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A small grey-haired woman sits with her 18-year-old son in the modest front living room of their County Antrim home. On her lap she is holding a fire extinguisher. This is her family's only defence against the sectarian thugs who have attacked their home over 15 times in the last two years. Last Friday night the house was petrol bombed. Adams praises those who struggled A weekend of events to commemorate four IRA Volunteers from the South Armagh Brigade who died within six months of each other in 1975 was held over the weekend of December 2 and 3. Sinn Féin confident in Dublin South Central Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams was in Dublin South Central on Thursday night, 30 November, as the party launched its election campaign to regain the seat once held by Countess Markievicz. Basque language activists arrested The latst in a series of moves against Basque cultural organisations has seen the imprisonment by Judge Baltasar Garzón of four members of AEK -the Alfabetatze Euskalduntze Koordinakundea (AEK), an independent organisation working on adult literacy in Basque Language since 1982. In the last few months, the governing Spanish right-wing Popular Party has banned a series of books on Basque history from Basque schools. There were also renewed attacks against different Basque publications, like Ardi Beltza, a monthly magazine whose editor, Pepe Rey, could face imprisonment over a video about the Spanish media. The annual Volunteer Charlie Kerins Commemoration took place Friday evening, 1 December, at a windy and rainswept Tralee. A crowd of approximately 60 braved the conditions and marched from the 1798 Croppy Box Memorial on Denny Street to the Charlie Kerins Memorial on Strand Road. The march was led by the Ballyseedy martyrs Republican Band. The event was chaired by Kerry Comhairle Cheantair chair Eddie Riordan. US experts may examine bomb debris Author Don Mullan revealed on Tuesday 5 December that a number of US bomb experts were willing to travel to Ireland and reexamine forensic evidence left over from the 1974 Dublin bombings. Dublin City faces waste charges battle Next Monday, Dublin councillors have to face a key decision - whether to vote through the estimates for next year, or not. Incorporated in this year's estimates are waste charges, charges on the householders for refuse collection. On 10 March 1993, at the 49th session of the UN Commission on Human Rights, the 26 Counties, along with all other participants, adopted a Resolution on Forced Evictions which ``urges governments to undertake immediate measures, at all levels, aimed at eliminating the practice of forced evictions. Also urges governments to confer legal security to all persons currently threatened with forced evictions, based upon effective participation, consultation and negotiations with effective persons or groups.'' FRU whistle blower not to be prosecuted A former member of the British Army's covert Force Research Unit (FRU) charged under the Official Secrets Act in the belief that he was the whistle blower known as `Martin Ingram' will not be prosecuted, it has emerged this week. The London Metropolitan Police abandoned the prosecution of the former FRU operative as he emerged as a key witness in the Stevens' investigation. ICC and TSB banks should not be sold Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams MP has hit out at the announcement that the ICC and TSB banks are to be sold off. Jack Bennett, who died last week, was one of the most incisive political thinkers and commentators of his generation. He played a prominent role in the creation of the civil rights movement of the `60s and will be remembered by many for his political column in the old Sunday Press, which he wrote under the name of Claude Gordon. Constantine remarks show need for amending legislation Six-County Policing Oversight Commissioner, Tom Constantine, said on Wednesday that it could take ten years before police membership reflects the community balance. Sinn Féin Chief Negotiator and Executive Education Minister, Martin McGuinness, has spent the last week on a party visit to Australia. Dublin signs up for EU superarmy Last month, the Dublin Government signed up to an army, the purpose of which is to `peace-make' by making war 2,500 miles away from EU shores. Why? Because it's the European Union's grand design to secure vital resources and extend its political and economic order. Paras face Kosovo murder charges Three members of the 1st Battalion of the Parachute Regiment who shot dead two Albanians whilst on tour in the Kosovan capital, Pristina, last year will learn this week whether they are to be charged with the killings. The Ministry of Defence said a final decision would would take into account whether it was ``in the public and Service interest `` to charge the soldiers. Students intensified their protests this week with an occupation of the offices of the Department of the Environment, as part of their campaign for increased student maintenance grants. In a statement of support to secondary teachers demonstrating in Dublin on Tuesday, Sinn Féin TD Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin said: Suggested voting power in the Council of Ministers: Germany, France, Italy, the UK and Turkey: 33 votes each; Spain and Poland: 26 votes; Romania: 14 votes; Belgium, Netherlands, Portugal, Greece, Czech Republic, Hungary: 10 votes; Sweden, Austria and Bulgaria: 8 votes; Ireland, Denmark, Finland, Slovakia, Lithuania: 6 votes each; and Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia, Cyprus, Luxembourg and Malta: 3 votes each. |
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