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This archive contains references to articles from August 16-31, 2000. If you find a link that is out of date please let us know by e-mailing the Newshound.
Thursday, August 31
Hume steps back from front line: The Guardian
Architect of peace takes richly deserved break: Irish Independent
Hume: the greatest statesman of his generation: Irish News
We owe a debt to John Hume: Irish News (Editorial)
Families flee homes on estate poisoned by hate: Electronic Telegraph
Attacks were not sectarian - residents: Irish News
Feuding loyalists forcing families to flee homes: The Independent
Friends turn on each other in Carrickfergus: The Irish Times
Marchers ‘broke deal on LVF flags’: Irish News
Trimble’s bid to help quell Loyalist feud: The Scotsman
Trimble critical of Adair rearrest: The Irish Times
Informer faces new charges: Irish News
Twists and turns of the Stobie case: Irish News
Mediator must be found to put stop to rival warfare: Irish Examiner (Editorial)
Policing reform in Northern Ireland: Financial Times (Aug. 30)
A revealing picture: Irelandclick.com (Editorial - Aug. 30)
Shipyard clue to bomb that killed lawyer: Electronic Telegraph
Relatives braced to relive Omagh: The Irish Times
Omagh relatives to get evidence: BBC
Two asked republicans to give evidence: The Irish Times
Welcome move on soccer bigots: Irish News (Editorial)
Wednesday, August 30
Ulster fears as UDA vows to avenge shot girl, 11: The Guardian
Friends claim loyalists aimed to kill girl and all her family: Irish Examiner
Daddy, I can't breathe' gasps shot Ulster girl: The Times
Police hold three over shooting of girl by feuding loyalists: The Independent
Relatives 'intimidated' since killings: BBC
It’s because they can’t see the big picture: Irish News
Mad Dogs and Ulstermen: Baltimore Sun (Editorial - Aug. 29)
World trouble spots put our own dilemma in perspective: Belfast Telegraph
SF alleges intelligence files leak: The Irish Times
Nelson bomb part traced to shipyard: Belfast Telegraph
Mallon warns over police Bill future: Irish Examiner
McGrady questions SF stance on Patten: Irish News
Group fears legal reforms may not be enacted: The Irish Times
The trouble with Harryville . . .: Belfast Telegraph
Medal for NI prison staff: BBC
Level of North-South co-operation 'unprecedented': The Irish Times
Passport to happiness or a recipe for racism?: Belfast Telegraph
McGuinness says Irish passports give unionists hassle-free travel: Irish Examiner
Sleepless nights and odd bedfellows: The Irish Times
Tuesday, August 29
Victim's house set on fire: The Times
Shankill leaders appeal for calm: BBC
Peaceable murder: National Post (Editorial - Aug. 28)
Power fuels terror feuds of all shades: Belfast Telegraph
Why don’t our leaders tell it like it is?: Irish News
The lawyer caught between a rock and a hard place: The Independent
Finucane inquiry reveals widespread collusion: Irish Examiner
Pacts of politcial life: Belfast Telegraph
When bigotry takes on a life of its own: The Irish Times
Real IRA give actor paramilitary send-off: Irish Independent
Outlook was bleak as May deadline loomed: The Irish Times
Irish passport offices to open in the North: Irelandclick.com
Return of Reagan Democrat factor: Irish News
Monday, August 28
Loyalist denies turf war truce: The Guardian
British Army weapons used in Shankill: Sunday Business Post (Aug. 27)
Men released after feud murder quizzing: BBC
Time for UDP to shut up shop: Sunday Business Post (Editorial - Aug. 27)
Dove shoves loyalist top dog back in his cage with little chance of release: Irish Examiner
Police keep watch on militant loyalists: Irish News
Loyalists in tactical cul-de-sac: Sunday Business Post (Aug. 27)
'Ethnic cleansing' in Northern Ireland: The Australian
Terrifying turf war results in week of tragedy down the Shankill Road: Irish Examiner
The fall and fall of lower Shankill Road: Irish News
GIVE A DOG A MAD NAME: Irelandclick.com
Unionists in talks went 'for the man, not the ball': The Irish Times
McCabe's killers may have sentences increased: Sunday Business Post (Aug. 27)
Cook stresses partnership in peace process: The Irish Times
