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Article: Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams re-elected as Northern Ireland hard-liners poised for gains
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- May 6, 2005
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SHAWN POGATCHNIK, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
05-06-2005
Dateline: BELFAST, Northern Ireland
Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams won easy re-election Friday as a member of British Parliament as hard-liners on both sides of the Northern Ireland divide appeared poised for strong gains.
Adams' victory in Catholic west Belfast, his power base since 1997, was the first of 18 results to be declared in Northern Ireland, where the leaders of Northern Ireland's two major moderate parties faced struggles to win their own seats.
"It's a very, very proud and humbling day for me," said Adams, a reputed IRA commander whose party refuses to take its seats in the House of Commons in London because it ...
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