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10 February, 2005 |
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Venezuala's remarkable revolution 
Richard Gott is a writer, historian and journalist who worked for many years for The Guardian newspaper in London, mostly as a foreign correspondent in Latin America. He first went to Cuba in the early 1960s, after the revolution, excited about the possibilities of change. In Cuba, Gott met Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and many of the leaders of the revolution and became so fascinated by Latin America that decided to go and work there. Photo: Richard Gott Sinn Féin opposes water charges At our weekly Assembly Members meeting at Stormont, Sinn Féin unanimously backed the industrial action initiated by the trade unions in opposition to proposals by Direct Rule Minister John Spellar that will lead to the loss of over 600 jobs in the Water Service in the Six Counties. The New Labour approach to Education, Employment and Learning 
British Government proposals in relation to those in receipt of Incapacity benefit/Disability Benefit in the Six Counties need to be seen for what they are, not for what the Government would have us believe, writes MICHAEL FERGUSON, Sinn Féin Assembly spokesperson for Employment & Learning. Photo: Mickey Ferguson Call to investigate Sugarloaf dumping There should be an immediate investigation in to dumping on the Little Sugarloaf in Wicklow, says Bray Town Councillor John Brady. "I inspected the dump on 3 February and found at least ten violations of the licence conditions," said the Sinn Féin councillor. The families of three teenage boys allegedly assaulted by the PSNI in Belfast city centre last Saturday 29 January, are to meet with solicitors to discuss taking legal proceedings and are also lodging complaints with the Police Ombudsman. 
In a series of attacks over the weekend, loyalist thugs attacked the homes of nationalist families in North and West Belfast. In an attack on a house on Mill Road, on the outskirts of the Bawnmore estate in North Belfast, loyalists smashed in the front window of a nationalist couple's home at around 6am on Sunday 6 February. Photo: Briege Meehan Céad Bliain exhibition launched in Belfast 
Sinn Féin's Céad Bliain exhibition was officially launched in Belfast's Europa Hotel, celebrating 100 years of the party. The collection of documents, posters and photography will go on display throughout Belfast before travelling around the country. Already, events are being planned in every county in Ireland. Photo: Gerry Adams with Bridget Hannon and other republican women at the exhibition launch If Irish Government opposes sanctions then it must prevent them 
Speaking as the Dublin Government met on Tuesday to discuss the latest report from the Independent Monitoring Commission (IMC), Sinn Féin Assembly member for North Belfast Gerry Kelly said that "if the Irish Government opposes sanctions then it will stop them happening". Photo: Gerry Kelly Derry people demand Doherty's release Hundreds of friends and neighbours of Derry republican Martin 'Ducksie' Doherty, who was jailed for his refusal to give evidence to the Bloody Sunday Inquiry, placed a full-page advertisement in Tuesday's Derry Journal calling for his immediate release. Belfast Paddy's Day funding blocked again Funding for the annual St Patrick's Day Carnival in Belfast has once again been blocked by bigots in City Hall. The £30,000 funding for the festival, to be held at City Hall, had previously been approved by the council's Good Relations Committee and the Policy and Resources Committee, with the approval of a number of unionist councillors, who had acknowledged the efforts of Carnival organisers to reach out to all communities. Gaeltacht residents left out in cold Sinn Fein's Údaras candidate Gráinne Mhic Géidigh has voiced her disappointment at the withdrawal of the evening bus service between Falcarragh and Dungloe via Gweedore. She was speaking after the Lough Swilly Bus Company withdrew its service connecting Letterkenny to Dungloe via Cloughaneely and Gweedore parishes. 
Gerry Adams addressed a well-attended Leinster Sinn Féin Cúige AGM last Saturday in Dublin. He left them with the inspiration that, "if we have in our heads that Joe Reilly, the best candidate, will win the Meath by-election, then he will win it. It can be done. Photo: Gerry Adams and Meath by-election candidate Cllr. Joe Reilly at the Leinster Cúige AGM in Dublin last Saturday Protest vigil at Tallaght Hospital 
Sinn Féin TD Seán Crowe on Saturday afternoon organised a protest vigil at Tallaght Hospital in Dublin "in support of and solidarity with the staff and patients". The Tallaght-based TD was joined by councillors from the area and members of the local community who are concerned about the ongoing crisis affecting the hospital. Death of Sinn Féin activist Margaret McKenna 
Tributes have been paid to a former Sinn Féin councillor who passed away on Monday 7 February. Margaret McKenna, a lifelong republican activist, was elected as a Sinn Féin representative for the Moyola district electoral area on Magherafelt District Council in 1993 and served two terms up until 2001 when she stepped down to care for her elderly mother Photo: Margeret McKenna 
A massive crowd gathered at Flynn's Cross, Coolderry, in South Armagh, last Sunday 6 February, to remember IRA Volunteer Séamus Harvey, shot dead by the British Army on 16 January 1977. The commemoration ceremony was addressed by Newry and Armagh Sinn Féin MLA Conor Murphy. Photo: Séamus Harvey Remembering Barnes and McCormick - IRA Volunteers unjustly executed 65 years ago 
This week marks the 65th anniversary of the judicial murder of IRA Volunteers Peter Barnes and James McCormick. Photo: James McCormick 
Kathleen Holden from Poleglass in Belfast, who died at the end of January, was a remarkable woman. When we first knew Kathleen Holden in 1976 she lived in Turf Lodge, below the Black Mountain. My children called it "Kathleen's Mountain". She was one of a very special group of women from Turf Lodge and Andersonstown who adopted the Troops Out Movement. Photo: Kathleen Holden |
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