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Thursday 10 September, 1998
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Face to faceThis week witnessed an historic first face-to-face meeting between Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams and Ulster Unionist Party leader and First Minister of the Six County Assembly David Trimble. more Omagh bomb group calls ceasefireThe announcement of a ``complete cessation of military activity'' by the group responsible for the Omagh bomb followed a week of extensive political pressure.Clinton takes time-out in IrelandSean Brady witnessed the Irish reception for a US President in troubleRemember conflict resolution?Micheal MacDonncha has a few basic truths for John Bruton.Community responds to Drug BaronHundreds gathered in Lower Crumlin in Dublin on Tuesday night in defiance of threats from one of Dublin's major drugs barons.Woman receives bullet in postA young Belfast woman who received a bullet in the post is planning to move out of her home.RUC overrules Parades CommissionA decision by the Parades Commission to ban a loyalist parade was effectively overruled last Saturday by the RUC.Criminalisation by the back door?The joyous welcome for released Republican prisoners is already being viewed with disquiet by the British dominated press, argues Laura Friel.Strong protest against new lawsHuman rights campaigners, Irish groups and others have expressed their concern at the implications of Britain's new repressive legislation.Informer recruitment continuesA young Dungannon man has been on the receiving end of a series of four approaches from the RUC in the last six monthsPortadown - a nationalist nightmarePortadown again erupted in violent hatred against its small nationalist community on Saturday 5 September.Orangemen ignore Drumcree appealsDrumcree Orangemen have said they are committed to maintaining their siege of the Garvaghy Road area despite repeated calls from church and political leaders on them to do so.The really powerful womenThe Vital Voices, Women in Democracy Conference in Belfast last week was totally out of step with the reality of life for the majority of women in the north, writes Mary Nelis.Use people power to boost languagePeople are being urged to flex their democratic voice in the battle for equal recognition of the Irish language.Workshops on policing submissionsDerry-based human rights organisations have said it is imperative that submissions be made to the Patten Commission on Policing.Electoral register examined by RUCAn employee of the electoral offices has been accused of passing electoral register forms to her RUC partner in County Derry.SF Councillor excludedA Sinn Féin Councillor has accused the council in Clonakilty of being ``trapped in the failed politics of the past''.Stalker payoutFour English businessmen who accused the London Metropolitan police of malicious prosecution have won their case.Tom Williams rememberedAround a hundred people gathered at Belfast's Milltown cemetery to mark the 56th anniversary of Tom Williams' execution in Crumlin Road jail last Sunday.Skychester United - who really cares?Rupert Murdoch has been allowed to do much more dangerous and threatening acts than buy an overvalued football club, writes Neil Forde.Sligo campaign underwaySinn Féin in Sligo has announced their candidates for next June's local government elections.
DAILY REPUBLICAN NEWS SERVICE
REPUBLICAN BULLETIN BOARD
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