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Senior Advisor to the President, Jared Kushner (L), walks with his wife Ivanka Trump to board Marine One at the White House in Washington, DC, on March 3, 2017. The two are travelling with US President Donald Trump to Florida. / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)
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News Roundup for March 21, 2017
By Outspeak, Contributor
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Ya news, ya lose. 1. Ivanka Trump is getting her own office in the White House. Although she won’t be a government employee
Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness smiles during a news conference announcing Michelle O'Neill as his replacement for the upcoming elections, in Belfast, Northern Ireland January 23, 2017. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
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Martin McGuinness, Former IRA Commander And Key Figure In Northern Ireland Peace Process, Dead At 66
He was deputy first minister of Northern Ireland for a decade.
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The Unintended Consequences of Brexit
By David de Sola, Contributor
Journalist, Author of "Alice In Chains: The Untold Story"
Congratulations, Brexit voters. You got what you wanted and opened the proverbial Pandora's Box. Now you get to own the consequences of your actions.
BEST QUALITY AVAILABLEDeclan Kearney, Sinn Fein's national chairman speaking at the Northern Ireland Stronger In EU campaign launch event at College St in Belfast.
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Sinn Fein: Brexit Referendum Results Intensifies The Case For United Ireland Vote
"The British government as a direct result have forfeited any mandate to represent the interests of people here in the north of Ireland."
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Friday Talking Points -- Deconstructing GOP Absurdity
By Chris Weigant, Contributor
Political writer and blogger at ChrisWeigant.com
The basic Republican position isn't that hard to understand. It is: "We are going to deny Barack Obama a third Supreme Court pick, unless Hillary Clinton wins the presidency." That is precisely what some of them believe.
Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, Fine Gael party leader, talks to the media at the vote count for the general election in Castlebar, in Ireland, on February 27, 2016. Voters punished Ireland's coalition government and boosted smaller parties in the first election since emerging from a bailout programme, exit polls showed the prospect of weeks of uncertainty in the eurozone country. / AFP / PAUL FAITH (Photo credit should read PAUL FAITH/AFP/Getty Images)
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Ireland Voters Oust Ruling Coalition In Rejection Of Austerity
Ireland is the latest European nation to be swept into turmoil over austerity.
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Sinn Féin Joins List of Surging Anti-Austerity Forces in Europe
By Kevin A. Lees, Contributor
Attorney, foreign policy writer
Polls show that Sinn Féin, which hopes to capitalize on several factors toward what would be a historic victory, could wind up as the second-largest party for the first time in the history of the Republic of Ireland.
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Head Of Major Irish Political Party Linked To Horrific Wartime Murder
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Gerry Adams
By Paula Gordon, Contributor
Producer and Host, 'The Paula Gordon Show'
I have no special knowledge of the Troubles. But I am personally acquainted with Mr. Adams. I found him to be a man of peace, not of violence, when we welcomed him to our program in 2004.
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Shining Lights
By Paula Gordon, Contributor
Producer and Host, 'The Paula Gordon Show'
The human animal is, quite reasonably, afraid of the dark. When living in it, we seek light. In accepting the reality of Nelson Mandela's death, my sad heart is drawn to the light of hope he offers us all: history will be what we make of it.
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The Real IRA Lesson for U.S. in Middle East Peace
By Niall O'Dowd, Contributor
Founder, IrishCentral.com
Perhaps the notion of Hamas at peace talks sounds so far fetched as to be beyond the pale. It shouldn't be. An outreach from the United States worked in Ireland and it could work in the Middle East.
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The Media's Role in Combating Unilateral Points of View
By Magda Abu-Fadil, Contributor
Director of Media Unlimited in Lebanon
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Belfast Violence Erupts Around Parades
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Northern Ireland Needs Its Own Version of "Brown vs The Board of Education" - and Fast
By Johann Hari, Contributor
Author of 'Chasing The Scream: The First and Last Days of the ...
The blood-spilling of the past week - and the rock-solid resistance to it - should lead us to a new political cry. Prime Minister Brown, Taoiseach Cowen, First Minister Robinson - tear down this wall between Northern Ireland's children.
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Northern Ireland Attacks Unite Region's Politics
By CatherineLyons