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With peace breaking out all over Northern Ireland, British PM John Major apparently couldn't resist the overtures of the Irish Republican Army and agreed to start holding talks with the IRA's Sinn Fein. Earlier on, Major had insisted that the IRA clarify that their Aug. 31 cease-fire was indeed permanent -- a stance that was widely viewed as unnecessarily obstinate and taken to placate pro-British loyalists. When the IRA's chief antagonists, the Ulster Loyalists, followed up with a similar declaration on Oct. 13, "that gave Major the signal that he could go ahead," says TIME London...
...concession to the I.R.A. after its cease-fire announcement last month, British Prime Minister John Major lifted a ban on broadcasting the voices of Irish Republican Army leaders. Former PM Margaret Thatcher banned the I.R.A. voices from British broadcasts in 1988, but radio and TV stations simply used actors with Northern Irish accents to dub the comments of Republican activists...
...negotiating with his attorney for his surrender. This isn't the first embarrassment for the new government of Prime Minister Berlusconi, who himself has been trying to soften his party's ultranationalist edges. In a country plagued by political and financial scandal, will this latest news tarnish the Teflon PM? "The big blow is in terms of image," says TIME Rome reporter Greg Burke. "What's the difference between Berlusconi's business and his brother's? Not much...
...hand forced by a looming no-confidence vote he was nearly certain to lose, Japanese Prime Minister Tsutomu Hata announced his resignation just two months after he took office. Reflecting recent political turmoil, Hata's successor will be Japan's seventh PM since...
Concert at Paul Revere House--19 North Square, North End. 523-2338. Jigs, reels and classical music on hammered dulcimer by David Neiman. $1-$2.50. 1-4pm, July...