Monday, August 20, 2001

SDLP endorse Northern Ireland's new policing arrangements
20:56 Sinn Féin was tonight left isolated after the SDLP urged nationalists to endorse Northern Ireland's new policing arrangements. In one of the most significant moves in the peace process, the party announced it will nominate representatives to a board designed to hold the new service to account.

Booby-trapped toy kills Basque woman, blinds infant
20:49 A booby-trapped toy car exploded in northern Spain today, killing a woman and blinding her 16-month-old grandson, but officials said the blast did not appear to be the work of the Basque separatist group ETA.
Palestinians rebuke US for blocking UN action
20:39 Palestinians rebuked the UN Security Council and the US today for not taking action to place monitors in the West Bank and Gaza, saying this contributed to the past 11 months of violence.