NI agreement &#39;inevitable&#39;, says McLaughlin
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Sinn FÃ©in chairman Mitchel McLaughlin today said that the deal currently on offer was acceptable to his party and he regarded an eventual agreement as âinevitableâ.
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Ongoing IRA activity is the "obstacle to a lasting and durable settlement" in NI, Tony Blair says.
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The next few weeks will be critical for efforts to clinch a new Northern Ireland peace deal, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Monday.
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Sinn Fein are prepared to &quot;face up to the challenges&quot; of tomorrow&#39;s talks but the creation of an independent inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane would have gone a long way to preparing the way for final &quot;closure&quot;, the party&#39;s chairman has said.
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland The peace process in Northern Ireland is reaching a critical point, with people waiting to hear if the Irish Republican Army will disband and disarm its operation.
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The British and Irish governments are due to present the DUP and Sinn FÃ©in with further clarification today of their proposals for a deal on the North&#39;s political future.
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SINN FEIN is making contingency plans for a special ard fheis in expectation of an agreement with the DUP. Irish government officials believe that the party also will recommend to the IRA that photographs
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Northern Irelandâs politicians are on the right road to restoring devolution, the Northern Ireland Secretary said today. As unionists, nationalists and other parties prepared for a fresh round of talks at
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Inflexible demands from the Democratic Unionist party for verifiable photographic evidence of IRA arms decommissioning may scupper any deal to win a final agreement on power sharing, Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has warned.
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A meeting of the DUP executive ended last night with its members unanimously endorsing Ian Paisley&#39;s strategy for reviving the Northern peace process.
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NORTHERN IRELANDâS political parties have come closer than at any stage in recent history to agreeing terms for a permanent end to disarm the IRA and revive a power-sharing government.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Northern Ireland had reached the &quot;moment of decision&quot; in which its leaders must show the will to end years of deadlock and secure a lasting peace.
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Tony Blair has delivered an ultimatum to all sides in the Northern Ireland peace talks - this is decision time. As the Prime Minister and Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern began a critical bid to restore the power
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A standoff over how the scrapping of  IRA arms is proved looks set to dash hopes of a landmark deal  in Northern Ireland on Wednesday, when Britain and Ireland plan  to unveil their blueprint for a lasting political settlement.
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The Taoiseach Bertie Ahern said tonight that he hoped agreement could be reached before Friday in Northern Ireland's power-sharing impasse, but denied it was a final deadline.
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The British and Irish governments must not tamper with the fundamentals of the Good Friday Agreement, Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has said.
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LEEDS CASTLE, ENGLAND - The Irish Republican Army would have to definitively renounce violence and the Democratic Unionists would have to agree to a joint administration if either side hopes to revive a peace deal in Northern Ireland.