"The people will decide who should be our representative, the people's representative, through the ballot box, " he told ARD.

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He said many apprentices had to take jobs they had not been trained for and "skills tourism" in the EU was not a solution to youth unemployment, Germany's ARD news reported.

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Hundreds of Sinn Fein delegates are gathering in Castlebar, County Mayo, this weekend for the Ard Fheis or party conference.

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Sinn Fein declined an interview on abortion, saying it didn't want to discuss a single issue ahead of its Ard Fheis that included 250 resolutions for debate.

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Al-Assad said in the interview it should not be those outside Syria who get to decide his future, telling ARD it should be up to the Syrian people.

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Voles were released in several areas of the Loch Ard forest near Aberfoyle, Stirling, three years ago.

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Sinn Fein insist there still isn't a "doable proposition" and that its ard comhairle or ruling executive will make the final decision.

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The ard fheis (conference) is being held in Castlebar, County Mayo.

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As one awful year for the euro zone made way for another, the German television network ARD digitally retouched the original sketch to create a spoof of European Union summits.

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Earlier, the Ard Fheis rejected a call for the party to adopt a freedom of conscience approach to abortion.

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