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...talk, given at the ARCO Forum at the Kennedy School of Government, Ireland frequently digressed, covering topics ranging from rapper Eminem's hotly debated lyrics to the Taliban's treatment of women in Afghanistan...
...Patricia Ireland, the sometimes controversial president of the National Organization of Women (NOW), spoke last night about her pro-choice stance on abortion and what she sees as the threats posed to women's rights by the new Bush Administration...
...right to self-determination is both fundamental and symbolic," Ireland said in defending a women's right to choose an abortion...
London Britain's European neighbors stepped up frantic efforts to prevent foot-and-mouth disease from crossing the English Channel. As new cases of the contagious animal virus turned up in Northern Ireland and Scotland, Germany ordered the destruction of sheep and goats recently imported from Britain. France sent 50,000 sheep to the slaughter and the European Commission banned U.K. livestock imports until at least March 9. Britain-which had already halted the export of all livestock, milk and meat products-restricted animal movements. The crisis bit deep into the rural economy and reignited national debate about food safety...
...David Trimble, first minister of Northern Ireland, is another co-winner (1998) who must be wondering whether his accolade is really a curse. Bravely he has struggled to keep some forward momentum in the Ulster peace process, as much against hard-liners in his own Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) as against the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and its political front Sinn Fein. But the process is stuck in neutral, perhaps drifting backward. Last week, British prime minister Tony Blair and his Irish counterpart Bertie Ahern convened talks with Ulster politicians at Hillsborough Castle near Belfast. All the pomp and glitter...