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Irish National Liberation Army to Disband and Give Up Weapons
An Irish republican paramilitary group responsible for dozens of murders during Northern Ireland's three decades of sectarian strife is to officially renounce violence...
Former Terrorists Decommission Weapons
Two former loyalist paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland - the Ulster Volunteer Force and Red Hand Commando - have rendered all their weapons...
Sinn Fein Head Meets Hamas Leader in Gaza
Gerry Adams, a key player in Northern Ireland's peace process, and head of the Irish Republican Army-linked Sinn Fein met with Hamas Prime...
Intended to Incite, Irish Killings Draw Former Enemies Together
ormer enemies filed into the church on Friday to mourn as one at the funeral of a slain policeman. It is the latest...
Irish Peace Stabilized by IRA Disarming
The Good Friday Peace process in Northern Ireland was collapsing. David Trimble, who won the Nobel Peace Prize and was elected the first minister...
Experts Find a 1,000-Year-old Ice Skate Made of Animal Bone in Czech Republic
From the Czech Republic comes a fascinating archaeological find—a 1,000-year-old ice skate blade made of a horse's shinbone.
Located during excavations of a cellar in...
Farmer Combats Flooding by Returning Creeks to Nature: ‘Wildlife That Has Come is Phenomenal’
In the UK, farmers are combatting flooding by returning areas of their farms to a more natural state, and seeing the benefits not only...
Scientists Prove Gingers Are Totally Normal–Having Been Around for Millions of Years in Other Species
A pair of scientists have found fragments of ginger pigment molecules in fossilized frogs which they take to mean that most famous of genetic...
DNA Sequencing of Viking Bones ‘Will Rewrite History’: They Weren’t All Scandinavian
Invaders, pirates, warriors—the history books taught us Vikings were brutal predators who travelled by sea from Scandinavia to pillage and raid their way across...
Man Mailed Himself Home in a Box From Australia—Now He’s Looking for the Pals Who Helped Him
Homesickness is a malady with only one known cure. Going home. But sometimes the circumstances are against you. When that happens, people can resort...
Down the Rabbit Hole: Bunnies in Wales Dig Up Treasure of 9,000-Year-old Artifacts
Reprinted with permission from World At Large, a news website of nature, politics, science, health, and travel.
Alone on the windswept island Skokholm, wardens have found...
Bus Driver Makes Detour So Daughter Can See Her Mom at Senior Home: ‘It just hit my heart’
Have you ever had a nightmare where you’re rushing to get to someplace vitally important only to realize you’re on a bus or train...
China is Reassigning 60,000 Troops to Plant Trees
Instead of patrolling the icy northern border, thousands of troops are being moved inland to help reforest the nation with over 84,000 square kilometers of greenery.
Elder Sisters Living on Opposite Sides of World Meet for First Time (WATCH)
A Northern Irish woman only discovered in 1989, that she had an older sister—and finally embraced her for the first time at Dublin airport
Twitter Helped Belfast Woman ‘Find Missing Mum’
Twitter and the kindness of strangers brought home an Irish mom with dementia, after her daughter decided to post her photo when she'd gone...
Son Moved by Mother’s 100 year-old Letter to Santa Found in a Chimney
An Irish man received a touching Christmas gift when a 100-year-old letter from his mother to Santa was printed in a newspaper. The scorched...
EARTH ALERT ’08: Top Ten Good News for the Earth
Happy Earth Day! Here are the top ten good news stories for the environment... Since the first Earth Day in 1970, air quality has...