The IRA bomber who tried to kill Margaret Thatcher in 1984 expressed "regret" Tuesday, but refused to tell the families of most of the victims that he was sorry -- even when directly challenged to do so.
A reader wrote in asking me why most men are "fascinated" with redheads. In this instance, I think "fascinated" is a nice way of saying "obsessed." She admitted to being a redhead, and, therefore, the object of such ardor.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced Sunday that his government will support IRA victims in seeking compensation from Libya, in a move conservatives called a "U-turn" from his earlier position.
Relatives of victims of Northern Ireland's deadliest single bombing on Monday won a landmark civil case against four men they blamed for the attack in Omagh that killed 29 people.
Thousands of people in Northern Ireland protested Wednesday against the killing of two soldiers and a policeman, reportedly by paramilitaries who want the province to leave the United Kingdom and become part of the Republic of Ireland.
A police officer was slain in a shooting in Northern Ireland late Monday, just two days after two British troops were killed at a military base in the province, authorities said.
The British soldiers who were killed in Northern Ireland over the weekend had already packed their bags for Afghanistan and changed into desert uniforms when they were shot, a top British military officer said Monday.
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A car bomb exploded on a busy shopping street in the Northern Ireland town of Omagh 10 years ago Friday -- the single deadliest attack in the 30-year conflict between Roman Catholics and Protestants.
The IRA bomber who tried to kill Margaret Thatcher in 1984 expressed "regret" Tuesday, but refused to tell the families of most of the victims that he was sorry -- even when directly challenged to do so.
A reader wrote in asking me why most men are "fascinated" with redheads. In this instance, I think "fascinated" is a nice way of saying "obsessed." She admitted to being a redhead, and, therefore, the object of such ardor.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced Sunday that his government will support IRA victims in seeking compensation from Libya, in a move conservatives called a "U-turn" from his earlier position.
Relatives of victims of Northern Ireland's deadliest single bombing on Monday won a landmark civil case against four men they blamed for the attack in Omagh that killed 29 people.
Thousands of people in Northern Ireland protested Wednesday against the killing of two soldiers and a policeman, reportedly by paramilitaries who want the province to leave the United Kingdom and become part of the Republic of Ireland.
A police officer was slain in a shooting in Northern Ireland late Monday, just two days after two British troops were killed at a military base in the province, authorities said.
The British soldiers who were killed in Northern Ireland over the weekend had already packed their bags for Afghanistan and changed into desert uniforms when they were shot, a top British military officer said Monday.
Question: I'm 48 years old and have about 90% of my 401(k) invested in my company's stock and the rest in an international equity fund. I want to diversify further, but don't know where to turn. Any suggestions? --J.D., Glenville, New York
The 'poor man's air force' is accessible, devastating and extremely hard to defend against
A car bomb exploded on a busy shopping street in the Northern Ireland town of Omagh 10 years ago Friday -- the single deadliest attack in the 30-year conflict between Roman Catholics and Protestants.
One of Britain's top policemen has called for direct negotiations with the leaders of al Qaeda to help bring their terror campaign to an end.
One of the world's most intractible conflicts is now history. Robert Baer ponders what lessons it offers for the Middle East
Commentators who have watched the conflict in Northern Ireland play out for decades call the peace process a miracle.
Huge strides towards peace in Iraq were made during discussions between Middle Eastern power-brokers at the weekend, Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister said.
A generation-long deployment that defined British tactics comes to a quiet close
A chronology of bombings and attempted bomb attacks in the mainland UK since the 1970s:
Northern Ireland's major Protestant and Catholic parties have hailed a deal to form a power-sharing government as a "new era of politics" to end three decades of sectarian conflict in the British province.
Hard-line Catholic and Protestant parties have won the bulk of seats decided so far in the election for a new legislative assembly in Northern Ireland, a vote designed to clear the way for creation of a new power-sharing local executive that can pull support from across the sectarian divide.
Vote counting is under way in Northern Ireland following Wednesday's elections for a legislative assembly amid hopes of a new accord between politicians from either side of the troubled community's bitter sectarian divide.
The prime ministers of Britain and Ireland have issued a final deadline for Northern Ireland's deeply divided politicians to revive a stalled power-sharing assembly seen as key to lasting peace in the province.
The murder and mutilation of a former official with Northern Ireland's Sinn Fein party, who was recently exposed as a spy, has cast a shadow over renewed efforts to bring lasting peace to the troubled region.
Reaction to an announcement that the Irish Republican Army had "put beyond use" its weapons has been met with praise by the British and Irish governments.
The Irish Republican Army (IRA) has given up its entire arsenal of weapons after more than three decades of armed struggle against British rule, according to the disarmament monitor for Northern Ireland.
The Irish Republican Army has scrapped its weapons after more than three decades of armed struggle against British rule, the chief disarmament monitor for Northern Ireland is expected to announce Monday.
The British government on Wednesday said it determined that an outlawed Protestant group in Northern Ireland had abandoned its commitment to a 1994 cease-fire and was an enemy of the peace.
