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Hunger strike tensions rise after Maze inmate death
In Belfast United Press International reports Pat McGeown, 24, revived by intravenous feed after Michael Devine, 23, died on day 60 of a hunger strike for political prisoner status. Devine will be buried with paramilitary honors in Londonderry. Voters near Fermanagh South Tyrone await a successor to IRA leader Bobby Sands as the hunger strike story shapes campaigns.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
IRA
Pat McGeown
Maze
Bobby Sands
Michael Devine
McGeown
Devine
Irish National Liberation Army
City Cemetery
Londonderry
St. Mary’s
H-Block Committee
MacGeown
Irish Republican Army
Brendan McLaughlin
Paddy Quinn
Fermanagh
South Tyrone
Sands