Robberies Northern Ireland

Armed robbers stole literary treasures from a library in the city of Armagh, among them a copy of "Gulliver's Travels" that included handwritten alterations by author Jonathan Swift. The two robbers burst into the public library in Armagh, about 35 miles southeast of Belfast, Northern Ireland's capital, and held a gun to a library assistant's head before tying her up, police said. The robbers then systematically smashed glass cases and stole items estimated to be worth about $165,000.

Armed robbers stole literary treasures from a library in the city of Armagh, among them a copy of "Gulliver's Travels" that included handwritten alterations by author Jonathan Swift. The two robbers burst into the public library in Armagh, about 35 miles southeast of Belfast, Northern Ireland's capital, and held a gun to a library assistant's head before tying her up, police said. The robbers then systematically smashed glass cases and stole items estimated to be worth about $165,000.

British undercover soldiers shot dead three young masked robbers in Northern Ireland, sparking an angry controversy. The Irish Republic government in Dublin ordered its own probe of the killings. Gerry Adams, president of the Irish Republican Army's political wing, said the three were not members of the IRA, the guerrilla group battling to oust Britain from Northern Ireland. Adams called the shootings "the cold-blooded and savage murder of three young men."

A pause in the sectarian violence between Protestants and Roman Catholics in Northern Ireland has brought a small, vulnerable Chinese community here under fierce pressure from both sides. Police are investigating more than two dozen attacks so far this year by hooded intruders who break into the homes of Chinese families late at night to terrorize and steal.

A pause in the sectarian violence between Protestants and Roman Catholics in Northern Ireland has brought a small, vulnerable Chinese community here under fierce pressure from both sides. Police are investigating more than two dozen attacks so far this year by hooded intruders who break into the homes of Chinese families late at night to terrorize and steal.

British undercover soldiers shot dead three young masked robbers in Northern Ireland, sparking an angry controversy. The Irish Republic government in Dublin ordered its own probe of the killings. Gerry Adams, president of the Irish Republican Army's political wing, said the three were not members of the IRA, the guerrilla group battling to oust Britain from Northern Ireland. Adams called the shootings "the cold-blooded and savage murder of three young men."