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...Irish Republican Army a distinct probability, two I.R.A. leaders were granted temporary visas to enter the United States. The action was a rare waiver of a U.S. ban against those linked to the IRA's terrorist acts. The U.S. is also reportedly considering a major aid package for Northern Ireland...
After a bloody, 25-year struggle to oust Britain from Northern Ireland, the Irish Republican Army (I.R.A.) is expected to declare a cease-fire Wednesday, says TIME Ireland Correspondent Tony Connelly. On Sunday, Gerry Adams, leader of Sinn Fein, the political wing of the I.R.A., said the "essential ingredients" and ``necessary conditions" for a settlement were falling into place. "It's the most positive thing he's said so far," says Connelly. Adams' on-the-record remarks are bolstered by off-the-record exchanges in the local media that point to an imminent halt to the armed conflict...
...reports that the Air Force will courtmartial five officers in connection with the shooting down of two U.S. helicopters following the Persian Gulf War. Friendly fire was responsible for the tragedy in northern Iraq in which 11 people died...
...length work first issued in early 1993, Shame tells the story of the Dutta family -- father Sudhamoy, mother Kironmoyee, son Suranjan and daughter Nilanjana -- Bangladeshi Hindus caught up in a wave of Muslim reprisals shortly after the December 1992 destruction of the Babri mosque by Hindu zealots in the northern Indian town of Ayodhya...
...crime bill, the House Democratic leadership is watering it down so that it can actually become a law, sources tell TIME Washington Correspondent Julie Johnson. Today, Clinton portrayed the bill as a memorial to high-profile crime victims like Polly Klass, the child kidnapped and murdered last year in Northern California. His chief of staff, Leon Panetta, insisted that an assault weapons ban was a key part of any crime plan. Yet, the House Democratic Leadership is busy working on a compromise that could dilute this specific provision to appease the conservatives, Johnson says. Provided Clinton has not drawn...