Car Bomb Explodes in Pro-British Town
From Times Wire Reports
The British-ruled province’s troubled peace process suffered a fresh setback when a large car bomb devastated the center of the staunchly pro-British Protestant town of Portadown. Several telephoned warnings to media allowed police to evacuate nearby streets, and there were no casualties. The explosion came a few hours after peace talks resumed in Belfast, the capital, without Sinn Fein, expelled until March 9 because authorities say its Irish Republican Army military wing is involved in violence.
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