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William and Kate Surprise Crowd With Visit to Belfast
By not in system - AOL NewsBELFAST, Northern Ireland -- She flipped a pancake on Shrove Tuesday - and somehow it even landed back in the pan. Prince William and fiancee Kate Middleton traveled to Belfast on Tuesday, delighting a surprised but enthusiastic crowd with their first official visit to Northern Ireland before their April 29 wedding. Peter Morrison, AP Princess-to-be Kate Middleton flips a pancake at a charity event in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Tuesday. Dozens of people gathered to see Middleton and Prince William in the couple's third public outing in recent weeks. Police kept watch from the ...
Queen Elizabeth to Visit Ireland, and the Irish Are (Mostly) Thrilled
By Torie Bosch - AOL NewsWill Ireland put out the welcome mat for Queen Elizabeth II? Today the queen announced that she will be accepting an invitation from Ireland to visit this year. The last time a British monarch visited Ireland was in 1911, when Elizabeth's grandfather, King George V, went to the Emerald Isle. After Ireland became independent in 1922, the relationship between the two countries deteriorated. The conflict over independence for Northern Ireland, particularly "The Troubles," strained the United Kingdom's relationship with the Irish. But have the bad feelings passed? Surge Desk took a look at ...
Aurora Borealis: Where to See the Northern Lights Sparked by the Solar Flare
By David Knowles - AOL NewsGet ready for a big show. Following the biggest solar flare recorded on the sun in four years, scientists at NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center have issued an alert: The sky could get very pretty this evening. "The first interplanetary shock, driven by the CME from Sunday, is expected any time. Soon thereafter, the shock from Monday evening's R3/CME is due. Look for G1-G2 (and maybe periods Related Stories Solar Flare: 4 Potential Hazards of the Sun's Spectacular Show of G3 if the following shock compresses and enhances the CME magnetic field)," NOAA said in ...
Gary Moore Dead at 58: A Musical Tribute to the Thin Lizzy Guitarist [VIDEOS]
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsGuitarist Gary Moore, who played with Thin Lizzy and later released a slew of solo albums, died Sunday. No cause of death has been reported. Here are four of our favorite moments from one of the world's greatest blues-rock musicians, born in Northern Ireland in 1952. 1. "Parisienne Walkways" One of Moore's best-known hits, this song cracked the U.K. Top 10 in 1979. A 1993 re-recording also charted. Here's Moore performing it with Thin Lizzy bandmate Phil Lynott. 2. "Out in the Fields" Another Lynott-Moore collaboration, the original version of this song was one of the last recordings ...
40,000 Left Without Water in Northern Ireland
By Theunis Bates - AOL NewsLONDON -- Anger is mounting in Northern Ireland where some 40,000 people have been left without running water for up to eight days after pipes shattered following a deep freeze and a rapid thaw. Tens of thousands of homes and businesses across 74 towns and cities have been cut off, forcing residents to join long queues for bottled water. And Northern Ireland Water, the private company that oversees the service, said the situation would likely continue into the new year. "Having clean drinking water is a very important aspect of life, and we are trying to get that system back up and working ...
Gerry Adams Heads South to Run for Irish Parliament Seat
By Theunis Bates - AOL News
LONDON (Nov. 15) -- For almost 40 years, Gerry Adams has been the leading political voice of the Republican movement in British-ruled Northern Ireland. But now the Sinn Fein president plans to shift his focus south of the border and run for election in the Republic of Ireland. When the next Irish general election is called, Adams will stand in the Louth constituency on the Republic's east coast and quit his seats in Northern Ireland's Legislative Assembly and the British Parliament in London. He said Sunday that it was his "duty to step forward," as his left-wing party could heal the ...
Probe: Catholic Priest Behind Deadly IRA Bombings in 1972
By Theunis Bates - AOL NewsLONDON (Aug. 24) -- A Catholic priest was behind a series of car bombs that killed nine civilians in a Northern Irish village in 1972 and was subsequently protected from prosecution by a conspiracy involving the church, police and the British government, an investigation has found. The British government today said it was "profoundly sorry" about its role the cover-up, while Northern Ireland's Catholic Church said it accepted the findings, but rejected any claims of a conspiracy. On the morning of July 31, 1972, three vehicles exploded within moments of each other on the main street of ...
British PM Cameron Apologizes for 'Bloody Sunday' Massacre
By Joseph Schuman - Politics DailyA 12-year investigation into the "Bloody Sunday" killings of 14 unarmed protesters in Northern Ireland has placed the blame squarely on the British military, prompting newly elected British Prime Minister David Cameron to issue an official apology for the 1972 melee that inflamed the sectarian conflict there. "What happened on Bloody Sunday was both unjustified and unjustifiable," Cameron said today in a speech before the House of Commons. "On behalf of the government -- and indeed our country -- I am deeply sorry." The investigation, ordered by Parliament in 1998 under the government of ...
Britain Apologizes for 1972 Bloody Sunday Massacre
By Theunis Bates - AOL NewsLONDON (June 15) -- The British government today published a long-awaited damning report on the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre in Northern Ireland, blaming British soldiers for the "unjustified and unjustifiable" killing of 14 "innocent" civilians. The report is the conclusion of a 12-year-long inquiry headed by British High Court judge Lord Saville, who was charged with finding out how a civil rights march in the city of Londonderry on Jan. 30, 1972, turned into a bloodbath. That day -- soon to be known as Bloody Sunday -- saw 13 demonstrators killed after paratroopers opened fire on a crowd ...
Israel Stops Irish Aid Ship Trying to Break Gaza Blockade -- No One Hurt This Time
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyDetermined to enforce a blockade of Gaza, Israel stopped another aid ship bound for the Hamas-controlled state Saturday, but this time the takeover didn't result in violence and the vessel, carrying an Irish Nobel laureate, was steered into an Israeli port without incident. The Irish ship, the Rachel Corrie, named after an American college student who was crushed to death by an Israeli army bullzozer in a 2003 Gaza protest, had hundreds of tons of goods, including electric wheelchairs, medical supplies and cement, the Associated Press said. It also carried Maired Corrigan, a 1976 Nobel Peace ...
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