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Fury at British suspensionAt the weekend, British Secretary of State John Reid confounded the hopes of those who believed the British were at last ready to put the peace process first. moreIRA statement 'no surprise'This week's IRA statement is a consequence of the actions of unionists and the British government, Sinn Féin has said.Sectarian attacks continueSectarian attacks continued across the north this week, including one attack on a 12-year-old Catholic schoolboy by three youths in South Belfast.Something inside so strongLast Sunday, thousands of people from all parts of Ireland marked the 20th Anniversary of the 1981 hunger strike by participating in a march and rally in Belfast.Long Kesh revisitedJIM GIBNEY on the revisiting the scene of the 1981 hunger strike and why Long Kesh should be preserved as a museum.Colombia arrestsSinn Féin has reacted to the arrest in Colombia of three Irish men which has been receiving sensationalist media coverage all week.British border incursionSinn Féin has called on the Dublin Minister for Foreign Affairs to make a strong protest following a cross-border incursion on Friday morning.Clonakilty SF anti-racism motionSinn Féin's Councillor Cionnaith Ó Súilleabháin has proposed a motion condemning racial intolerance and promoting equal rights.Basques and Irish share experiencesA number of republican ex-prisoners gathered to meet with a Basque delegation in Coiste na nIarchimí last week.Prominent defection a sign of FF disillusionThe recent defection Sinn Féin of a Fianna Fail councillor to has highlighted that party leadership's failure to address local and regional concerns.Visit to a Turkish Death HouseELLA O'DWYER describes her recent visit to one of the Turkish Death HousesBelgian minister backs Patten proposalsA group of Flemish nationalists who travelled to Belfast for Sunday's hunger strike commemoration march travelled on to South Armagh.IMF contradictionsThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) came, saw and left a 55-page report behind them.Incinerator study ``hypocritical'' - Ó CaoláinA government plan for a study on the health effects of waste incinerators and landfill sites has been described as `hypocritical'Tiger economy not the envy of EuropeJuly inflation figures of 4.8%, showing a fall in 26-County prices, have been described as `good news''.Successful John Joe McGirl weekendThe J.J McGirl Memorial Committee annual weekend of events took place in Ballinamore, County Leitrim, on Friday and Saturday, 10 and 11 August.McGuinness meets ThunderhawkAn elder with the Lakota Sioux in North-western Alberta in Canada. met with Minister of Education Martin McGuinness recently.Cancer screening delay in Northwest slammedSligo Sinn Féin Councillor Sean MacManus has expressed his concern over the absence of comprehensive breast cancer screening in the region.Nuclear failures rewardedThe annual report of British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL) indicates that the company often did not comply with their environmental licenses last year.Images of people in strugglePhotographer Oistin Mac Bride has launched his new book, Family 'Friends and Neighbours, An Irish Photobiography' last Monday.
DAILY REPUBLICAN NEWS SERVICE
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