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  • 'Charlie Gard's parents inspired me to fight for my daughter's life': Father's race against...

    07/26/2017 1:52:56 PM PDT · by Morgana · 4 replies
    mirror.co.uk ^ | July 26, 2017 | Kara O'Neill
    FULL TITLE: 'Charlie Gard's parents inspired me to fight for my daughter's life': Father's race against time to raise £200,000 Robbie Emerson has been told my doctors that his daughter's condition is terminal and that she should be taken home to die A father who claims his baby daughter has been 'left to die' says Charlie Gard's parents are the inspiration for his fight to keep her alive and secure life-saving treatment abroad. He believes British doctors have given up on his child, but is refusing to stop battling on her behalf. Little Jorja Emerson has a rare chromosome disorder...
  • Outrage over British collusion in N. Ireland killings

    01/23/2007 10:29:46 AM PST · by presidio9 · 26 replies · 565+ views
    AFP ^ | 01/22/07
    British police colluded with paramilitaries behind at least 10 murders in Northern Ireland in the 1990s, a damning report said, triggering outrage in Dublin and Belfast and remorse in London. The report about Protestant militants threatens to cloud current efforts to restore self-rule in the long-troubled British-run province, in which Catholic lack of confidence in policing is a key stumbling block. "Today's ombudsman's report is deeply disturbing," said Irish premier Bertie Ahern. "Its findings are of the utmost gravity. It paints a picture of despicable past behaviour." "This was a war of terror that was inflicted on Republican and nationalist...
  • Irish Republican Army apologizes for deaths it caused in last 30 years

    07/16/2002 10:24:36 AM PDT · by GeneD · 52 replies · 767+ views
    <p>BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- The Irish Republican Army issued an unprecedented apology Tuesday for the deaths of "noncombatants" over 30 years of violence in Northern Ireland.</p> <p>The IRA made the apology in a statement marking the anniversary of Bloody Friday, when it set off more than 20 bombs within an hour in Belfast on July 21, 1972, killing seven civilians and two soldiers.</p>