This week's In the News discusses the recent decision to reopen the investigation into Bloody Sunday. The nine resources discussed provide background information, analysis, and commentary. On January 30, 1972 British paratroopers shot dead thirteen people taking part in a protest march in the Northern Ireland city of Derry. The soldiers insisted that they had come under attack by members of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and only fired at those possessing weapons. This claim was and continues to be strongly denied by march participants and eyewitnesses. Bloody Sunday has remained an emotive issue in Ireland, partially because of intense dissatisfaction with the official investigation conducted at the time. In a hastily researched report, Lord Widgery granted that none of the victims could be proved to have had weapons when they were shot, but there was "a strong suspicion that some others had been firing weapons or handling bombs in the course of the afternoon." After years of prodding by Catholic nationalists in the North and the government of the Irish Republic, the British government, led by Prime Minister Tony Blair, has announced that they will reopen the investigation into Bloody Sunday as part of their larger efforts to secure a lasting peace in Northern Ireland.