Former IRA leader Brian Keenan dies
                   
reuters.com     21-May-2008            

By Anne Cadwallader BELFAST (Reuters) - Brian Keenan, a former leader in the IRA who fought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, has died, his close ally Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams said on Wednesday. Born in 1942, Keenan still believed close to his death that the IRA could have won its... [read full story]                    


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