IRA disbands weapons units and turns to politics
An expert panel report says the Irish Republican Army has disbanded weapons making and arms trafficking units and shifted to nonviolent politics. The Independent Monitoring Commission hailed the change as lifting barriers to a possible Northern Ireland peace settlement with Tony Blair stating the door is open for a final settlement.
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Stanford Professor Kornberg Wins Nobel Chemistry Prize
Stanford University professor Roger Kornberg, age 59, wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for studies on how cells read genetic information, a breakthrough that could lead to new therapies. The award marks the first American sweep of the Nobel science prizes since 1983 and follows his father Arthur Kornberg's 1959 Nobel Prize in Medicine.
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U S Aims to Improve Palestinian Lives Amid Tension
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah and said Washington seeks to revitalize last year's accords to ease movement of people and goods. Abbas faces a nine month stalemate with Hamas governing part of the Palestinian leadership.
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