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British ex-soldier cleared of Bloody Sunday murders
AFP, Published on 23/10/2025
» BELFAST - A judge in Belfast on Thursday acquitted a British ex-paratrooper of killing unarmed civilians during the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre in Northern Ireland.
Bloody Sunday trial of British ex-soldier to open in Belfast
AFP, Published on 15/09/2025
» BELFAST - The first ever trial of a former British soldier accused of murdering victims of the Bloody Sunday massacre opens Monday in Belfast, in a landmark moment in Northern Ireland's conflict-scarred recent history.
Biden touts peace and prosperity in restive N. Ireland
AFP, Published on 12/04/2023
» BELFAST - US President Joe Biden was set Wednesday to promote the potential of enduring peace as well as business investment on his trip to Northern Ireland.
Sunak, Biden to mark 25 years since N.Irish peace deal
AFP, Published on 10/04/2023
» LONDON - Northern Ireland on Monday marks the 25th anniversary of its landmark 1998 peace accords, with the UK province mired in political dysfunction and security concerns which threaten to overshadow the historic milestone.
Make mine a 'Kyiv Mule': Americans, Canadians drop Russian vodka
AFP, Published on 01/03/2022
» WASHINGTON - Regulars at Caddies bar and grill in Bethesda, Maryland can still get a classic cocktail made with vodka, ginger beer and lime, but it now comes with a different name -- a Kyiv Mule.
'No justice': N.Ireland marks 'Bloody Sunday' amid Brexit backdrop
AFP, Published on 30/01/2022
» LONDONDERRY, Northern Ireland, UK: The Northern Irish city of Londonderry commemorates one of the darkest days in modern UK history on Sunday when, 50 years ago, British troops opened fire without provocation on civil rights protesters.
N. Irish Nobel Peace Prize winner John Hume dies aged 83
AFP, Published on 03/08/2020
» LONDON - John Hume, the Northern Irish politician who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998 for his pivotal role in ending decades of violence in the British province, has died aged 83, his family announced Monday.
Gregg and that dark day in February
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 22/02/2020
» It was sad to learn of the death this week of former Manchester United and Northern Ireland goalkeeper Harry Gregg at the age of 87.
Couple make history with N.Ireland's first same-sex marriage
AFP, Published on 11/02/2020
» CARRICKFERGUS (UNITED KINGDOM) - A Belfast couple on Tuesday made history by becoming the first same-sex couple to get married in Northern Ireland, following a landmark change in the law last year.
Northern Ireland: when British troops moved in 50 years ago
AFP, Published on 12/08/2019
» PARIS - British troops deployed into Northern Ireland for the first time 50 years ago after days of rioting in a Catholic heartland that later spread to Belfast and beyond.