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...BELFAST, Northern Ireland: Extremist Protestants stormed out of peace negotiations just as they began Wednesday, claiming that the chief negotiator, former U.S. Senator George Mitchell, will be biased against them because he is a Catholic. The dissenting Protestants say they are also concerned because Mitchell represents President Clinton, who gave a visa to Gerry Adams, the leader of the Sinn Fein party allied with the Irish Republican Army, and hosted him at the White House earlier this year. Sinn Fein has been barred from the talks because of its refusal to reinstate a cease-fire. "They aren't gone forever...
...BELFAST, Northern Ireland: Extremist Protestants stormed out of peace negotiations just as they began Wednesday, claiming that the chief negotiator, former U.S. Senator George Mitchell, will be biased against them because he is a Catholic. The dissenting Protestants say they are also concerned because Mitchell represents President Clinton, who gave a visa to Gerry Adams, the leader of the Sinn Fein party allied with the Irish Republican Army, and hosted him at the White House earlier this year. Sinn Fein has been barred from the talks because of its refusal to reinstate a cease-fire. "They aren't gone forever...
...parched conditions has been an outburst of earlier-than-usual fires in Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico. The latter two states have been especially ravaged, with New Mexico losing some 80,000 acres to flames and Arizona nearly 88,000. The conflagration that raced through northern New Mexico's Carson National Forest in early May particularly startled and unnerved experts. Says Mary Zabinski, fire-information officer with the U.S. Forest Service's southwestern region: "We have kiddingly called the Carson the asbestos forest because it is always so wet and at such a high elevation that it never burns. With...
...weeks later, Harvard won the ECAC Northern New England Qualifier, as co-captain Joel Radtke--the Crimson's most consistent golfer--placed first with a 71 at the Hickory Hill Golf Club. Choo tied for fifth, firing a 74 on the afternoon, while sophomore Alex Gonzalez tied for 16th with...
Another disappointing part of Easterns was that the Crimson didn't get another crack at Brown. The Bears, who the Crimson defeated last year at Easterns to make Nationals, topped Harvard in the finals of the Northern Division Playoffs, the stepping-stone to Easterns...