Robin Oakley
Robin Oakley
Robin Oakley, OBEin Kidderminster, Worcestershire is a British journalist. He was European Political Editor at CNN International. Prior to CNN, he was Political Editor at the BBC...
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There is skepticism among unionists as the IRA is blamed for the huge Northern Bank robbery last year and the question they are asking is: Will that money be used as pensions for old IRA fighters or to buy new arms,
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were very much trying to present themselves as reluctant warriors. They were very much reacting to demonstrations of public opinion.
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(Blair) was saying that one way or another inaction was not a possibility -- there has to be action of one kind or another.
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(Blair) looking to jumpstart the Middles East peace process.
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But one thing he didn't address, having raised in his speech the suggestion that politics in France had to change, he didn't have anything to suggest how the political system should change,
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Both sides know that with stock markets everywhere in free fall it is hardly the time to spark an all-out trade war.
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Bush will be there to show that the rest of the world is still interested in this peace process and to kick it along.
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Bush isn't going to follow the detail to the same extent (as Clinton), but he is helping to put his imprimatur on that process in an important week, when Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern put forward their latest proposals to revive the peace process,
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Basically what it boils down to is whether Angela Merkel detaches the Greens from Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder into a coalition with her and the Free Democrats, or whether Chancellor Schroeder detaches the Free Democrats from Angela Merkel's side.
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Basically, he has to go back to the drawing board ... to have another go at it, ... It's not a crisis or a complete disaster. It's a mess and it's a humiliation.
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such a hot potato that it was dropped.
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Lawmakers say that if the Hutton inquiry finds the government guilty of sharp practice in helping the media identify Dr. Kelly, then the beleaguered Hoon may have to fall on his sword.
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Jean-Marie Le Pen was like a man who just had six birthdays in one day.
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I don't think we'll see huge divisions here in Greece.