Referring to the seizure of explosives near Hillsborough on Wednesday night, councillor Jim Rodgers said the timing greatly concerned him.

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He was accompanied by the US special envoy Richard Haass, US Consul Barbara Stephenson and Belfast Lord Mayor Jim Rodgers.

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The move opens the way for another candidate to become lord mayor - probably Jim Rodgers of the Ulster Unionist Party.

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The Roads Service was severely criticised by Ulster Unionist councillor Jim Rodgers for its "failure" to respond effectively to the snowfall.

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The chairman of the board, UUP councillor Jim Rodgers, said he has been told that a local businessman has offered to pay legal costs to fight the closure.

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Ulster Unionist executive member Jim Rodgers said it was "vitally important" that Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Mandelson had a rethink on the proposals to change the name and symbols of the RUC.

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For example, Jim Rodgers, co-founder with George Soros of the Quantum Fund, told the BBC that a lack of farmers played a starring role in a recent spike in food prices - grain, corn and soybean being critical parts of the food supply chain.

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Meanwhile, Ulster Unionist MEP Jim Nicholson has called on Mrs Rodgers to immediately resolve the dispute over the burial of animals to be culled in an extended precuationary slaughter in south Armagh.

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