Orange leader urges 'new unity': Belfast Telegraph
Quiet finale for marchers: Irish News (Editorial)
Thatcher's escape helped IRA, says bomber: Electronic Telegraph
Brighton bomber thinks again: The Guardian
Sunday, August 27
Mandelson orders in hundreds of extra troops: Electronic Telegraph
Loyalists locked in feud: N. Ireland paramilitary units run amok: Boston Herald
Revealed: Nazi roots of the thugs who threaten peace: The Observer
This is why they're dying in Belfast: Electronic Telegraph
Loyalist gangs engage in a bitter match of murder and futile tit-for-tat violence: Ireland on Sunday
Security forces created Shankill UDA: by Ed Moloney (Sunday Tribune)
Battle for the soul of loyalism: Ireland on Sunday
Unionism divided by a mad dog: The Sunday Times
Blood on the streets is a mad dog's strategy: Sunday Independent
Mandelson moves to jail Adair's allies: The Observer
Mandelson may rue his presumption: Sunday Independent
I'm nobody's hero, says Mandelson: Electronic Telegraph
Naive about the loyalists: Sunday Independent
Protestant conflicts fan flames of change: Boston Herald
Peter's penance: Independent on Sunday (Editorial)
Mad Dogs and Loyalists: Scotland on Sunday
The mad dogs of Ulster have only nihilism left to chew on: Independent on Sunday
Less a feud, more like civil war: The Sunday Times
The bogus rules for a phoney ceasefire: Electronic Telegraph
Unionism writhes in its death throes: Ireland on Sunday
Caught in crossfire as mayhem erupts: Sunday Independent
Infighting, police reforms snarl Irish peace process: Boston Herald
IRA dissidents plan hunger strikes: The Observer
Minister in Loyalist warning over price of feud: Ireland on Sunday
Loyal order leader attacks RUC change: BBC
Emblems of peace - not dissension: Ireland on Sunday
Return hope for Ulster exiles: The Sunday Times
Cache of bombs found in wood: The Observer
Pitiless death in Dundalk: Sunday Independent
IRA backs away from legal battle over McCabe killers: The Sunday Times
Grassroots unhappy with IRA's treatment of Provo paedophile: by Ed Moloney (Sunday Tribune)
Phones reveal trail of Omagh bombers: The Sunday Times
Don't play the wrong instrument here: Independent on Sunday
Unionist fury over plan for Irish passport office: The Sunday Times
Buddhists bloom as the men in black fade: Sunday Independent
Saturday, August 26
UDA buries second loyalist feud victim: The Guardian
Bizarre pop songs precede loyalist paramilitary funeral: Irish Examiner
Loyalist 'still committed' to agreement: BBC
Forced out of her house by Ulster's culture of hatred: The Scotsman
Loyalist paramilitaries arming themselves to the teeth for a long and bloody war: Irish Examiner
Paramilitary lure endures in Shankill's deprivation: The Irish Times
Derry not hit by loyalist feud: Irish Examiner
Life of luxury for gangsters: Irish News (Editorial)
Loyal order parades re-routed: BBC
Fianna Fail's gamble of dealing with Sinn Fein: Irish Independent
Sectarianism tackled: Irish News
Powell 'plotted against Mowlam': The Times
Quest for independence led envoys to Adams: The Irish Times
Friday, August 25
Brit troops wary in wake of loyalist feud killings: Boston Herald
In Northern Ireland, it is Protestant vs. Protestant: Washington Times
'It is friend against friend': The Guardian
Protestant church leaders call for mass meeting to oppose loyalist feud: Irish Examiner
Clergyman might play mediator role: The Irish Times
Terrorists vow revenge as victim is buried: The Times
No paramilitary trappings for funeral: The Irish Times
Funeral of man killed by ‘mistake’: Irish News
RUC seize loyalist guns 'meant for pub massacre': Electronic Telegraph
Dead man's brother on arms charge: The Irish Times
The man responsible for latest outbreak of violence is best kept behind bars: Irish Examiner
Why the Mad Dogs won't derail the peace process: The Independent
Video footage used to trap Adair: Irelandclick.com
Whither loyalism?: Irelandclick.com
We demand the peace we were promised, says Cecil Walker: Belfast Telegraph
Irish-Americans may desert Gore for Bush: Electronic Telegraph
Noonan would not 'at present' sit with SF: The Irish Times
RUC reform is top of the agenda: Belfast Telegraph
