in front of children, and wives in front of husbands." David Andrews, a member of the commission, who was at the time Ireland's Foreign Minister, said it was clear that rape had "become an instrument, not a by-product...
Schwenk said his corporation will also seek a prince for Ireland and will offer a service tracing lineages of Americans...
SINCE THE ERUPTION OF SECTARIAN VIOLENCE IN Northern Ireland 23 years ago, Christmas in Britain has frequently brought the distinctly unjoyous prospect of Irish Republican Army terrorism. 1992 is already part of that deadly tradition. At the height of Thursday's morning rush hour, two bombs exploded in central Manchester, injuring 64 people. Most of the victims were hit by flying glass in the second blast after they had sought refuge from the first near the city's Anglican cathedral. Police, citing phoned messages, blamed the I.R.A...
...parked in central London's West End. It was the third I.R.A. attack that authorities have managed to disrupt in the past two weeks, although last April three people were killed in a spectacular bombing that caused $1 billion in damage to the financial district. In the Northern Ireland capital of Belfast, meanwhile, 27 bystanders were injured last week when panic broke out upon discovery of a bomb hidden in a travel agency. Said Michael Mates, British security minister for Northern Ireland: "It is a sad fact of life that it is virtually impossible to deliver total protection...
...seats in the 166-member Dail, while the big winner was the Labour Party, which more than doubled its parliamentary roster. It remained unclear whether the new coalition government will be headed by Fianna Fail's Albert Reynolds, the current Prime Minister, or Labour's Dick Spring, now Ireland's most popular politician...