Visa for Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams Up in Air

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Visa for Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams Up in Air

Friday March 4, 2005 11:46 PM
By BARRY SCHWEID
AP Diplomatic Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern is expected to be at the White House to celebrate St. Patrick's Day with President Bush, but Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams is awaiting word on whether he can visit the United States.

If Adams obtains a visa it will have restrictions, but their nature remains to be worked out, a U.S. official said Friday on condition of anonymity. <snip>

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-4842533,00.html

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