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Hunger strike in Maze prison deepens as two rebels near death
In Belfast the pace of a royal wedding countdown runs alongside worsening hunger strikes. Kieran Doherty and Kevin Lynch, both 25, have not eaten for 68 and 67 days respectively, with eight IRA inmates on hunger strike. Protests flare in Catholic Belfast while Protestant celebrations unfold in Loyalist areas. Thatcher criticizes the strikers and urges an end to the standoff as a special election looms for the vacant Fermanagh South Tyrone seat. The prisoners demand free association, clothing, and no prison work.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
Ulster
Maze Prison
Kieran Doherty
Kevin Lynch
Doherty
Lynch
West Belfast
Plug
Wedas
Fermanagh-South Tyrone
Bobby Sands
Margaret Thatcher
U.S
Britain
Thatcher
Ireland
North
Thomas O'Neill
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Daniel Moynihan
D-N.y
New York
Hugh Carey