Northern Ireland takes step to power sharing
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Northern Ireland took a step toward restoring a government shared between Protestants and Catholics as it counted votes on Thursday from an election for a new provincial assembly.
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Empey attacks on IRA arms issue. The British Government seems to be in the dark about what exactly the IRA will do to revive power-sharing in Northern Ireland, a senior Ulster Unionist claimed today.
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Northern Ireland's peace process is reaching a point of decision, Secretary of State Paul Murphy says.
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The British governmentâs recognition of the Ulster Defence Associationâs ceasefire officially came into effect today. It came hours after the UDA, Northern Irelandâs largest loyalist paramilitary group
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TONY Blair yesterday kicked off a new bid to break the Northern Ireland deadlock, saying the &#39;moment of decision&#39; had arrived.
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The British and Irish prime ministers are due in Northern Ireland to publish their proposals to restore devolution. But there is little optimism they will be unveiling a deal which could lead to a return to power-sharing.
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Electoral officials were counting ballots Thursday to find out which Protestant and Catholic parties will control the Northern Ireland Assembly _ and hold the key to revived power-sharing in this British ...Comment
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The divided voters of Northern Ireland held the fate of power-sharing in their hands as they began deciding Wednesday which parties should control a Catholic-Protestant administration.
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Northern Ireland's biggest Protestant and Catholic parties were far ahead of rivals on Thursday in early results from assembly elections, as the province took a step toward restoring shared government.
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Northern Ireland's biggest Protestant and Catholic parties were well ahead of rivals, early results from assembly elections showed on Thursday, as the province took a step toward restoring shared government.
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US President George Bush has personally intervened in the Northern Ireland peace process to spur on the new power-sharing deal. Mr Bush telephoned Dr Rev Ian Paisley, the leader of the Democratic Unionist
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Protestant cleric Ian Paisley's pro-British party strengthened its hold on Northern Ireland's assembly, final election results showed on Friday, and Britain stepped up pressure on him and Catholic rivals to share power.
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The success of a deal to revive power sharing in Northern Ireland lies in the hands of Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern, they were told tonight.
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BELFAST -- Protestant cleric Ian Paisley's pro-British party strengthened its hold on Northern Ireland's assembly, according to final election results released yesterday, and Britain stepped up pressure on him and Catholic rivals to share power.
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland  - Northern Ireland took  another small step in the slow march toward restoring home rule  this weekend with tacit promises from the IRA to end guerrilla  activity once and for all.
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Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams has given his backing for a plan to revive power-sharing in Northern Ireland. The party confirmed that at a meeting of senior Sinn Fein leaders in Belfast, Mr Adams said he
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Electoral officials were counting ballots Thursday to find out which Protestant and Catholic parties will control the Northern Ireland Assembly &#151; and hold the key to revived power-sharing in this British territory.