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Leaders from 15 political parties attended the program, titled "Managing Change in a Diverse Society." Among those in attendance were Northern Ireland nationalist parties such as Sinn Fein and the Social Democratic and Labour Party; loyalist parties such as the Ulster Unionist Party; and Irish and British political parties...
...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," says TIME's Edward Barnes of the Protestant delegates...
...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," says TIME's Edward Barnes of the Protestant delegates...
...irritated as anyone else at Sinn Fein's refusal to condemn Irish Republican Army atrocities [WORLD, March 11], and at clumsy attempts by radio and TV commentators to get it to do so. However, there is much more to the matter than merely seeking to establish that there are politically incorrect attitudes among Sinn Fein spokespeople. There is also the effect on the mind-sets of those who organize or execute such atrocities. Every time Sinn Fein officials fail to condemn I.R.A. violence, they are implicitly asserting the right not of only the I.R.A. but also other groups to carry...
...Sinn Fein Leader Gerry Adams told TIME Daily that despite discouragement by New York City officials, he intends to march in the city's St. Patrick's Day parade this Saturday. Visiting the United States to build support for a resumption of peace talks with Britain, Adams, leader of the political wing of the Irish Republican Army, deplored the recent IRA terrorist bombing in London. He maintained that he does not have the power to control IRA violence, and insisted that he is firmly committed to a non-violent resolution of the conflict. He credited President Clinton with bringing both...