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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Ireland</title>
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		<title>Pope accepts resignation of Limerick bishop criticized in child sex abuse scandal in Ireland</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
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Irish bishop resigns after sex abuse scandal

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation of Limerick&#8217;s bishop, who was heavily criticized in an Irish investigation of clergy sex abuse of children and a church hierarchy cover-up, the Vatican said Thursday.
The one-line announcement that Monsignor Donal Murray had resigned did not mention the scandal.
It ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/pope-accepts-resignation-of-limerick-bishop-criticized-in-child-sex-abuse-scandal-in-ireland-245318/" title="Pope accepts resignation of Limerick bishop criticized in child sex abuse scandal in Ireland">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Pope say he will write to Catholics of Ireland on church response to clerical sex abuse</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:55:06 +0000</pubDate>
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Pope will write letter to Irish Catholics on abuse

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI is deeply disturbed by a child sex-abuse scandal in Ireland and will write a letter to Catholics there on the church&#8217;s response to a report that found the church shielded more than 100 child-abusing priests from the law, the Vatican said ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/pope-say-he-will-write-to-catholics-of-ireland-on-church-response-to-clerical-sex-abuse-242941/">Pope say he will write to Catholics of Ireland on church response to clerical sex abuse</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>3 pregnant Irish women challenge Ireland&#8217;s abortion ban at European Court of Human Rights</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:23:11 +0000</pubDate>
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3 women challenge Irish abortion ban in Euro court

DUBLIN — Three women have contended in a lawsuit that the Irish government has violated the human rights of pregnant women by forcing them to travel abroad for abortions and denying them appropriate medical care at home.
The three women took the case to the European Court of ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/3-pregnant-irish-women-challenge-irelands-abortion-ban-at-european-court-of-human-rights-242021/">3 pregnant Irish women challenge Ireland&#8217;s abortion ban at European Court of Human Rights</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Head of Irish Catholics to meet pope to after report finds bishops covered up priests&#8217; abuse</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:52:23 +0000</pubDate>
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Irish Catholic chief, pope to discuss abuse report

DUBLIN — The head of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland says he will meet Pope Benedict XVI next week to discuss a devastating report that found the church covered up clerical child abuse for decades.
Cardinal Sean Brady says he and Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin would meet the .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/head-of-irish-catholics-to-meet-pope-to-after-report-finds-bishops-covered-up-priests-abuse-240451/">Head of Irish Catholics to meet pope to after report finds bishops covered up priests&#8217; abuse</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ireland&#8217;s Liam Clancy, last of the 1960s folk revivalist Clancy Brothers, dies in Cork aged 74</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
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Irish folk pioneer Liam Clancy dies in Cork at 74

DUBLIN — Irish balladeer Liam Clancy, last of the Clancy Brothers troupe whose feisty, boozy songs of old Ireland struck a sentimental chord worldwide, died Friday in a Cork hospital. He was 74.
Clancy died in his hospital bed flanked by his wife Kim and daughters Siobhan  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/irelands-liam-clancy-last-of-the-1960s-folk-revivalist-clancy-brothers-dies-in-cork-aged-74-240073/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Major Irish order of Catholic nuns offers euro128 million in reparations to child abuse victims</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
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Irish nuns offer euro128M for permitting child abuse

DUBLIN — A major Irish order of Roman Catholic nuns, the Sisters of Mercy, is offering to pay victims of child abuse, the government and charities nearly euro128 million ($193.5 million) to compensate for decades of abuse in its schools and orphanages.
Thursday&#8217;s compensation offer is the largest yet .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/major-irish-order-of-catholic-nuns-offers-euro128-million-in-reparations-to-child-abuse-victims-239587/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Major Irish order of Catholic nuns offers euro128 million in reparations to child abuse victims</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Major Irish order of Catholic nuns offers €128 million in reparations to child abuse victims</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
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Irish nuns offer €128M for permitting child abuse

