Mr McCann said Gerry Adams and Mark Durkan could still make a "principled decision" not to meet President Bush.

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Mr McCue said it was "a great day for victims" because Gordon Brown had made a "principled decision" that "listened to ordinary folk rather than bureaucrats".

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