Twelve years after the explosion of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, three Scottish judges convened in a special sitting in the Netherlands to try Al Amin Khalifa Fimah and Adbel Basel Ali Mohameh Ali Megrahi. The former was acquitted, but the latter - a Libyan intelligence officer - was convicted to 20 years for his alleged role in the bombing. Free article

Caithfidh gur chuala gach duine in Éirinn ar na mallaibh faoin chonspóid a tharraing an Cairdinéal nua air féin díreach agus an stadas nua tugtha dó. I ndáiríre, tá a lán fadhbanna eile ag an tír seo gan athrá a dhéanamh ar an mhéid a bhí le rá aige dhá bhliain ó shin. Bhuel, ní thig a rá gur peaca marfach do dhuine ar bith comaoineach naofa a ghlacadh ó Protastúnach! Free article

BOBBY SANDS , the 27-year-old republican, until recently OC of the H-Block Blanket men, is to lead the hunger strike for political status, which begins this Sunday 1 March in long Kesh Prison Camp, on the fifth anniversary of the withdrawal of political status. Free article