DUBLIN — A major Irish order of Roman Catholic nuns, the Sisters of Mercy, is offering to pay victims of child abuse, the government and charities nearly €128 million ($193.5 million) to compensate for decades of abuse in its schools and orphanages.
Thursday&#8217;s compensation offer is the largest yet .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/major-irish-order-of-catholic-nuns-offers-e128-million-in-reparations-to-child-abuse-victims-239586/">Major Irish order of Catholic nuns offers €128 million in reparations to child abuse victims</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Experts: Dublin bishops covered up Catholic child abuse for decades, shielded priests from law</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:21:59 +0000</pubDate>
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Experts: Bishops covered up priests&#8217; child abuse

DUBLIN — Bishops of the Roman Catholic Church in Dublin covered up decades of child abuse by priests to protect the church&#8217;s reputation, an expert commission reported Thursday after a three-year investigation.
Abuse victims welcomed the report on the Dublin Archdiocese&#8217;s mishandling of abuse complaints against its parish priests from .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/experts-dublin-bishops-covered-up-catholic-child-abuse-for-decades-shielded-priests-from-law-236282/">Original source &nbsp;: Experts: Dublin bishops covered up Catholic child abuse for decades, shielded priests from law</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Helicopters, boats rescue over 200 from floods in UK&#8217;s Lake District; Ireland also hard hit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:52:57 +0000</pubDate>
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Floods devastate UK Lake District; much of Ireland

COCKERMOUTH, England — Raging floods engulfed northern England&#8217;s picturesque Lake District on Friday following the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in Britain, killing a police officer and trapping dozens in their swamped homes.
Military helicopters winched dozens of people to safety and emergency workers in bright orange inflatable boats rescued ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/helicopters-boats-rescue-over-200-from-floods-in-uks-lake-district-ireland-also-hard-hit-233483/">Read : Helicopters, boats rescue over 200 from floods in UK&#8217;s Lake District; Ireland also hard hit</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Helicopters, boats rescue scores from floods in UK&#8217;s Lake District; Ireland also hard hit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:37:27 +0000</pubDate>
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Floods devastate UK Lake District; Many rescued

COCKERMOUTH, England — Military helicopters winched dozens of people to safety and emergency workers in inflatable boats rescued scores more as floods swamped homes and roads Friday in northern England&#8217;s picturesque Lake District. One police officer was missing after a bridge was swept away.
British soldiers conducted house-to-house searches and ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/helicopters-boats-rescue-scores-from-floods-in-uks-lake-district-ireland-also-hard-hit-233379/" title="Helicopters, boats rescue scores from floods in UK&#8217;s Lake District; Ireland also hard hit">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Behind missed deadline for closing Gitmo: US struggles to get countries to take its prisoners</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
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Behind missed Gitmo deadline: No one wants jailees
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — President Barack Obama is now confirming what many have long suspected: He will miss his January deadline to close the Guantanamo prison — partly because he cannot persuade other nations to take the detainees.
Prisoners like Walid Abu Hijazi. .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/behind-missed-deadline-for-closing-gitmo-us-struggles-to-get-countries-to-take-its-prisoners-232283/">Behind missed deadline for closing Gitmo: US struggles to get countries to take its prisoners</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Freed Irish priest says Filipino captors treated him well, dragged him from sea to jungle</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:28:20 +0000</pubDate>
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Freed priest says Filipino captors wanted money

MANILA, Philippines — A 79-year-old Irish priest said he hiked through jungles, survived raging seas and slept in a swamp under a tarpaulin before his captors released him Thursday after a month, apparently without getting the ransom they demanded.
The Rev. Michael Sinnott said he was never harmed but complained ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/freed-irish-priest-says-filipino-captors-treated-him-well-dragged-him-from-sea-to-jungle-226498/">Freed Irish priest says Filipino captors treated him well, dragged him from sea to jungle</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Irish priest freed from monthlong captivity in Philippines; governments say no ransom paid</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:55:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Pogatchnik</dc:creator>
		
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Irish priest freed in Philippines after a month

