Northern Ireland Catholic leader and Nobel Peace laureate John Hume dies

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DUBLIN (REUTERS) - Mr John Hume, a key architect of Northern Ireland's Good Friday peace agreement and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, died on Monday (Aug 3) at the age of 83, his Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) said.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

DUBLIN - Mr John Hume, a key architect of Northern Ireland's Good Friday peace agreement and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, died on Monday at the age of 83, his Social Democratic and Labour Party said.

"The death of John Hume represents the loss of 20th century Ireland's most significant and consequential political figure," SDLP leader Colum Eastwood said in a statement.

 

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