28 February 2002 Edition
Independent's propaganda war
28 February 2002
Polls and propaganda - it's just another week in the life of Independent News and Media. In case you didn't know it, Sinn Féin have lost the next Leinster House elections. Yes, one poll conducted in a unique rural constituency has empowered the scribes in the Independent News and Media to begin to write political obituaries for Sinn Féin. 'A mortal blow for Sinn Féin?' was the editorial headline in the Evening Herald yesterday. They wish. Free article
Colombian Army invades FARC zone
28 February 2002
On Monday 25 February, Colombian interior minister Armando Estrada Villa announced that one of the presidential candidates was being held hostage by the rebel group in southern Colombia's war zone - apparently to trade for rebel prisoners. Free article
Ciníochas sa Toghachán
28 February 2002
Cuireadh díoma orm a léamh go bhfuil grúpa frith-imirce, 'Immigration Control Platform' (ICP) l'ionadaithe a chur chun tosaigh sa toghachán ginearálta sna sé chontae is fiche. Mar a tharlaíonn sé ní bheidh ach beirt ionadaithe acu ach creidim gur barraíocht an bheirt. Beidh Áine Ní Chonaill ag seasamh i mBaile Átha Cliath agus Tom Neville i gCorcaigh. Free article