Gerry Adams

                   

Is Stormont heading for stalemate?

bbc.co.uk     10-Jul-2008   2 related          

There are fears business at Stormont is being held up There are growing signs of political stalemate and indecision within the Stormont Executive. One insider claimed Sinn Fein's demand to transfer policing and justice powers...                    

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Lifeboat called out

barryanddistrictnews.co.uk     10-Jul-2008          

THE Barry Dock Lifeboat was called into action on Friday to help a local motorboat user. The boat is thought to have had engine failure when it was in the vicinity of the Bendrick Rock. The crew was once again pleased to see...                    

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Future of Orange parades lies in Ashdown's hands: The News Letter - Liam Clarke

nuzhound.com     10-Jul-2008   3 related          

Published Date: 08 July 2008 Paddy Ashdown, who is carrying out a review of parades, should intervene to promote dialogue on the Drumcree issue. This year Ashdown has seen for himself how much of the heat has gone out of the...                    

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British lawyer targets Australian Olympian

abc.net.au     09-Jul-2008   1 related          

A British lawyer is appealing against the Olympic selection of Australian modern pentathlete, Angie Darby, questioning her qualification. Mike Townley is demanding that her place on the list of top-ranked athletes be taken by a...                    

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Brit accuses Australians of cheating

smh.com.au     08-Jul-2008   6 related          

HOW low can the British stoop? So low that a British lawyer claims Australians cheated, by inventing and changing official scores, to ensure the Australian female modern pentathlon competitor Angie Darby qualified for a place...                    

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Hedonistic Belfast finds a new use for relics of Troubles

independent.co.uk     07-Jul-2008   1 related          

By David McKittrick, Ireland correspondent The Northern Ireland troubles may be over, but heavily armoured Saracen military personnel carriers still trundle through downtown Belfast. The armoured wagon is just the most visible,...                    

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Annual Orange parade at Drumcree passes off peacefully

independent.ie     06-Jul-2008   11 related          

This year's annual Orange parade at Drumcree has passed off without incident, with its local leadership calling for mediation with local nationalist residents. The police mounted a low-key presence with crowd barriers in place...                    

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Obama gets touchy about appeasement

ocregister.com     06-Jul-2008          

That – that's a show of disrespect to me." That was Barack Obama, a couple of weeks back, explaining why he was casting the Rev. Jeremiah Wright into outer darkness. President Bush was in Israel the other day and gave a speech...                    

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Cowen on the rack

independent.ie     06-Jul-2008   2 related          

THE public's satisfaction with Taoiseach Brian Cowen has fallen dramatically, as the country slides into recession in the aftermath of the rejection of the Lisbon Treaty, according to a new Sunday Independent/ Quantum Research...                    

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SF calls on Taoiseach to secure better deal than the Lisbon Treaty for Ireland

independent.ie     05-Jul-2008   2 related          

Sinn Fein says the Taoiseach must seize the opportunity to secure a better deal for Ireland than the Lisbon Treaty, when he attends the next meeting of the European Council in October. MEP Mary Lou McDonald says Brian Cowen's...                    

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