Former IRA commander agrees to meet Queen - FT.com: "Martin McGuinness, the former IRA commander who is now deputy first minister in Northern Ireland, has accepted an invitation to meet the Queen, raising the prospect of a symbolic first handshake between a Sinn Féin representative and the monarch.
The meeting will take place on Wednesday during a two-day visit to Northern Ireland by the Queen to mark her diamond jubilee. It will be another significant step forward for the peace process, which brought an end to almost 30 years of bloodshed during “the Troubles”."
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Saturday, June 23, 2012
Former IRA commander agrees to meet Queen - FT.com
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