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Diplomats from more than 100 countries gathered in Dublin, Ireland, are still hopeful that a treaty banning cluster bombs will become a reality. However, the United States has opposed the ban citing the munitions’ military utility and calling it...
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A trio of English cocaine smugglers who were caught after putting the wrong fuel into their boat received the longest drug-related prison sentences in Irish history...
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Irish Republican Army dissidents have threatened to attack civil servants who work with the Northern Ireland police force.
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No-frills airline Ryanair said Thursday it will withdraw nearly a third of its aircraft from its major London base and suspend operations at seven other European...
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Ireland’s prison service says guards armed with clubs and riot shields stormed a recreation area at Dublin’s main prison where 50 inmates had barricaded...
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Ireland’s prison service says guards armed with clubs and riot shields stormed a recreation area at Dublin’s main prison where 50 inmates had barricaded...
made popular Jul 12 2008
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Air traffic controllers closed the runways at Dublin Airport on Wednesday after malfunctions on their radar screens left them unable to identify incoming aircraft, the...
made popular Jul 9 2008
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Political leaders across Europe were shaking their heads in frustration this weekend at the Irish voters’ veto of the latest European Union treaty. But many of...
made popular Jun 14 2008
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Electoral officials say Irish voters have rejected the European Union reform treaty with a national “No” vote of 53.4 percent.
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Substantial election returns showed Friday that Ireland’s voters have rejected the European Union reform treaty, a blueprint for modernizing the 27-nation bloc...
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Irish Justice Minister Dermot Ahern says substantial referendum returns show that Ireland has rejected the European Union reform treaty.
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An accident in a chemical plant Friday created a frightening-looking cloud of “laughing gas,” government and emergency officials said. Nobody was reported...
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Ireland’s former Prime Minister, who recently resigned amid questions over secret payments in the 1990s, told a corruption tribunal Wednesday that British money...
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The rival parties in Northern Ireland’s power-sharing administration announced a deal Wednesday that will permit both sides to elect a new leader and keep their...
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Diplomats from 111 nations have formally adopted a landmark treaty banning cluster bombs.
made popular May 30 2008
111 nations have finally approved the controversial Cluster bomb ban treaty in Dublin. However, with US, Russia and China opposing the move, will it help make the world...
made popular May 29 2008
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Diplomats from more than 100 nations agreed on a treaty Wednesday to ban current types of cluster bombs and require the destruction of stockpiles within eight years.
made popular May 28 2008
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Diplomats say more than 100 nations have reached agreement on a treaty that would ban current designs of cluster bombs.
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Northern Ireland paramilitary groups that refuse to disarm will lose their legal right to hand over weapons without fear of criminal prosecution, the British government...
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An Irish Republican Army veteran was charged Wednesday night in connection with the execution of an undercover British soldier 31 years ago _ one of Northern...
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When the British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, promised last year to work internationally for a ban on weapons that cause unacceptable harms to civilians in wars, the...
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Jody Williams accused the United States on Wednesday of trying to stall negotiations on an international agreement to ban cluster bombs _...
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Britain has banned the use of cluster bombs by its armed forces. An official communique from the Defence Secretary Des Browne says that the decision was taken on...
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US-made Cluster bombs that forced a horrendous and dreadful rampage in Afghanistan and Iraq, and rallies round the US forces to won the battles against Taliban and...
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