'Next question...': Irish Post
Thursday, August 24
Father, 21, killed in loyalist feud: Electronic Telegraph
Murder before mediation, vow Loyalists set on revenge: The Scotsman
Heavy patrols in Belfast as loyalist funerals prepared: The Irish Times
Mandelson says loyalist ceasefires are unbroken: Electronic Telegraph
Exposure sealed fate of notorious activists: The Independent
SDLP backs Mandelson: Irish Examiner
UVF ‘must rethink march on Shankill’: Irish News
Arms deals and terrorist displays landed Adair back in jail, says RUC: The Guardian
Mad Dog finds peace is bad for business: Irish Examiner
Adair has broken no law, say supporters: The Independent
Mandelson faces strong criticism over Adair jailing: The Irish Times
Mad Dog no longer top dog in tougher jail: The Times
Unwanted guest at model jail: The Guardian
Loyalist vs. loyalist: Plumbing the depths of an Ulster struggle: Boston Globe
Protestants battling each other: Toronto Globe and Mail
All this done in the name of the union: Irish News
One step forward in Ulster, but many more to come: The Independent
Seeking the stolen sense of North's loyalist self: The Irish Times
An ideology coming apart at the seams: Irish News
Loyalist divisions on the Shankill: Belfast Telegraph (Editorial)
Lawlessness and disorder: Electronic Telegraph (Editorial)
Mandelson had no choice but to jail Johnny Adair: Irish Examiner (Editorial)
Shadow over the Shankill: Irelandclick.com (Editorial)
PUP activist vows to continue despite attack: The Irish Times
Political earthquake that could rock Ulster: The Scotsman
Legal challenge to jail move: BBC
National questions `have now eased' says poet Heaney: Irish Independent
Arms cache thought to have links to O'Hare: The Irish Times
I won't attack other unionists: Burnside: Belfast Telegraph
BOMBAY STREET REBORN: Irelandclick.com
Wednesday, August 23
British Arrest Protestant Militant After Violence in Belfast: New York Times
Loyalist warns of more killings: Electronic Telegraph
Loyalists braced for Adair backlash: The Times
Stalemate as Magee prepares `difficult' mediation: Irish Independent
Loyalists need to get their act together - SF: Irish News
'Mad Dog' pushed police too far: The Times
Where the bark of a 'Mad Dog' bites harder than fear: The Irish Times
Mandelson gambles all on removing Adair: Belfast Telegraph
‘Venomous hatred’ of Catholics: Irish News
'Loyalists will have to fight, there's no other way': The Independent
Security review after loyalist deaths: BBC
Mandelson's dilemma on prisoner releases: The Guardian
UDA switches its fire to politicians: The Times
Reality of deal's hard sell now to the fore: Belfast Telegraph
The reluctant Green Jackets who patrol the streets: The Independent
It's like the wild west, says mother as family flees warfare: The Guardian
Respectable face of loyalism on the wane as hardline gunmen return: Irish Examiner
Hatred drives thirty years' war between loyalist factions: The Times
Shankill war is all about the agreement: The Irish Times
Unionist? Certainly: Progressive? Hardly: Belfast Telegraph
This is what comes of freeing terrorist criminals: Electronic Telegraph
Internalising the Troubles: The Guardian
Why gangsters hold sway in the Shankill: The Times
Shankill Road was always tough, and it's getting tougher: The Independent
GUNLAW IN BELFAST: The Times (Editorial)
Loyalist or republican – ex-prisoners who commit crimes must be jailed: The Independent (Editorial)
Restoring calm on the streets of fear: Belfast Telegraph (Editorial)
A Feud That Must Be Stopped: The Irish Times (Editorial)
Shankill shadow falls on US trip: Irish News (Editorial)
We Tories are uneasy: The Guardian
The Omagh bomb....: Belfast Telegraph
Reg and Pat in double act: Irish News
Hume has done great work but it’s time for the SDLP to review its leadership: Irish Examiner
A footballing nation with an identity crisis: Irish News
Tuesday, August 22
Double murder scuttled ceasefire agreeement: Irelandclick.com
Gunmen strike as feud escalates: Belfast Telegraph
Loyalist feuding brings Brit troops: Boston Herald
Fears of loyalist massacre prompt return of troops: The Independent