DUBLIN — A 79-year-old Irish Roman Catholic priest abducted in the Philippines a month ago was freed early Thursday and neither country paid any of the kidnappers&#8217; $2 million ransom demand, Irish and Filipino authorities said.
The Rev. Michael Sinnott said he was not harmed but complained of arduous ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/irish-priest-freed-from-monthlong-captivity-in-philippines-governments-say-no-ransom-paid-226393/" title="Irish priest freed from monthlong captivity in Philippines; governments say no ransom paid">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Irish Catholic priest abducted Oct. 11 in Philippines is free; governments say no ransom paid</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Pogatchnik</dc:creator>
		
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Irish priest freed in Philippines after 31 days

DUBLIN — A 79-year-old Irish Catholic priest abducted in the Philippines a month ago has been freed unharmed and neither country paid any of the kidnappers&#8217; $2 million ransom demand, Irish and Filipino authorities announced.
Foreign Minister Micheal Martin said the Rev. Michael Sinnott &#8220;displayed great forbearance &#8230; in .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/irish-catholic-priest-abducted-oct-11-in-philippines-is-free-governments-say-no-ransom-paid-226263/">Original source &nbsp;: Irish Catholic priest abducted Oct. 11 in Philippines is free; governments say no ransom paid</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ireland says Catholic priest abducted 31 days ago in Philippines is free, no Irish ransom paid</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
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Ireland: Kidnapped priest freed in Philippines

DUBLIN — An Irish Catholic priest kidnapped in the Philippines a month ago has been freed unharmed and Irish authorities did not pay any ransom, the government announced Wednesday night.
Foreign Minister Micheal Martin said the Rev. Michael Sinnott &#8220;displayed great forbearance in enduring more than a month in captivity, in ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ireland-says-catholic-priest-abducted-31-days-ago-in-philippines-is-free-no-irish-ransom-paid-226225/">Ireland says Catholic priest abducted 31 days ago in Philippines is free, no Irish ransom paid</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>IRA suspect charged with 1977 murder of undercover British Army intelligence officer</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:39:54 +0000</pubDate>
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IRA suspect charged with &#8216;77 murder of British spy

DUBLIN — A suspected Irish Republican Army man was charged Wednesday with the murder of a British Army intelligence agent on the Northern Ireland border 32 years ago, a surprising turn in one of the conflict&#8217;s most mysterious killings.
Northern Ireland state prosecutors levied the unexpected new charge .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ira-suspect-charged-with-1977-murder-of-undercover-british-army-intelligence-officer-226019/" title="IRA suspect charged with 1977 murder of undercover British Army intelligence officer">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Small number of IRA veterans aiding dissidents in Northern Ireland attacks, report says</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Pogatchnik</dc:creator>
		
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IRA veterans aid NIreland dissidents, report says

DUBLIN — Irish Republican Army dissidents are posing their greatest security threat in Northern Ireland since the province&#8217;s peace accord 11 years ago — and are receiving help from a handful of IRA veterans in plotting gun and bomb attacks, an expert panel found Wednesday.
The Independent Monitoring Commission, which ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/small-number-of-ira-veterans-aiding-dissidents-in-northern-ireland-attacks-report-says-217626/" title="Small number of IRA veterans aiding dissidents in Northern Ireland attacks, report says">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Experts: IRA dissidents pose threat to N.Ireland, small number of IRA veterans aiding attacks</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:22:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Pogatchnik</dc:creator>
		
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Report: IRA dissidents pose threat to N.Ireland

DUBLIN — Irish Republican Army dissidents pose their greatest security threat in Northern Ireland since the province&#8217;s peace accord 11 years ago and are being helped by a handful of IRA veterans in plotting attacks, an expert panel said Wednesday.
The Independent Monitoring Commission, which reports regularly on the underground ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/experts-ira-dissidents-pose-threat-to-nireland-small-number-of-ira-veterans-aiding-attacks-217565/">Original article on  : Experts: IRA dissidents pose threat to N.Ireland, small number of IRA veterans aiding attacks</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Experts: &#8216;Small number&#8217; of IRA veterans aiding dissidents in plotting Northern Ireland attacks</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:12:44 +0000</pubDate>
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Experts: Few IRA veterans aid NIreland dissidents

