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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Belfast

Belfast stories: 5 news summaries

 Clinton 'Misspeaks' Again 
 on Belfast Bombing 

Northern Ireland wasn't the warzone secretary claimed

Oct 19, 09 7:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton has been caught in another war-zone exaggeration—this time, in Northern Ireland. The secretary of state told regional lawmakers that she stayed at a "bombed" hotel that was still partially boarded up in Belfast in 1995—even though the last terrorist strike there was in 1993... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Northern Ireland • secretary of State • gaffe • Belfast

 Racist Attacks Target 
 Romanians in Belfast 

Immigrants to Northern Irish capital fear for lives

Jun 17, 09 7:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - More than 100 Romanian immigrants in the Northern Ireland capital of Belfast have been moved into a shelter after a series of racist attacks on their homes. A Protestant paramilitary group is suspected of orchestrating the violence, which has included bricks thrown through windows and death threats against a baby.... More »

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immigration • sectarian violence • Northern Ireland • racism • Romania • Belfast

(Newser) - A police officer was killed in Northern Ireland tonight amid renewed tensions with suspected Irish Republican terrorists, the Guardian reports. Responding to a call on a private manor southwest of Belfast, one officer was fatally shot in the head and another injured. The Real IRA, which claimed responsibility for killing... More »

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Northern Ireland • IRA • Belfast • shooting

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 'Real IRA' Claims 
 It Killed 2 UK Soldiers 

Prime minister rips 'evil, cowardly' ambush

Mar 8, 09 6:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - An organization called "The Real IRA" claimed responsibility today for killing two British soldiers at a Northern Ireland army base, the Independent reports. Four other people, including two pizza delivery men, were seriously wounded in the drive-by ambush, reports the Times of London. The attack occurred just miles... More »

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sectarian violence • Northern Ireland • IRA • Belfast • mass shootings • ambush • troops

Major Northern Ireland Militia Renounces Violence

Paramilitary group observes Remembrance Day with gesture toward peace

Nov 12, 07 10:55 AM CST
(Newser) - The largest Protestant paramilitary group in Northern Ireland stood down yesterday but didn't commit to destroying its arms, the Guardian reports. The Ulster Defense Association, the third and last of the major militant groups in the region to renounce violence, announced its commitment to "a society where violence and... More »

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Northern Ireland • IRA • Belfast • Ulster Volunteer Force

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