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...Under assault from its traditional base as never before, Sinn Fein is struggling to prevent a further slide. Party leader Gerry Adams' approval rating has plummeted in the Irish Republic by 21 points since October, from 51% to 30%; Sinn Fein's figures have dipped, too, from 12% to 9%. At Sinn Fein's annual conference on Saturday, Adams said the McCartney murder is "a huge issue for us," adding that "as president of Sinn Fein or as an individual, I could not campaign for the victims of British or unionist paramilitary thuggery if I was not as clear...
...host 12 annual plenary meetings. "The arguments by the adversaries of Strasbourg are very ignorant of European reality," claims Mayor Fabienne Keller's office. Still, according to an internal E.U. website poll, 7 out of 10 M.E.P.s and their staff favor making Brussels Parliament's sole base. Even so, CPR chairman Alexander Alvaro likens his group's efforts to "the trickle of raindrops on a rock that eventually makes a hole." At that rate, M.E.P.s will commute - and the E.U. will wait for its institute - for a long time indeed...
...France Télécom shares Breton got in 2002 on joining the company had more than doubled in value by the time he sold them - to just over €250,000. - By Peter Gumbel Emerald Isle Denial Intel is reconsidering future investments in Ireland, its European base, after the state withdrew aid worth €170 million for a €1.6 billion computer chip plant in County Kildare, following hints from Brussels that the subsidy would fall foul of E.U. rules...
...idea that the courts should start from the presumption that children spend equal time with each parent after separation - the holy grail of many lobbyists in both Australia and New Zealand. A presumption of shared time would demolish the premise that, during the week, older children need a stable base from which to travel to and from school and do their homework. Arguments about whether equal time was fairer or even practical (for many separated parents and their children it is a logistical nightmare) were a distraction, the inquiry found, from the "primary issue": ensuring that both parents could...
...team from MGH—including 25 nurses, 14 physicians, two social workers, and a dietician—worked alongside personnel from the Navy and 22 other participating health centers to provide medical and humanitarian assistance from a base of operations aboard a 1,000-bed hospital ship, the U.S.N.S. Mercy...