DUBLIN — An expert panel says Irish Republican Army dissidents are posing their greatest security threat in Northern Ireland since the province&#8217;s peace accord 11 years ago — and are receiving help from a handful of IRA veterans in plotting gun and bomb attacks.
Wednesday&#8217;s findings from the Independent Monitoring ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/experts-small-number-of-ira-veterans-aiding-dissidents-in-plotting-northern-ireland-attacks-217485/" title="Experts: &#8216;Small number&#8217; of IRA veterans aiding dissidents in plotting Northern Ireland attacks">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Irish Supreme Court rules Dublin golf club can keep barring women from membership</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:42:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Pogatchnik</dc:creator>
		
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Irish Supreme Court upholds men-only golf club

DUBLIN — A premier Dublin golf club can continue to bar women from membership, the Irish Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in a discrimination case inspired by similar protests against men-only clubs in the United States.
In a split 3-2 judgment, Ireland&#8217;s top court ruled that Portmarnock Golf Club was not ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/irish-supreme-court-rules-dublin-golf-club-can-keep-barring-women-from-membership-216472/">Irish Supreme Court rules Dublin golf club can keep barring women from membership</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Happy birthday, world traveler: At 1, this baby&#8217;s practically a frequent flier</title>
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Dad to baby: Happy 1st birthday, world traveler

Happy first birthday, world traveler.
Alexander&#8217;s six teeth only number one more than the total of countries he&#8217;s rolled, crawled or walked in (including the U.S.)
He&#8217;s logged nearly enough air miles to circle the globe. He&#8217;s been to mountains and the beach and sailed in the Caribbean. The little ... Read this article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/happy-birthday-world-traveler-at-1-this-babys-practically-a-frequent-flier-215114/">Happy birthday, world traveler: At 1, this baby&#8217;s practically a frequent flier</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ingersoll-Rand reports 5 percent lower 3rd-qtr profit as revenue plummets</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:29:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SWORDS, Ireland — Ingersoll-Rand PLC reported its third-quarter earnings slipped 5 percent as revenue tumbled 19 percent amid weak economic conditions that have depressed demand for its products and services that range from air conditioning to electronic security systems.

Chairman and CEO Herbert L. Henkel said, &#8220;We continue to see challenges in our major end markets, .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ingersoll-rand-reports-5-percent-lower-3rd-qtr-profit-as-revenue-plummets-205000/">Ingersoll-Rand reports 5 percent lower 3rd-qtr profit as revenue plummets</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Irish aid worker says Darfur kidnappers terrorized her, Ugandan friend with &#8216;mock&#8217; executions</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Pogatchnik</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN — A freed Irish aid worker held captive for three months in Darfur said Monday that her captors terrorized her and a Ugandan friend by repeatedly staging their mock executions using live gunfire.

Sharon Commins and colleague Hilda Kuwuki, who both worked for Irish aid agency GOAL, were abducted July 3 and freed without harm ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/irish-aid-worker-says-darfur-kidnappers-terrorized-her-ugandan-friend-with-mock-executions-199823/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Irish aid worker says Darfur kidnappers terrorized her, Ugandan friend with &#8216;mock&#8217; executions</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Irish, Ugandan aid workers freed by captors in Sudan&#8217;s Darfur region after more than 3 months</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 06:53:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KHARTOUM, Sudan — Two foreign aid workers seized at gunpoint more than three months ago in Sudan&#8217;s Darfur were released Sunday by their captors in the third — and longest — kidnapping of aid workers in the arid region.

The Irish and Ugandan women were in good health and were having medical checkups at a hospital ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/irish-ugandan-aid-workers-freed-by-captors-in-sudans-darfur-region-after-more-than-3-months-199053/" title="Irish, Ugandan aid workers freed by captors in Sudan&#8217;s Darfur region after more than 3 months">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Kidnappers of Irish priest in southern Philippines make contact with his religious order</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oliver Teves</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MANILA, Philippines — A representative of gunmen holding an ailing Irish priest hostage in the southern Philippines made contact Thursday with his Roman Catholic mission, a military commander said.

