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WHAT'S NEW IN THE WORLD OF POLITICS Gordon Campbell's BC Liberals swept the NDP, led by Ujjal Dosnajh, out of office in the May election. The Liberals won 96% of the seats in the legislature, even though they won about 58% of the vote. The NDP managed to cling onto only a few seats, leaving the new government with too few opponents to mount an effective opposition in the legislature. The other remarkable outcome of the election was the Green Party's breakthrough, which made history by winning over 12% of the vote. Inquiry into Northern Ireland's "Bloody Sunday" Searches for the Facts One of the most emotionally explosive events in Northern Ireland's modern history is under the spotlight as a British government inquiry holds hearings into the events of "Bloody Sunday." On January 30, 1972, 13 civilians were killed by British troops during a civil rights march. |
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