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Sinn Féin launches Cross-Border strategy 
Sinn Féin held a conference last Saturday in Armagh on the theme of building a community for the unification of Ireland. The conference marked a watershed in the progress of the party's all-Ireland strategy for the development of a new Ireland of Equals. Photo: Bairbre de Brún addresses the conference Protestors force Bolivian President into exile 
Bolivia's neo-liberal political parties have regained control of the South American country's Congress after a general strike put an end to the government of President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada. The parties agreed to formalise Sanchez de Lozada's resignation, his exile to Miami and the election of Vice President Carlos Mesa as the country's new president. General Jackson under pressure General Mike Jackson appeared before the Bloody Sunday Inquiry for a second time last week to answer accusations that, together with a junior officer, Major Ted Loden, who actually signed the document, he had concocted a handwritten, so-called Shot List of 'gunmen' and 'nail-bombers' killed and injured on Bloody Sunday. Also, the claims of the informer Paddy Ward, who has been giving evidence to the Inquiry, have been dismissed by Martin McGuinness as "pure fantasy". Brennan refuses union talks on Aer Rianta 
Rolling work stoppages are set to hit the 26 Counties' three largest airports in the coming weeks as transport minister Seamus Brennan refuses to respond to union requests for talks on his break up proposals for Aer Rianta. Also, IMPACT union cabin crew working for Aer Lingus are taking industrial action after management refused to negotiate with them on new productivity proposals which would mean the airline employees working longer hours for less money. Photo: Minister Seamus Brennan One in three in Six Counties living in poverty A recently-released report has revealed that one in three people in the Six Counties is living in poverty. A 16-year-old girl has narrowly missed losing an eye after a sectarian attack on a Belfast city bus, just one of the sectarian attacks against nationalists of the past week. Read on... UDA target their former political leaders The UDA said a vendetta against former Ulster Democratic Party (UDP) members Gary McMichael and David Adams is an internal matter and has accused both men of using the unionist paramilitary group to further their careers and social standing. Unionist reprimanded for anti-Muslim comments Ulster Unionist councillor Fred Crowe has received a written warning from party leader David Trimble after he made anti-Muslim comments on a BBC news programme. Government must support people with disabilities in Budget Sinn Féin TD Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin spoke at the launch of the Disability Federation of Ireland's Pre-Budget Submission on Tuesday. He called on the Government to provide the necessary resources in Budget 2004 and to accompany this with rights-based disability legislation. What a week for the Revenue Commissioners. A new report by business consultants KPMG suggests that billions of euro were being siphoned out of the Irish economy, perhaps fraudulently, during the late 1990s, facilitated by the very same banks who were forced to pay over €600 million in DIRT arrears for similar tax fraud. Poised for breakthrough in the Rebel City 
Gerry Adams was in Cork last week to meet Sinn Féin's candidates for the local elections next June. For the first time, the party will be contesting every ward in the city. The Sinn Féin president predicted that there would be significant gains, and that the party would have a strong presence on the next city council. Photo: Pictured with Gerry Adams are Dermot O'Mahony, Jackie Connolly, Henry Cremin, Fiona Kerins and Jonathan O'Brien Adams praises Kelly's contribution Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has paid tribute to former Assembly member John Kelly, who has announced that, for personal and other reasons, he will resign from the party and not seek reelection to the Assembly. Reynolds in West Belfast for children's charity 
Former Taoiseach Albert Reynolds paid a visit to a number of schools in West Belfast on Thursday 16 October to promote Ireland's Children for Children Foundation. Photo: Albert Reynolds at Bunscoil an tSléibhe in Belfast 
Relatives of victims of collusion between British forces and unionist death squads staged a picket outside last week's meeting of Magherafelt District Council in support of the Campaign Against Collusion. 
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams shares a joke in West Belfast last week with Xanana Gusmao, President of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste, more widely known as East Timor. Gusmao was on a two day visit to the Six Counties for a series of engagements based on the theme of Peace, Justice and Reconciliation. Photo: Gerry Adams shares a joke in West Belfast last week with Xanana Gusmao, President of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste Cavan Sinn Féin celebrates growth 
Cavan Sinn Féin celebrated its growing strength at a well attended first annual dinner dance last week, with Gerry Adams and Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, TD for Cavan/Monaghan, as guest speakers on the night. 
A delegation from Irish Northern Aid in Albany, New York State, visited the Dáil on Tuesday. Led by Paul Murray, the group was addressed in Leinster House by Sinn Féin Dáil leader Caoimhghin Ó Caoláin (seen in our picture greeting Paul Murray) who spoke on the day's big events in the Peace Process and the continued important role of Noraid and friends of the Irish struggle in the USA. The group later visited Dublin's City Hall where they were hosted by Sinn Féin Councillor Larry O'Toole. Sinn Féin supports community flag initiative A Sinn Féin supported initiative to remove hundreds of Irish Tricolours from telegraph poles in West Tyrone was launched this week. |
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