Following the telephone call, Maj. Gen. Benjamin Dolorfino said authorities believed that the 79-year-old Rev. Michael Sinnott was being held in the coastal town of Sultan Naga ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/kidnappers-of-irish-priest-in-southern-philippines-make-contact-with-his-religious-order-196894/" title="Kidnappers of Irish priest in southern Philippines make contact with his religious order">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Philippines seeks Muslim rebel help to free ailing Irish priest from kidnappers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Gomez</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine government asked a large Muslim rebel group Wednesday to help secure the freedom of an ailing Irish priest kidnapped by outlaws, as troops surrounded a jungle logging area where he was being held.

The 11,000-strong Moro Islamic Liberation Front pledged to work for the release of 79-year-old Rev. Michael Sinnott, said ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/philippines-seeks-muslim-rebel-help-to-free-ailing-irish-priest-from-kidnappers-195528/">Philippines seeks Muslim rebel help to free ailing Irish priest from kidnappers</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ireland&#8217;s parliament speaker defiant as he&#8217;s forced from office over lavish expenses, travel</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:05:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Pogatchnik</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN — The speaker of Ireland&#8217;s parliament resigned Tuesday after his years of lavish expenses and foreign travel were exposed.

John O&#8217;Donoghue delivered a defiant, bitter parting speech that accused his fellow lawmakers of hypocrisy. He became the first speaker in the 87-year history of the parliament to be ousted.
&#8220;I will accept the verdict of informed  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/irelands-parliament-speaker-defiant-as-hes-forced-from-office-over-lavish-expenses-travel-194847/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Spanish court says autopsy shows Boyzone star died of natural causes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:59:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MADRID — Boyzone star Stephen Gately, whose body was found in a house on the Spanish resort island of Mallorca, died of natural causes, according to autopsy results released Tuesday.

A post-mortem showed Gately, 33, an Irishman, died as a result of a pulmonary edema, or fluid in the lungs, the Balearic Islands Superior Justice Tribunal .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/spanish-court-says-autopsy-shows-boyzone-star-died-of-natural-causes-194734/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Spanish court says autopsy shows Boyzone star died of natural causes</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Kidnapped Irish priest sighted in Philippines as troops pressure militants to give him up</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:24:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Gomez</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MANILA, Philippines — Philippine troops and navy gunboats were deployed Tuesday to surround suspected Muslim militants and pressure them to free an ailing Irish priest, who has been spotted with his captors in the country&#8217;s south, a military general said Tuesday.

No rescue was imminent out of concern for the safety of the Rev. Michael Sinnott, .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/kidnapped-irish-priest-sighted-in-philippines-as-troops-pressure-militants-to-give-him-up-194488/">Original source &nbsp;: Kidnapped Irish priest sighted in Philippines as troops pressure militants to give him up</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Clinton tells Northern Ireland Assembly that Catholic-Protestant cooperation inspires world</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:15:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BELFAST, Northern Ireland — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is delivering a speech to the Northern Ireland Assembly appealing to rival Catholic and Protestant leaders to strengthen their power-sharing government.

Clinton told the lawmakers — the Irish Catholic bloc to her left, the British Protestants to her right — that their 2-year-old partnership is an .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/clinton-tells-northern-ireland-assembly-that-catholic-protestant-cooperation-inspires-world-193636/">Clinton tells Northern Ireland Assembly that Catholic-Protestant cooperation inspires world</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Clinton meeting rival leaders of Northern Ireland power-sharing, hopes to resolve deadlock</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BELFAST, Northern Ireland — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged the rival leaders of Northern Ireland&#8217;s power-sharing government Monday to keep making their awkward coalition work for the sake of lasting peace.

