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The fate of peace: President Obama in Northern Ireland by Allan LEONARD for Shared Future News 17 June 2013 My marriage is a transatlantic union between a Midwesterner and a Belfast-born Northern Irishwoman. Fittingly, my wife and I were delighted to receive tickets to hear another Midwesterner, President Barack Obama, at Belfast's Waterfront Hall. With …
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When BBC Radio Ulster rang me this morning to tell me the breaking news that the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize had just been awarded to US President Barack Obama, I said I was surprised but pleased. The BBC staffer invited me to participate in today's Talk Back programme. In preparation, she provided me a statement …
I was among hundreds at the Queen’s University organised event to watch the live broadcast of President Obama’s inaugural address, and I couldn’t help but filter his words through my world of Northern Ireland. Of course, others have pondered whether the people Northern Ireland -- or for that matter, Ireland, the UK, France, Germany or …
It has been a long night and a long, two-year campaign for Barack Obama to get elected as the 44th President of the United States of America.After an all-night session with multiple tv channels and frantic tab-clicking a battery of websites throughout the vote count, I've shut out the distractions for a moment to reflect …
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