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* 1 August - Kevin Lynch becomes the
seventh IRA hunger striker to die.
* 2 August - Within 24 hours of Kevin
Lynch's death, Kieran Doherty becomes
the eighth IRA hunger striker to die.
* 8 August - The IRA hunger strike
claims its ninth hunger striker so far
(and its third in a week) with the
death of Thomas McElwee.
* 9 August - Broadmoor Hospital falls
under heavy criticism after the escape
of a second prisoner in three weeks.
The latest absconder is 32-year-old
Alan Reeve, a convicted double
murderer.
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