In an address to the Northern Ireland Assembly, with Irish Catholics to her left and British Protestants to her right, Clinton said .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/clinton-meeting-rival-leaders-of-northern-ireland-power-sharing-hopes-to-resolve-deadlock-193514/">Clinton meeting rival leaders of Northern Ireland power-sharing, hopes to resolve deadlock</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Clinton: Extremists growing threat in Pakistan, no threat now to country&#8217;s nuclear arsenal</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:26:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Clinton downplays threat to Pakistan nuke arsenal

BELFAST, Northern Ireland — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday the Taliban siege of Pakistan&#8217;s army headquarters showed extremists are a growing threat in the nuclear-armed American ally, but she contended they don&#8217;t pose a risk to the country&#8217;s atomic arsenal.
Clinton, in London on the second .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/clinton-extremists-growing-threat-in-pakistan-no-threat-now-to-countrys-nuclear-arsenal-193244/">Source article &nbsp;: Clinton: Extremists growing threat in Pakistan, no threat now to country&#8217;s nuclear arsenal</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>IRA breakaway Irish National Liberation Army says it&#8217;s renouncing violence, may disarm soon</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN — The Irish National Liberation Army, an IRA splinter group responsible for some of the most notorious killings of the Northern Ireland conflict, renounced violence Sunday and signaled it could hand over weapons soon to disarmament officials.

Eleven years after calling a leaky cease-fire, the outlawed INLA said it would observe &#8220;exclusively peaceful means&#8221; and .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ira-breakaway-irish-national-liberation-army-says-its-renouncing-violence-may-disarm-soon-193201/">IRA breakaway Irish National Liberation Army says it&#8217;s renouncing violence, may disarm soon</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>IRA splinter group Irish National Liberation Army says it&#8217;s renouncing violence, will disarm</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN — The Irish National Liberation Army, an IRA splinter group responsible for some of the most notorious killings of the Northern Ireland conflict, said Sunday it is formally renouncing violence and plans to hand over weapons to disarmament officials.

Two officials — one a member of the outlawed paramilitary group, the other a member of  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ira-splinter-group-irish-national-liberation-army-says-its-renouncing-violence-will-disarm-193049/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Stephen Gately of Irish boy Boyzone dies in Mallorca, leaves behind partner</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — Stephen Gately, a singer with the Irish boy band Boyzone, has died while on vacation in Spain, the group said on its Web site Sunday. He was 33.

Gately &#8220;tragically died&#8221; on Saturday while visiting the island of Mallorca, the band said in a brief statement. The cause of death was not immediately clear.
&#8220;At .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/stephen-gately-of-irish-boy-boyzone-dies-in-mallorca-leaves-behind-partner-192988/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ireland&#8217;s Green Party votes to stay in government, back &#8216;bad bank&#8217; plans and emergency budget</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN — Members of Ireland&#8217;s environmentalist Green Party voted overwhelmingly on Saturday to stay in Prime Minister Brian Cowen&#8217;s coalition government as it battles a runaway deficit, surging unemployment and crippled banks.

Defeat for the Green leaders&#8217; pro-government motion at a special party conference would have torpedoed Cowen&#8217;s 2-year-old coalition and forced Ireland into an early ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/irelands-green-party-votes-to-stay-in-government-back-bad-bank-plans-and-emergency-budget-192736/">Read : Ireland&#8217;s Green Party votes to stay in government, back &#8216;bad bank&#8217; plans and emergency budget</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Green Party votes on whether to stay in Irish government; rejection would mean early election</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN — Several hundred members of Ireland&#8217;s environmentalist Green Party voted Saturday on whether to stay in Prime Minister Brian Cowen&#8217;s coalition government or trigger an early election in a country reeling from rising debt and unemployment.

The vote is on a new program of government policies and goals negotiated over the past week between the .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/green-party-votes-on-whether-to-stay-in-irish-government-rejection-would-mean-early-election-192621/" title="Green Party votes on whether to stay in Irish government; rejection would mean early election">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ireland&#8217;s 2 government parties strike new agreement to avoid collapse, but face immediate test</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:11:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN — The two parties in Ireland&#8217;s coalition government announced a hard-fought agreement on policies Friday night following more than a week of negotiations — but the deal faces an immediate test that, if it fails, could trigger the government&#8217;s collapse.

