WORLD IN BRIEF : BRITAIN : Mitchell Named Envoy to N. Ireland
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President Clinton named retiring Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell (D-Me.) as a special adviser to promote trade and investment in Northern Ireland. The announcement came as the British government said it will meet face to face for the first time with leaders of Sinn Fein, the political arm of the Irish Republican Army.
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