One of the military watchtowers in Northern Ireland -- which have for decades been a part of the region's landscape -- is to be torn down, a day after the Irish Republican Army pledged it would ditch its guns and end its campaign of violence.
The leading Protestant unionist party in Northern Ireland has dismissed the Irish Republican Army's move to resume disarmament as a "hollow gesture."
The Irish Republican Army has ordered militants to end the armed campaign in Northern Ireland and resume disarmament. Here is the full text of their statement made on Thursday:
The Irish Republican Army says it will resume disarmament and has ordered its members to halt its armed campaign to end British rule.
Two men have appeared in court on charges in connection to a January attack that left a 33-year-old man dead in a crowded Belfast bar.
Two men have been charged in connection with a January attack that left a 33-year-old man dead in a crowded Belfast bar.
Two men have been arrested in connection with the high-profile murder of Belfast father-of-two Robert McCartney, police say.
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has been meeting Northern Ireland's hard-line Protestant and Catholic leaders in the hope of reviving power-sharing in the province.
Northern Irish Nobel laureate David Trimble resigned Saturday as head of the Ulster Unionist Party after losing his seat in this week's parliamentary elections.
Northern Irish Nobel laureate David Trimble has lost his seat in the British parliament as his Ulster Unionist party, seen as one of the architects of the landmark 1998 Good Friday peace deal, was drubbed at the polls by hardline rivals.
Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has appealed to the Irish Republican Army to make a "historic" decision to use "purely political and democratic activity" to achieve its goals.
The five Northern Irish sisters who landed at Baltimore/Washington International Airport last Tuesday hardly looked like dignitaries, which is why U.S. agents reacted skeptically when the McCartney women revealed the purpose of their visit to the U.S.: they had come to meet George W. Bush.
The family of a Belfast man allegedly killed by IRA members said U.S. President George W. Bush is "100 percent" behind their campaign for justice.
The McCartney sisters are reluctant celebrities. They'd just as soon not be at the White House, but the brutal murder of their brother has brought them there.
President Bush welcomed Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern to the White House on Thursday as part of the traditional St. Patrick's Day celebrations.
The sisters of a Belfast man allegedly killed by IRA members met with the U.S. president at a St. Patrick's Day event.
They are perhaps the most famous sisters in the world right now -- Catherine, Gemma, Claire, Paula and Donna McCartney.
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators condemned the killing of a Northern Ireland man after meeting Wednesday with his sisters and fiancee.
The sisters of a man killed by the IRA have shrugged off a warning by a Sinn Fein leader to stay out of party politics in Northern Ireland.
U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy has called off talks with Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams set for St. Patrick's Day.
Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has condemned the killing of a Northern Ireland man and blasted the "rogue" members of the Irish Republican Army blamed for the man's death.
A man has been arrested in Northern Ireland the day after the outlawed IRA sparked outrage by announcing it had offered to shoot four people involved in the murder of a Belfast Catholic man.
Top Irish officials have accused three Sinn Fein members of being high-ranking leaders of the Irish Republican Army.
"The World Trade Center was built to withstand winds of 250 mph. That's basically a Category 5 hurricane," says the author of "Empire Rising" over the phone from Los Angeles, California. "The Empire State Building was built to withstand winds of 1,250 mph. Do the math."
British Prime Minister Tony Blair has issued a public apology to members of two families wrongfully imprisoned for IRA bombings three decades ago.
The Irish Republican Army has warned the British and Irish governments not to underestimate the current crisis in Northern Ireland's peace process.
Northern Ireland is facing the likelihood of months of political stalemate after the Irish Republican Army said it was withdrawing any offer to disarm.
The Irish Republican Army has said it is withdrawing any offer to disarm, putting another obstacle in the way of setting up a power-sharing government in troubled Northern Ireland.
Northern Ireland's police chief has blamed the Irish Republican Army for a $50 million bank robbery last month, a verdict that could unsettle the peace process.
A Colombian court has sentenced three IRA-linked men to up to 17 1/2 years in prison for training leftist rebels in terrorist tactics in a guerrilla stronghold in southern Colombia, a spokeswoman for the trio said Thursday.
All sides in Northern Ireland need to use their "intellect" to find a way through the deadlock over IRA disarmament, the UK minister with responsibility for the province says.
British and Irish leaders have unveiled a plan to resolve the conflict in Northern Ireland but a standoff over IRA arms decomissioning looks set to dash hopes of a deal.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair says three days of intensive talks to revive the Northern Ireland peace process have ended without an agreement between Roman Catholic and Protestant parties.
Three suspected members of the Irish Republican Army who were accused of training Colombian rebels in terrorist tactics have been set free from a Bogota prison, a spokesman at the Chief Prosecutor's Office said.
A judge in Colombia has denied a request by three suspected members of the Irish Republican Army to leave the country pending prosecutors' appeal of their acquittal on charges of training rebels to use explosives.
I was living in London in 1994, when the Irish Republican Army declared its first cease-fire. Naturally, after 25 years of intermittent outrages, people were wary of the promise. For weeks after th...
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