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17 June 1999 Edition

Chiapas, Mexico: Fresh wave of military assaults on indigenous villages

17 June 1999

Mexico's new Minister for the Interior, Dionisio Carrasco Altamirano, appears to be bent on marking his arrival in power with a series of strikes against the poorest and historically weakest sector of society: the indigenous peoples of the state of Chiapas. Free article

Tuatha de Dana

17 June 1999

Bhí a fhios agam, go moch maidin Dé Sathairn, go dtoghfaí Dana ina Feisire Eorpach. Ní raibh an t-amhránaí féin i láthair san ionad comhairimh nuair a tháinig mé den tuairim sin ach, na vótaí agus páipéir reifrinn á sortáil agus a roinnt idir toghcháin Chomhairle Chondae, Comhairle Cathrach, Pairlimint na hEorpa agus Reifrinn, ba léir go raibh vótaí Dana ag teacht ó fud fud na háite. Agus ag méadú. Free article

Remembering the Past: Electoral success - the first step

17 June 1999

The death of the Irish Parliamentary Party MP for North Roscommon, James J. O'Kelly a former IRB member who supported John Redmond, in late 1916 led to one of the most important by-election in Irish history. Free article

Back issue: More Armagh land seized

17 June 1999

Farmland in South Armagh has again been invaded and crops damaged as British soldiers constructed bunkers on farms along the Armagh to Newtownhamilton Road last week. Free article

New in print: Hidden Wounds

17 June 1999

Hidden Wounds: The problems of Northern Ireland veterans in Civvy Street By Aly Renwick Published by Barbed Wire, Price £4.99 Free article

Dúirt siad...

17 June 1999

The week in quotes.... Free article


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