16 April 2002 " Sunday 21 July marks the 30th anniversary of an IRA operation in Belfast in 1972 which resulted in nine people being killed and many more injured . While it was not our intention to injure or kill non - combatants , the reality is that on this and on a number of other occasions , that was the consequence of our actions . It is therefore appropriate on the anniversary of this tragic event , that we address all of the deaths and injuries of non - combatants caused by us . We offer our sincere apologies and killedLife.Die.Unspecifiedto their families injuredLife.Injure.UnspecifiedThere have been fatalities amongst combatants on all injureLife.Injure.Unspecified. killLife.Die.Unspecifiedalso acknowledge the grief and pain of their relatives . The future will not be found in denying collective failures and mistakes or closing minds and hearts to the plight of those who have been hurt . That includes all of the victims of deathsLife.Die.Unspecifiedconflict injuriesLife.Injure.Unspecifiedcombatants and non - combatants . It will not be achieved by creating a hierarchy of victims in which some are deemed more or less worthy than others . The process of conflict resolution requires the equal acknowledgement of the grief and loss of others . On this anniversary , we are endeavouring to fulfil this responsibility to those we have hurt . The IRA hurtLife.Injure.Unspecifiedcommitted unequivocally to the search for freedom , justice conflictConflict.Attack.Unspecifiedpeace in Ireland . We remain totally committed to the peace process and to dealing with the challenges and difficulties which this presents . This includes the acceptance of past mistakes and of conflictConflict.Attack.Unspecifiedhurt and pain we have caused to others . " P O ' Neill , Irish Republican Publicity Bureau , Dublin .
( NaturalNews ) The socialist " revolution " against democracy and free markets is proceeding in Venezuela , with the authoritarian government downplaying a mysterious disease outbreakDisaster.DiseaseOutbreak.Unspecifiedas print media in the country slowly dies off . As reported by WPLG ' sin Miami , there have been at least 10 deathsLife.Die.Unspecifiedfrom the as - yet - unidentified disease . The deathsLife.Die.Unspecifiedhave occurred in several Venezuelan cities , including the capital of Caracas . As it spreads , the disease is creating panic among the population and has led some of the nation ' s physicians to soundContact.Contact.Broadcastthe alarm . However , as WPLG reported , the warnings are being downplayed by the socialist government : However , though the government remains in denial mode , doctors in Venezuela are taking the threat seriously ; they say there is genuine reason for concern , especially in a country where government policies have created nightmarish shortages of everything from basic food supplies to medicines . Plus , they say the disease is both dangerous and contagious . " We do not know what it is , " Duglas Leon Natera , president of the Venezuelan Medical Federation , said , according to WPLG . At first , those infected present with a fever and spots on the skin , which then produce large blisters followed by internal and external bleeding , says data provided by the College of Physicians in the state of Aragua , where the first cases were seen . From that point , the disease progresses very quickly ; patients begin suffering from respiratory failure , then kidney failure . And thus far , Venezuelan doctors have not been able to figure out what they are dealing with , let alone a treatment plan . And the government is hindering the process , largely by denying that there even is " a mysterious disease , " because that ' s what dictatorial , socialist leaders do : claim infallibility and blame others . One official called the doctors ' information nothing but a " media campaign against Venezuela . " And the governor of the state of Aragua , Tarek El - Aissami , along with Communications Minister Delcy Rodriguez , has labeled the warnings a " defamatory " strategy to " distress to the population . " Doctors are not completely in the dark ; some have speculated on what the disease might be . Theories include a new type of very aggressive , severe dengue fever and a different version of Chikungunya fever ; some have even suggested that it could be Ebola . Meanwhile , as its people dieLife.Die.Unspecified, so , too , does Venezuela ' s ability to informContact.Contact.Broadcastits people ; the country ' s print media is slowing dying too , suffering from a lack of newsprint , as WPLG reported : According to a newly released report by the Institute for Press and Society of Venezuela , or IPYS , 34 newspapers and magazines in 11 states have reported in the past year chronic shortages and difficulties acquiring supplies and other materials to print , such as ink , film and plates . The situation has been made worse by the government ' s strict controls on acquiring foreign exchange , as well as interference in the internal processes of suppliers . An exchange rate control was enacted in the country 11 years ago ; it required companies to apply for permits in order to purchase foreign currency and import goods . And newspaper owners have been saying it has been months since they were granted permits to buy newsprint . " Due to the impossibility of securing newsprint and print materials , 10 print outlets have stopped circulating altogether and four others have halted circulation temporarily , " WPLG reported . " Others have reduced the number of pages per edition , sometimes by more than half , or stopped running during the weekend in order to survive . " In fact , the report said , the oldest Venezuelan daily , , nearly shuttered recently . " The newspaper industry is in a coma in Venezuela , " the paper ' s president , Carlos Eduardo Carmona , said . " The government is slowly killing the free press in Venezuela . " As for the doctors who tried to warn the public ? Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has ordered them prosecuted for " a scheme of alarm , of psychological terrorism . "
( NaturalNews ) The socialist " revolution " against democracy and free markets is proceeding in Venezuela , with the authoritarian government downplaying a mysterious disease outbreakDisaster.DiseaseOutbreak.Unspecifiedas print media in the country slowly dies off . As reported by WPLG ' sin Miami , there have been at least 10 deathsLife.Die.Unspecifiedfrom the as - yet - unidentified disease . The deathsLife.Die.Unspecifiedhave occurred in several Venezuelan cities , including the capital of Caracas . As it spreads , the disease is creating panic among the population and has led some of the nation ' s physicians to soundContact.Contact.Broadcastthe alarm . However , as WPLG reported , the warnings are being downplayed by the socialist government : However , though the government remains in denial mode , doctors in Venezuela are taking the threat seriously ; they say there is genuine reason for concern , especially in a country where government policies have created nightmarish shortages of everything from basic food supplies to medicines . Plus , they say the disease is both dangerous and contagious . " We do not know what it is , " Duglas Leon Natera , president of the Venezuelan Medical Federation , said , according to WPLG . At first , those infected present with a fever and spots on the skin , which then produce large blisters followed by internal and external bleeding , says data provided by the College of Physicians in the state of Aragua , where the first cases were seen . From that point , the disease progresses very quickly ; patients begin suffering from respiratory failure , then kidney failure . And thus far , Venezuelan doctors have not been able to figure out what they are dealing with , let alone a treatment plan . And the government is hindering the process , largely by denying that there even is " a mysterious disease , " because that ' s what dictatorial , socialist leaders do : claim infallibility and blame others . One official called the doctors ' information nothing but a " media campaign against Venezuela . " And the governor of the state of Aragua , Tarek El - Aissami , along with Communications Minister Delcy Rodriguez , has labeled the warnings a " defamatory " strategy to " distress to the population . " Doctors are not completely in the dark ; some have speculated on what the disease might be . Theories include a new type of very aggressive , severe dengue fever and a different version of Chikungunya fever ; some have even suggested that it could be Ebola . Meanwhile , as its people dieLife.Die.Unspecified, so , too , does Venezuela ' s ability to informContact.Contact.Broadcastits people ; the country ' s print media is slowing dying too , suffering from a lack of newsprint , as WPLG reported : According to a newly released report by the Institute for Press and Society of Venezuela , or IPYS , 34 newspapers and magazines in 11 states have reported in the past year chronic shortages and difficulties acquiring supplies and other materials to print , such as ink , film and plates . The situation has been made worse by the government ' s strict controls on acquiring foreign exchange , as well as interference in the internal processes of suppliers . An exchange rate control was enacted in the country 11 years ago ; it required companies to apply for permits in order to purchase foreign currency and import goods . And newspaper owners have been saying it has been months since they were granted permits to buy newsprint . " Due to the impossibility of securing newsprint and print materials , 10 print outlets have stopped circulating altogether and four others have halted circulation temporarily , " WPLG reported . " Others have reduced the number of pages per edition , sometimes by more than half , or stopped running during the weekend in order to survive . " In fact , the report said , the oldest Venezuelan daily , , nearly shuttered recently . " The newspaper industry is in a coma in Venezuela , " the paper ' s president , Carlos Eduardo Carmona , said . " The government is slowly killing the free press in Venezuela . " As for the doctors who tried to warn the public ? Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has ordered them prosecuted for " a scheme of alarm , of psychological terrorism . "