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31 July, 1997

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UVF link to brutal murder

The sectarian killing of 16-year-old James Morgan was one of the most brutal to have taken place in nearly 30 years of conflict. The teenager was found on 27 July, three days after he went missing from his home in Castlewellan, County Down. His body was dumped in a water-filled hole at Clough. He was mutilated beyond recognition.

Mála Poist

Real test will come with talks

Micheal Mac Donncha writes that the test of a new peace process is whether it can change the course of history.

Loyalist mob targets Lower Ormeau

The drunken mob of loyalists who pulled down the Lower Ormeau Road community's festival banner last Saturday evening were assisted by the RUC and British soldiers from the Royal Irish Regiment according to residents of the area. It was yet another sectarian attack which left residents hospitalised and some badly injured.

Iran awakes to a new ideological revolution

Special report by Ann Maguire in Teheran

Crown forces urged to call ceasefire

Sinn Fein Cookstown District Councillor Finbar Conway has demanded the British Army and RUC ``call a ceasefire in their campaign of harassment against the nationalist community of Pomeroy.''

Derry march agreement?

Derry residents, as well as those in small villages, are wondering if this time the Apprentice Boys might actually take the opportunity created for them by the conciliation efforts of the Bogside residents and others, and march with consent in Derry.

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