Negotiators from Prime Minister Brian Cowen&#8217;s Fianna Fail and the much smaller Green Party — .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/irelands-2-government-parties-strike-new-agreement-to-avoid-collapse-but-face-immediate-test-192101/" title="Ireland&#8217;s 2 government parties strike new agreement to avoid collapse, but face immediate test">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Dissident IRA gunmen fire volley over comrade&#8217;s coffin in Northern Ireland act of defiance</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN — Three masked Irish Republican Army dissidents fired a volley of gunfire over a dead comrade&#8217;s coffin Thursday in the most public display of paramilitary defiance Northern Ireland has seen in years.

The militant tribute was paid to John Brady, a 40-year-old IRA veteran who hanged himself last weekend in police custody. Such funeral displays ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/dissident-ira-gunmen-fire-volley-over-comrades-coffin-in-northern-ireland-act-of-defiance-191060/">Dissident IRA gunmen fire volley over comrade&#8217;s coffin in Northern Ireland act of defiance</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Irish Catholic bishops meet leaders of child-abuse victims, face demands for compensation</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN — Ireland&#8217;s senior Roman Catholic bishops on Wednesday met leading campaigners for thousands of children assaulted, terrorized or molested while in church care — but didn&#8217;t address the victims&#8217; key demand for the church to admit its responsibility for overseeing decades of abuse.

Representatives from four victims groups spent three hours talking with the bishops ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/irish-catholic-bishops-meet-leaders-of-child-abuse-victims-face-demands-for-compensation-189675/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Irish Catholic bishops meet leaders of child-abuse victims, face demands for compensation</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Trial of suspected IRA dissident resumes in Lithuania behind closed doors</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[VILNIUS, Lithuania — The trial of a suspected Irish Republican Army dissident accused of trying to purchase weapons and explosives in Lithuania resumed Wednesday with defense attempts to get the prosecutor dismissed.

Michael Campbell, the brother of a senior Real IRA figure in Ireland, was arrested in January 2008 when he allegedly handed euro10,000 (then $14,000) ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/trial-of-suspected-ira-dissident-resumes-in-lithuania-behind-closed-doors-189298/" title="Trial of suspected IRA dissident resumes in Lithuania behind closed doors">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Speaker of Irish parliament to resign rather than face no-confidence vote in expenses scandal</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN — The embattled speaker of Ireland&#8217;s parliament says he will resign rather than face a no-confidence vote demanded by opposition leaders over his lavish spending on staff and travel.

John O&#8217;Donoghue says he will step down next week as the neutral moderator of parliament. His concession came hours after the two major opposition parties declared  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/speaker-of-irish-parliament-to-resign-rather-than-face-no-confidence-vote-in-expenses-scandal-188779/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Catholic priest Finucane who braved Biafran war, led Irish aid to Third World dies in Dublin</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN — The Rev. Aengus Finucane, a Roman Catholic missionary and Irish aid pioneer who braved civil wars and learned he must &#8220;fight like hell to do any good,&#8221; died Tuesday, his charity announced. He was 77.

&#8220;There can be few Irish people of his generation, or of any other generation, who have contributed as much ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/catholic-priest-finucane-who-braved-biafran-war-led-irish-aid-to-third-world-dies-in-dublin-188238/">Read : Catholic priest Finucane who braved Biafran war, led Irish aid to Third World dies in Dublin</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>British Prime Minister Brown confronts deadlock in Northern Ireland power-sharing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:54:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Pogatchnik</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BELFAST, Northern Ireland — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown pressed rival Catholic and Protestant leaders Monday to end the deadlock threatening their power-sharing government, the central pillar of Northern Ireland peacemaking.

Brown spent the day at Stormont, the government center in east Belfast, trying to persuade leaders of the British Protestant majority to stop blocking his .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/british-prime-minister-brown-confronts-deadlock-in-northern-ireland-power-sharing-187098/">British Prime Minister Brown confronts deadlock in Northern Ireland power-sharing</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ireland overwhelmingly endorses EU reform treaty on 2nd try; premier foresees &#8216;better Europe&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN — Ireland&#8217;s recession-hit voters have overwhelmingly approved the European Union&#8217;s ambitious and long-delayed reform plans, electoral chiefs announced Saturday in a referendum result greeted with wild cheers in Dublin — and nervous sighs of relief in Brussels.

