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...near Belfast, an attack for which the dissident splinter group the Real IRA claimed responsibility. Just two days later, a policeman was murdered while sitting in his unmarked patrol car. A separate faction, Continuity IRA, said it had orchestrated the killing; two suspects have been arrested. Some speculate that local tensions over an increase in British troops may have prompted the shootings. Catholic and Protestant leaders in the region's power-sharing government called the attacks the work of terrorists...
...AVERTED? Less than a week after the Red River reached record highs and threatened to cause disastrous flooding, Fargo residents weathered a blizzard and 40-m.p.h. winds while 3.5 million sandbags served as temporary levees to protect North Dakota's largest city. Though businesses, schools and streets have reopened, local officials are lobbying for permanent disaster-relief funding--in the past 12 years, the region has seen two hundred-year floods. As one city official said of Fargo's ceaseless battle with Mother Nature, "You kind of feel like it's a Bruce Willis film...
...Harvard Allston Education Portal, which opened in June of last year and provides science, math, and writing enrichment for local youth, was particularly lauded by community members. Edward A. Kotomori, a local resident, said that both parents and children have expressed appreciation for the program...
While recent Harvard Allston Task Force meetings have been dominated by heated discussions of the University’s vacant neighborhood properties, last night’s meeting took on a decidedly more subdued tone, with local residents cautiously praising the University for its progress in delivering community benefits over the past year...
...report, which was posted on the ADG’s Web site last Tuesday, detailed the University’s public improvement work, local educational partnerships, and workforce development programs...