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Judge finds no collusion in '97 murder of King Rat
Sep 14, 2010 12:26 EDT
Judge: No evidence of collusion in 1997 prison slaying of Northern Ireland militant 'King Rat'. An investigation into the 1997 killing of Billy "King Rat" Wright ? a charismatic Northern Ireland extremist who terrorized the Catholic minority ? concluded Tuesday that British authorities played no active role in his assassination behind bars.
Prosecutors mull action against Bloody Sunday troops
Jun 16, 2010 08:26 EDT
Prosecutors mulled Wednesday pressing charges against soldiers named in a report on Bloody Sunday, one of Northern Ireland's darkest episodes, despite calls for the past to be laid to rest.
Prosecutors mull action against Bloody Sunday troops
Jun 16, 2010 08:25 EDT
Prosecutors mulled Wednesday pressing charges against soldiers named in a report on Bloody Sunday, one of Northern Ireland's darkest episodes, despite calls for the past to be laid to rest.
Prosecutors mull action against Bloody Sunday troops
Jun 16, 2010 07:54 EDT
Prosecutors mulled Wednesday bringing charges against soldiers named in a report on Bloody Sunday, one of Northern Ireland's darkest episodes, despite calls for the past to be laid to rest.
Prosecutors mull action against Bloody Sunday troops
Jun 16, 2010 07:52 EDT
Prosecutors mulled on Wednesday bringing charges against soldiers named in a report on Bloody Sunday, one of Northern Ireland's darkest episodes, despite calls for the past to be laid to rest.
Prosecutors mull action against Bloody Sunday troops
Jun 16, 2010 05:27 EDT
Prosecutors mulled Wednesday bringing charges against soldiers named in a report on Bloody Sunday, one of Northern Ireland's darkest episodes, despite calls for the past to be laid to rest.
Prosecutors mull action against Bloody Sunday troops
Jun 16, 2010 05:19 EDT
Prosecutors mulled on Wednesday bringing charges against soldiers named in a report on Bloody Sunday, one of Northern Ireland's darkest episodes, despite calls for the past to be laid to rest.
Car bomb clouds N. Ireland power handover
Apr 12, 2010 11:08 EDT
A car bomb claimed by dissident Republican paramilitaries cast a cloud on Monday over the transfer of key powers from London to Northern Ireland.
Car bomb mars N. Ireland power handover
Apr 12, 2010 09:11 EDT
British and Northern Ireland leaders vowed on Monday that the province's peace process will not be derailed after a car bomb exploded in a hijacked taxi on the day key powers were handed over from London.
Car bomb mars N. Ireland power handover
Apr 12, 2010 06:13 EDT
A car bomb in a hijacked taxi exploded near the Northern Ireland headquarters of MI5 security agency on Monday, clouding the completion of a key stage in the long-troubled province's peace process.
Election delays N.Ireland's Bloody Sunday report
Apr 06, 2010 14:14 EDT
A long-awaited report into Northern Ireland's 1972 Bloody Sunday killings will not be published before the general election, the government said Tuesday.
Row brews over N.Ireland Bloody Sunday report
Mar 22, 2010 15:06 EDT
A long-awaited report into Northern Ireland's 1972 Bloody Sunday killings has been finalized, officials said Monday but some lawmakers voiced concern it may not be published before upcoming elections.
Report details last acts of NIreland disarmament
Mar 03, 2010 10:59 EST
Final steps of Northern Ireland's slow journey to disarmament detailed in new report. The governments of Ireland and Britain praised their disarmament commission Wednesday and published its final achievements in removing weapons from Northern Ireland's underground armies.
NIreland's Paisley to quit Parliament after 40 yrs
Mar 02, 2010 12:21 EST
Protestant firebrand-turned-peacemaker Ian Paisley to quit British Parliament after 40 years. Ian Paisley, the hard-line Northern Ireland evangelist who led Protestants into power-sharing with Catholics, announced Tuesday he will retire from the British Parliament after a 40-year career.
NIreland police decry bombers' 17-minute warning
Feb 23, 2010 14:48 EST
Northern Ireland police chief says IRA dissidents gave too little warning of car-bomb strike. Northern Ireland's police commander denounced Irish Republican Army dissidents Tuesday for giving his officers just 17 minutes to evacuate the center of a border town before a car bomb detonated.
Clinton condemns 'cowardly' N.Ireland car bombing
Feb 23, 2010 14:05 EST
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemned Tuesday as "cowardly" a car bombing that destroyed a Northern Ireland courthouse just weeks after a sensitive deal on policing powers.
Car bomb explodes outside N.Ireland court
Feb 23, 2010 04:38 EST
A huge car bomb exploded outside a Northern Ireland court in an attack blamed on dissident republicans, just weeks after an agreement was finally brokered on devolving sensitive policing powers.
N.Ireland car bomb will not derail peace: politicians
Feb 23, 2010 04:21 EST
A huge car bomb exploded outside a Northern Ireland court in an attack blamed on dissident republicans, just weeks after an agreement was finally brokered on devolving sensitive policing powers.
Northern Irish parties edge closer to deal to save government
Jan 30, 2010 16:56 EST
HILLSBOROUGH, Northern Ireland (Reuters) - Rival Northern Ireland parties on Saturday inched toward a deal that would transfer police and justice powers to the province and end a row that has shaken their power-sharing government.
NIreland parties struggling to save coalition pact
Jan 29, 2010 17:53 EST
Belfast foes break deadline in round-the-clock talks, struggle to seal new power-sharing pact. Rival leaders of Northern Ireland's faltering Catholic-Protestant administration edged closer to a new power-sharing deal Friday following a marathon diplomatic effort, but negotiators on both sides said the final hurdles might be too high to clear.
Facts from the Wikipedia page:
| The Right Honourable Shaun Woodward MP | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 28 June 2007 | |
| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
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| Preceded by | Peter Hain |
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Member of Parliament
for St Helens South | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 7 June 2001 | |
| Preceded by | Gerald Bermingham |
| Majority | 9,309 (26.2%) |
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Member of Parliament
for Witney | |
| In office 1 May 1997 – 7 June 2001 | |
| Preceded by | Douglas Hurd |
| Succeeded by | David Cameron |
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| Born | 26 October 1958 Bristol, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour (1999–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Conservative (Before 1999) |
| Alma mater | Jesus College, Cambridge Harvard University |
| Religion | Anglicanism[1] |
