News Chronology
The following news reports are gleaned from Irish American Post dispatches and from The Irish American Information Service.  

Emigrant Task Force Policy Report Issued on Aug. 28
Courtesy of the Consulate General of Ireland
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Brian Cowen T.D., received the Report of the Task Force on Policy regarding Emigrants from its Chairman, Mr. Paddy O'Hanlon. [More]
 

Ardoyne Clashes Described
(This transcript is courtesy of the Northern Ireland Information Service.). [More]
 

Loyalist Statement Calls for Calm
(This transcript is courtesy of the Northern Ireland Information Service.). [More]
 

New Chief Constable of PSNI Hits Ground Running
 

Orde Says Loyalists Responsible for Bulk of Violence
By Irish American Information Service
Loyalist paramilitaries are orchestrating most of the street violence at Belfast's sectarian flashpoints, police chiefs have said. As Northern Ireland`s new Chief Constable, Hugh Orde, reported to the Policing Board for the first time, members heard a security assessment of who was behind the bulk of the serious trouble. [More]

Problems of Africa Belong to the West
By David Trimble MP MLA 
The Earth Summit — the World Summit on Sustainable Development — has received a great deal of carping criticism, some of it justified. If it actually achieves anything and whether the agreed recommendations are implemented remains to be seen. It seems to me, though, that if the international spotlight falls, however briefly, on the really big questions for the human race — water and sanitation, energy, health, agriculture and biodiversity — that is welcome.
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Footballer Lennon Receives Loyalist Death Threats
By Northern Ireland Information Service
The main story which dominated both the front and back pages of the local newspapers on Thursday, Aug. 22, was the loyalist death threat aimed towards NI International, Neil Lennon. The future international football career of Neil Lennon was in doubt last night following a loyalist death threat. The player pulled out of captaining his country after consulting with his family. It is understood a death threat against him came in a telephone call to the BBC from a caller claiming to represent the LVF. [More]

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