Sinn Fein to skip UK inquiry into IRA fugitives

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DUBLIN (AP) — A British lawmaker has criticized Sinn Fein leaders for refusing to answer questions in public about their secret agreement with Britain shielding Irish Republican Army fugitives from arrest.

The Irish nationalist party announced Saturday night that a leading figure, former IRA officer Gerry Kelly, will refuse to testify this week to London-based lawmakers probing the scandal.

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