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Portrait of Ann McGivigan, a 14 year old schoolgirl shot by the British Army, painted by the Bogside Mural Artists, Derry, Northern Ireland.

From today's NYT:
"The Irish Republican Army declared an end on Thursday to a 36-year campaign of violence against Britain that was aimed at unifying Northern Ireland with the Irish Republic.

"The long-awaited announcement was viewed in London and Dublin as a profound turning-point that could bring an end to a bloody and painful chapter, possibly shifting in Northern Ireland's destiny away from the sectarian strife that accompanied the Republicans' opposition to British rule and that claimed more than 3,500 lives on both sides."