Tuesday, August 21, 2001

Reid pledges to move ahead on Northern Ireland police board
18:44 The British government has vowed to press ahead with plans to set up Northern Ireland's new Policing Board by next month, despite the refusal of the UUP to endorse the plans and the growing rift between the SDLP and Sinn Féin on the issue

Ireland's economic growth will slow to 5.9% in 2001 - EIU
17:43 The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has become the latest in a lengthening line of economic institutions to cut its growth forecast for the Irish economy. The EIU said recession in the US, combined with a sharp fall in the dollar, would almost certainly cause a hard landing for Ireland.
NATO to decide tomorrow on Macedonia force
17:18 NATO will decide tomorrow whether to send 3,500 troops to Macedonia as part of a peace accord for the war-ravaged former Yugoslav republic, an alliance official said today.

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