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NEWS ABOUT: Gerry Adams

Gerry Adams stories: 6 news summaries

Secret Army Units Stirred Up N. Ireland Violence: Adams

British PM visits site of shooting, calls for 'hunting down' of gunmen

Mar 9, 09 1:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sinn Fein head Gerry Adams says Northern Ireland’s chief constable “made a huge mistake bringing in undercover British Army units” to Northern Ireland after two UK soldiers were killed at a barracks Saturday, the Daily Telegraph reports. “You don't understand the history if you don't appreciate that... More »

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Northern Ireland • Gordon Brown • Sinn Fein • Gerry Adams • British Army • barracks • Britain • shooting • Real IRA

Chelsea Thesis May Clarify Hillary's Role
in Irish Peace

But Clintons won't release Stanford doc

Apr 6, 08 2:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - While Hillary Clinton stands accused of exaggerating her part in the 1998 Irish peace process, the answer might lie in an unlikely 150-page document—Chelsea Clinton's senior thesis from Stanford. Only problem? No one seems to know where it's gone, Newsweek reports, and a Clinton spokesman warns it was "... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Stanford • Northern Ireland • Sinn Fein • Bill Clinton • Gerry Adams • Ireland • Chelsea Clinton • thesis • Northern Ireland peace deal

Blair Offered to Meet Hooded IRA Militants

And Bill Clinton advised him to do it, new book reveals

Mar 17, 08 7:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new tell-all book by Tony Blair's chief of staff reveals that the former British prime minister offered to meet with eight leaders of the Irish Republican Army during a critical moment in Northern Irish peace talks. Jonathan Powell, one of Blair's longest-serving allies, admits in a memoir being serialized... More »

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Tony Blair • Northern Ireland • United Kingdom • Sinn Fein • Bill Clinton • Gerry Adams • IRA • Troubles • Good Friday Agreement • Jonathan Powell

Northern Ireland Launches
Historic Power Share

Power-sharing government
ends decades of sectarian violence

May 8, 07 8:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Protestant and Catholic leaders pledged to cooperate as Northern Ireland inaugurated a power-sharing government today, ending a deadly decades-long conflict. Protestant leader Ian Paisley and Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness will serve as first minister and deputy first minister, respectively. Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams hailed "a new era of... More »

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Tony Blair • Northern Ireland • ireland • British Parliament • Sinn Fein • Ian Paisley • Gerry Adams • Martin McGuinness

Ian Paisley Does the Unthinkable

Middle East Can Learn From Northern Ireland

Mar 28, 07 7:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - "Watching this stooped white-haired man reverse a lifetime's course made one feel that change might be possible in other intractable situations," writes Trudy Rubin of Ian Paisley's meeting with Gerry Adams to agree on power sharing in Northern Ireland. The "other situation" Rubin has in mind is ... More »

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Middle East • politics • Northern Ireland • ireland • Ian Paisley • Gerry Adams • Ulster

Irish Rivals Unite for Self-Rule

Powersharing agreement in Northern Ireland will allow continuation of self-rule

Mar 27, 07 12:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ian Paisley and Gerry Adams sat down together yesterday and agreed  to a power sharing deal for Northern Ireland that would include their rival parties. A British deadline to disband the national assembly if a pact wasn't forthcoming jump-started the negotiations, after four years of stalled talks.  The coalition... More »

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Tony Blair • Northern Ireland • diplomacy • United Kingdom • Ian Paisley • Gerry Adams

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