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Disavowed Sinn Fein Member Shot to Death

NPR
Published April 4, 2006 at 4:00 PM EDT

A former senior member of the Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein has been found dead. Denis Donaldson, expelled by the party in December after admitting he spied for Britain, had been shot in the head. Melissa Block talks with Gerry Moriarty, Northern Ireland editor for the Irish Times.

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