Ex-IRA guerrilla McGuinness to run for Irish president

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Martin McGuinness' journey from guerrilla commander to mainstream politician took a new turn on Friday when his Sinn Fein party said he would be put forward to run for president of the Republic of Ireland.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://mf.feeds.reuters.com/c/871/f/415342/s/1876e67b/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Ex-IRA+guerrilla+McGuinness+to+run+for+Irish+president&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F09%2F16%2Fuk-ireland-mcguinness-idUKTRE78F47220110916%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Ex-IRA+guerrilla+McGuinness+to+run+for+Irish+president&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F09%2F16%2Fuk-ireland-mcguinness-idUKTRE78F47220110916%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/112922778632/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/1876e67b/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/112922778632/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/1876e67b/a2.img" border="0"/></a> [More]

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