Ireland had been the primary obstacle to ratifying the EU Lisbon Treaty, a mammoth agreement designed to modernize .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ireland-overwhelmingly-endorses-eu-reform-treaty-on-2nd-try-premier-foresees-better-europe-186058/">Ireland overwhelmingly endorses EU reform treaty on 2nd try; premier foresees &#8216;better Europe&#8217;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Comments on Irish &#8216;yes&#8217; to Lisbon Treaty, the blueprint for EU reforms</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reaction to Ireland&#8217;s &#8216;yes&#8217; vote to the Lisbon Treaty:

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Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, whose country holds the EU presidency:
&#8220;Today is a good day for Europe. It has been a long journey.&#8221;
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Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt:
This is &#8220;an important victory for Ireland — and for all of Europe!&#8221;
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Irish Foreign Minister Micheal Martin, who directed the &#8216;yes&#8217; ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/comments-on-irish-yes-to-lisbon-treaty-the-blueprint-for-eu-reforms-186018/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Comments on Irish &#8216;yes&#8217; to Lisbon Treaty, the blueprint for EU reforms</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ireland approves EU reform treaty in bitterly fought referendum re-run</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN — Ireland&#8217;s electoral office has confirmed overwhelming voter approval for the EU Lisbon Treaty, with two-thirds voting &#8220;yes&#8221; to the long-delayed blueprint for reform of the 27-nation bloc.

The official result from Friday&#8217;s referendum puts the European Union&#8217;s ambitious plans back on course following Ireland&#8217;s unexpected initial &#8220;no&#8221; last year. The Irish were the only .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ireland-approves-eu-reform-treaty-in-bitterly-fought-referendum-re-run-186002/" title="Ireland approves EU reform treaty in bitterly fought referendum re-run">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Dublin officials: Early returns point to victory for EU&#8217;s reform treaty in Irish referendum</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 09:23:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN — Ireland&#8217;s voters have embraced &#8220;a stronger, fairer and better Europe&#8221; by decisively backing the European Union&#8217;s long-delayed reform treaty, Prime Minister Brian Cowen declared Saturday as the final result was still being calculated.

With most ballots counted from Friday&#8217;s referendum, an overwhelming two-thirds of voters were supporting the Lisbon Treaty, a painstakingly negotiated blueprint ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/dublin-officials-early-returns-point-to-victory-for-eus-reform-treaty-in-irish-referendum-185796/" title="Dublin officials: Early returns point to victory for EU&#8217;s reform treaty in Irish referendum">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ireland parties say voters likely to have approved EU&#8217;s reform treaty as ballot count begins</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 08:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN — Irish voters appear on course to approve the European Union reform treaty, political parties said Saturday as ballot-counting began.

The result from Friday&#8217;s national referendum was to be announced within hours at Dublin Castle. Unofficial exit polling by the two major political parties suggested a &#8220;yes&#8221; majority had been achieved.
At stake is the painstakingly .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ireland-parties-say-voters-likely-to-have-approved-eus-reform-treaty-as-ballot-count-begins-185747/">Ireland parties say voters likely to have approved EU&#8217;s reform treaty as ballot count begins</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Clinton travels to Britain, Ireland, Russia for counterterrorism, arms control talks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton travels next week to Britain, Ireland and Russia for wide-ranging talks on economic and counterterrorism cooperation and arms control.

The State Department said Friday that Clinton would visit London, Dublin, Belfast and Moscow from Oct. 9-15. The journey marks her first solo trip as America&#8217;s top diplomat to ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/clinton-travels-to-britain-ireland-russia-for-counterterrorism-arms-control-talks-185146/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Clinton travels to Britain, Ireland, Russia for counterterrorism, arms control talks</a>.]]></description>
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