Three generations die in Omagh bombing tragedy
Av ril Monaghan aged 30 and her 18 month old daughter Maura along with Mary Grimes 65 died in the Omagh car bombing. The Augher family, deeply rooted in faith, faced funerals and grief as relatives share memories of a last morning at Mass and a shopping trip at Costcutter where Maura clutched a lollipop before tragedy struck.
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Augher
Northern Ireland
Kalalope
Avril Monaghan
Omagh
Maura
Mary Grimes
Lawrence Dawson
Avril
Monaghan
Michael
Dawson
Clogher
Grimes
Stephen McKervey
R.D. Kells
Louise McGirr
Costcutter
Maura Monaghan
McGirr
Sinn Fein dissident's son among Omagh bombing arrests
Police seized Shane Mackey, 19, and four others at dawn near Omagh as part of the probe into Northern Ireland's deadliest car bombing. The blast killed 28 people and wounded 220, drawing talks on security and legal changes as authorities link the attack to Real IRA dissidents.
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Omagh
Northern Ireland
Belfast
Sinn Fein
Shane Mackey
Stormont
Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Real Ira
IRA
Mo Mowlam
Britain
Irish Republic
John O'Donoghue
Mowlam
Francis Mackey
Mackey
Bernadette Sands- McKevitt
Bobby Sands
Ruble Devalued as Russia Abandons Support Policy
Moscow moves to let the ruble fall toward nine rubles per dollar after months of defense tests. banks face potential failures, imports rise in price, and a 90 day moratorium on foreign debt payments follows. Kiriyenko and Dubinin state the devaluation is a policy shift not a default.
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Moscow
Russia
Treasury
Robert Rubin
United States
U.S
Anatoly Chubais
Pcgde
Sergei Kiriyenko
International Monetary Fund
Indonesia marks independence amid hardship and hope
Jakarta marked independence day with flag displays as the government cut prison terms for 16 800 inmates including 95 political prisoners and released about 1 600. Police guarded intersections amid unrest rumors, while President Habibie led ceremonies.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Suharto
B.J. Habibie
Cipinang
Habibie
Budiman Sudjatmiko
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