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Ted Kowalczuk and friend rachel Schiavone release their grief at a candlelight vigil behind Stratford High School in Connecticut in memory of those who lost their lives in the gun massacre at the weekend. The pictured pair were close friends of Stratford High graduate Vicki Soto, who was killed in the mass shooting at Sandy Hook elementary School in newtown. Ms Soto was a teacher at the school See pages 8&9
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NO WAY THROUGH: Ulsters Nick Williams takes on the Northampton defence at Ravenhill on Saturday night

IRISH LEAGUE:

North Belfast derb rivals continue to le the way

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GOLF:
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Maybin sets sights on better 2013

UNIONISTS should prepare terms of reference for a full international inquiry into the conduct of the Irish State and its agents in relation to the Provisional IRA, a former Ulster Unionist leader said last night.

Lord Empey was speaking in response to repeated calls from Irish Taoiseach Enda Kenny for a public inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane. The intervention of the UUP peer in an emerging row between unionists and Dublin is significant because Lord Empey is generally regarded as representing

the thinking of mainstream unionism and is not associated with either the liberal or conservative wings of the UUP . I had hoped that we could turn to the future, but those in Sinn Fein who want to rewrite history are intent in stirring things up and sadly are being allowed to do so, Lord Empey told the

News Letter. It really is quite intolerable that we continue to face this onesided demand for inquiries when there is obvious culpability in Dublin for action they took and actions taken by what was a government within a government in the late 1960s and early 70s. Turn to page 8

Bumper 29 pages Ulster suffer sports action of first defe Euro group on a knife at of season to leave
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HOCKEY:

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New Church of Ireland Primate is installed

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