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The Northern Ireland peace process A promise of peace An historic resolution of Northern Ireland's bloody Troubles began to emerge last night after the IRA took the dramatic step of ending its 25-year campaign of violence to remove Britain from the island of Ireland. The Channel Tunnel opens A snipped ribbon, and a sea-change Nothing in history has shaped the British more than insularity. Living on an island defines us. It gives us our sense of independence, our feeling of continuity, our awareness difference. But from today we are no longer an island. The Channel divided us. The tunnel unites us. Channel fog lifts for smiles at the end of the tunnel Rwanda heads for genocide Rwandan PM killed as troops wreak carnage The Rwandan capital of Kigali descended into chaos yesterday as troops, presidential guards and gendarmes swept through the suburbs killing the prime minister, United Nations peacekeepers and scores of civilians. Mandela president of South Africa Glitterati's procession watches fairy tale ending It was a fairy tale ending, which suited the strange story of Nelson Mandela, the herdsboy who became a convict and then the president. Death of John Smith 'It has knocked the guts out of Westminster' Perhaps it was the formal announcement which was most affecting. At exactly 2.33pm the House was jammed, not with its usual ragged sprawl, but as if MPs were already at the funeral, sitting stiffly upright, the rowdy benches turned briefly into pews. Lorena Bobbitt Cleared but insane wife with the knife The woman who captured the imagination of America and the world with a swift flick of a kitchen knife was acquitted last night of maliciously wounding her husband by chopping off his penis - then was promptly sent to a mental hospital. Women priests Day of reckoning: First women priests embraced as equals The first 32 women priests in the Church of England will be ordained, blessed, hugged and kissed in Bristol Cathedral today, ending 10 years of waiting for an act of equality that continues to infuriate opponents. The National Lottery A tenner for 1m but no millionaires in lottery's first draw The organisers of the National Lottery were last night putting a brave face on the first draw, which failed to create any millionaires but handed out £10 to more than a million players. Cricket Lara joins the immortals 'Records," as Sir Garfield Sobers said yesterday, "are just there to be broken." They come and they go. But this one was special; not just the most prized crown in cricket but one of the greatest individual records in sport.
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