They call this a ceasefire: Electronic Telegraph
End gang warfare - Mandelson: BBC
TD calls for statement on loyalist ceasefire: The Irish Times
McLaughlin warns against expelling PUP politicians: Irish News
Knock on the door mother had dreaded for years: The Times
Has paramilitarism taken on political correctness?: Belfast Telegraph
Rivals in the violent underworld of Unionism: The Independent
Loyalist order breakdown will see body count rise as feud escalates: Irish Examiner
Ruthless Adair pursues goal to control Shankill: The Times
'Mad Dog' turf war threatens Ulster peace: The Guardian
Phoney peace where fear and death rule: Irish Independent
The background to the violence: Belfast Telegraph
The day the British sold Mad Dog a pup: The Times
Bitter turf war shows the bloody rift in loyalism: Irish Independent
Send them back to jail: Electronic Telegraph (Editorial)
Removing the ringleaders: The Scotsman (Editorial)
Gun law must never be accepted: Belfast Telegraph (Editorial)
A naked territorial battle between racketeers: Irish Examiner (Editorial)
Belfast's turf wars: The Guardian (Editorial)
Blood on the streets: Irish Independent (Editorial)
Shankill in the grip of anarchy: Irish News (Editorial)
North 'not priority': The Irish Times
Sinn Fein's bad idea: Washington Times (Editorial)
Violence can only destroy a good idea: Irish News
Dead soap star was on Real IRA garda list: Irish Independent
Monday, August 21
Two men dead in Belfast shooting: Irelandclick.com
Loyalists warned over violence: The Guardian
Loyalist attacks spark fears of new vendetta: The Times
'Mad Dog' at heart of convulsions in loyalist Belfast: The Independent
'Culture festival' shows loyalist rivalries that threaten Ulster peace: Electronic Telegraph
Fears of loyalist feud grow after weekend of violence: The Irish Times
Restoring peace on the Shankill: Belfast Telegraph (Editorial)
Loyalist wants terrorist gang legalised: Irish Examiner
A loyalist split threatens the peace process: Irish News
Where is this peace?: Electronic Telegraph (Editorial)
Send Adair back to jail: Irish News (Editorial)
Terror groups aim to wreck peace process: Irish Examiner
McCoubrey ‘did not expect UFF’: Irish News
`Mad Nick' O'Hare dies in hail of bullets: Irish Independent
No one surprised at shooting of 'Mad Nicky': The Irish Times
Groups dedicated to terror: Irish Examiner
A potent threat to peace and political stability: Irish Examiner (Editorial)
Ulster's role in US poll fight priorities: Belfast Telegraph
Unionists ‘humiliated’ - MP: Irish News
The way we wear: how the RUC uniform fits into history: Belfast Telegraph
Ageing SDLP badly needs new blood: Irish Independent
Hume glimpses promised land: Irish News
Peace party: Irish Independent (Editorial)
Principles and vision remain firm: Irish News
Common issues could be prioritised by British-Irish body: Irish Examiner
Bloody Sunday probe delayed: Belfast Telegraph
Memorial marks 'forgotten' atrocity: BBC
Sunday, August 20
Six injured as terrorists spray pub with bullets: Electronic Telegraph
Government condemns Belfast violence: BBC
Ex-Maze inmate in loyalist gun battle: The Observer
Red, white and blue terror in the night: Independent on Sunday
Loyalist feud fuels mayhem in N. Ireland: Boston Herald
Terror stalks the war-torn borderland: The Observer
Hit list targets 80 nationalists: The Sunday Times
Florida Four may be part of larger IRA gun ring: Miami Herald
Hard truths for a town of tears: Sunday Independent
Omagh relatives told to buzz off by ex-IRA bomber: Ireland on Sunday
Killers of `unimportant punters' will never have to face justice: Sunday Independent
Action, not just words, needed now on Omagh: Sunday Independent (Editorial)
Drowning in the culture of silence: The Sunday Times
SF stuck in shifting sands of triple-speak: Sunday Independent
RUC is the final hurdle for the agreement: by Ed Moloney (Sunday Tribune)
Currie calls for GAA link in NI police: Sunday Independent
Ardoyne 83 who won’t be forgotten: Ireland on Sunday
A constitutional conspiracy: Electronic Telegraph
RUC chief told not to touch 41 republicans: The Sunday Times
The ball is in Sinn Féin’s court: Ireland on Sunday
