N. Ireland deal stalls over IRA arms photos
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A major push to seal a political settlement for the turbulent British province of Northern Ireland stalled at the last moment yesterday over demands for photographic evidence of IRA guerillas scrapping their arms.
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There is fresh hope of a breakthrough in Northern Ireland after Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams said the IRA would relinquish its arms if a new peace deal could be brokered.
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Sinn Fein, political wing of the paramilitary Irish Republican Army, said it was determined to continue talks on the future of Northern Ireland despite the IRA being accused of carrying out a massive bank robbery last month.
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Britain is willing to consider alternatives to photographing Irish Republican Army disarmament, so long as the public gets visible evidence of the destruction of IRA weaponry, the Northern Ireland governor said ...
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IAN Paisley is meeting Tony Blair today to discuss what appears to be the final obstacle to a peace deal for Northern Ireland and the restoration of devolved government - photographic proof that the IRA has destroyed all of its weapons.
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LEEDS CASTLE, England, Sept. 18 -- Negotiations among rival Northern Ireland parties ended Saturday with no agreement to revive a Catholic-Protestant administration, but British Prime Minister Tony Blair insisted that a deal might yet be achieved.
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The IRA has not contacted disarmament inspectors despite the looming deadline for reaching a Northern Ireland peace deal, Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley claimed today.
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Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern called on Northern Ireland's rival parties to reach an alternative agreement to restore power-sharing government, dismissing any deal that would need photographs of IRA disarmament.
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Sinn Fein faced concerted pressure Monday from the British and Irish governments to deliver photographs of IRA disarmament, the issue most prominently blocking a new peace package for Northern Ireland.
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LEEDS CASTLE, England  - A deal taking shape Friday in negotiations on Northern Ireland's future would require the outlawed Irish Republican Army to resume disarmament and issue a new statement that, for the first time, would definitively renounce violence.
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DUBLIN -- Northern Ireland's major Protestant party broke off relations with the Irish government yesterday after Prime Minister Bertie Ahern indicated he had accepted the IRA's refusal to provide photographs of disarmament.
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The Irish Republican Army still hasn't contacted the Northern Ireland disarmament chief, raising doubts about the outlawed group's alleged commitment to a new peace deal, the major Protestant leader declared Saturday.
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The IRA is denying Northern Ireland a huge peace process breakthrough by refusing to allow photographs of disarmament, a Democratic Unionist MP has warned.
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BELFAST/LONDON  - Anglo-Irish attempts to seal a  lasting political settlement in Northern Ireland hinged Tuesday  on whether IRA guerrillas would allow pictures to be taken of  their weapons being destroyed.
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Rival Protestant and Catholic parties fought for concessions on IRA disarmament and British troop withdrawals on Monday amid a flurry of efforts to seal a lasting political settlement in Northern Ireland.
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland  - Sinn Fein, the  political ally of the IRA, cast doubt Saturday on whether a  deal to restore power-sharing in Northern Ireland could be  struck with its arch foes, led by firebrand cleric Ian Paisley,  at talks next week.
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LONDON/BELFAST  - Rival Protestant and Catholic  parties fought for concessions on IRA disarmament and British  troop withdrawals Monday amid a flurry of efforts to seal a  lasting political settlement in Northern Ireland.