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...democratic" approach to its goal of a united Ireland. The I.R.A. said it would give the request from its political allies "due consideration." Adams' opponents accuse him of electioneering: he delivered his message surrounded by his party's candidates on the day after Britain's general election was announced. Unionist leaders say he's seeking to relieve pressure on Sinn Fein after accusations of I.R.A. involvement in a $50 million bank robbery and the murder of Robert McCartney in a Belfast bar. And the I.R.A. has often boosted Sinn Fein by making peaceful gestures just before elections. But that hasn...
...figures have dipped, too, from 12% to 9%. At Sinn Fein's annual conference on Saturday, Adams said the McCartney murder is "a huge issue for us," adding that "as president of Sinn Fein or as an individual, I could not campaign for the victims of British or unionist paramilitary thuggery if I was not as clear and as committed to justice for the McCartney family." McCartney's sisters made a surprise appearance, but didn't speak...
Every picture tells a story - even if some people don't want it told. An historic peace agreement in Northern Ireland seemed at hand last week but then fell apart, apparently over the issue of photographing the disposal of I.R.A. weapons. Democratic Unionist leader Ian Paisley, 78, insisted that pictures must be taken of the destruction of weaponry that republicans have hoarded since their cease-fire was announced a decade ago. The I.R.A. refused, saying Paisley would use the pictures to "humiliate" them. The standoff was particularly frustrating for British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who has been to Belfast...
...group and agrees to share power, the Nazis will be forced to "launch our version of Sinn Fein to keep talking to the government and our version of the I.R.A. to practice terror." This disturbed young man is grossly misinformed. The I.R.A. was not attempting to wipe out the Unionist population of Northern Ireland, but fought a guerrilla war against the British army to attain Irish sovereignty in the North. To compare the conflict in Northern Ireland with the twisted ideologies of the emerging fascist right in the new Russia is nonsense. Mark Eiffe Cork City, Ireland Your article...
...usually between 10 and 20 percent—than the already-disappointing numbers in a statewide or even municipal election. Besides being problematic for those who have utopian visions of the wonders decentralization can do for America’s schools, this syndrome upsets the balance between unionist and administrator with school board candidates relying on union support. It’s as if the AFL-CIO took over a company’s board of directors...