Leader helped end Troubles that blighted homeland
David Trimble was elevated to the House of Lords having negotiated the peace that had eluded Northern Ireland for 30 years.
David Trimble was elevated to the House of Lords having negotiated the peace that had eluded Northern Ireland for 30 years.
Successive Australian governments bought the line that Nikola Stedul had terror on his mind.
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Sonny Barger was 16 when he forged a birth certificate and joined the army. On the discovery of his real age, he was honourably discharged — perhaps his last honourable act.
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