UDP's electoral future threatened - White: BBC
Talent gap problem for party: Ireland on Sunday
Winning over the majority: The Observer
The SDLP’s indelible mark on Irish peace: Ireland on Sunday
Generous to a fault may be SDLP's sad epitaph: The Sunday Times
Anti-Irish views alive and well in London: Ireland on Sunday
Soldier claims SAS troops fired on Bloody Sunday: The Sunday Times
RUC tries to block football friendship: Ireland on Sunday
Irish League is caught offside: Ireland on Sunday
Saturday, August 19
Ex provos form new Real IRA unit: Irish Examiner
Omagh families picket 'fun' night: Electronic Telegraph
Deputy mayor's house attacked: BBC
Attacks must be stopped: Irish News (Editorial)
Where hope and history meet: Irelandclick.com
RUC optimism misplaced says SF: Irish News
Celebration may be muted for SDLP's 30th birthday: The Irish Times
‘United’ talk angers Unionists: Irish News
A long, slow process: Belfast Telegraph
Para is paid £40,000 for key evidence: Electronic Telegraph
Key Bloody Sunday witness found: The Guardian
Former mayor of Derry criticises Saville inquiry: The Irish Times
Inquiry soldier fears for his life: The Times
Another Irishman in the White House?: The Irish Times
No more British statues says SF: Irish News
Intercultural unit learning to respect differences: The Irish Times
Friday, August 18
Leaders call for end to wave of sectarian strife: Irish Independent
Houses attacked with paint bombs: BBC
Hate thy neighbour: Irish Examiner
Resources could best be spent tackling causes: The Irish Times
The deafening sound of silence: Irelandclick.com (Editorial)
Last hurrah for the RUC recruits: Electronic Telegraph
Time to stand back, revisit Patten's radical vision: Irish Echo (by Adam Ingram)
The last parade: Electronic Telegraph (Editorial)
Thiepval raid to uncover Finucane collusion: Irelandclick.com
Harsh reality of a liberal democracy: Belfast Telegraph
Gore Blows It On Irish Platform: Irish Voice
Ireland to the fore: Irish Echo
Trimble facing a difficult time at the unionist helm: Irish Independent
Unionists furious over Adams’ united Ireland remark: Irish Examiner
A tribal mentality: Irish Post
Sinn Fein and unionists unite to seek investment in Ulster: Financial Times
NIO to pay Bloody Sunday witness: BBC
Storm over protection package for ex-Para: Belfast Telegraph
Prisoners to leave Maze for Maghaberry: The Irish Times
Thursday, August 17
Sinn Fein challenges UDA to say if it is on ceasefire: The Irish Times
UFF on ceasefire ‘until shots fired’: Irish News
RUC ... passing of an era: Belfast Telegraph
Unionists 'better off' in united Ireland: BBC
Unionists and a united Ireland: Belfast Telegraph (Editorial)
UDP now has doubts about alleged attack by the IRA: The Irish Times
Maze officials knew of threat to Wright’s life: Irish Examiner
Maze inmates down to four: Belfast Telegraph
March mediator to resume talks: BBC
Humbert school honours Reynolds for peace role: The Irish Times
Wednesday, August 16
UFF leader is hurt in pipe bomb explosion: The Times
Loyalist’s bomb claim rejected by Sinn Fein: The Scotsman
Simply the worst: Electronic Telegraph (Editorial)
Why should we believe Adair?: Irish News (Editorial)
Houses in nationalist, loyalist areas attacked: The Irish Times
Belfast's long hot summer: The Guardian
An Irishman's Diary: The Irish Times
DUP election ‘will test unionist opinion’: Irish News
Omagh remembers with silence: Electronic Telegraph
Low-key memorial to the dead of Omagh: The Independent
Memories are all too clear of that awful August day: The Irish Times
No moral norms but grief remains constant: Belfast Telegraph
Survivor bears her scars into a brave new world: Irish Examiner
'Real IRA' fundraising function going ahead: The Irish Times
Government urged to seize bank funds held for republican prisoners: Irish Independent
Intransigence of the north’s civil servants: Irish News
Call for resources to promote equality: The Irish Times
RUC is targeted by rioters at bonfire: Irish News
Army now `battling' with British for new recruits: Irish Independent
Six issue demand for public apology: Irish News
History is made by Mass at St Patrick's Cathedral: The Irish Times