Ireland awaits results of cliffhanger election
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Results from Ireland&#39;s parliamentary election are due Friday with Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, one of Europe&#39;s longest-serving leaders, battling to win a third term.
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Northern Ireland's politicians must decide once and for all, within a few days, whether to unite to refloat the province's peace process, Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern said on Wednesday. "People want a decision," Ahern told reporters after talks with Britain's Tony Blair. "We have to call it within a matter of days."
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Counting in Northern Ireland Assembly election is to conclude on Friday with the DUP and Sinn Fein on top.
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The British and Irish governments have voiced growing hope of reviving self-rule in Northern Ireland by a March deadline, after a historic vote by Sinn Fein and a new report confirming IRA disarmament.
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Irish voters headed for the polls on Thursday uncertain who will take charge of their flourishing economy after one of the closest election battles in living memory.
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Hard-liners raced ahead Thursday in an election to decide who will control the Northern Ireland Assembly &#151; and hold the key to revived power-sharing in this British territory.
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Counting of votes cast in the Northern Ireland Assembly election is to get under way at 0900 GMT.
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Opposition leaders begin weighing up on  Sunday whether to support a government led by Irish Prime  Minister Bertie Ahern after final election results confirmed he  was on track to secure a third successive term.
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The polar extremes of Northern Ireland politics have strengthened their grip on the province's legislature, ensuring they will control any future Catholic-Protestant administration, substantial election results ...Comment
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Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain has said it was still unclear whether Protestant and Catholic parties will unveil their choices for the two top posts in the province's power-sharing administration.
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Â· Taoiseach could retain power in new coalition Â· Vote count expected to take several more days
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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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Britain and Ireland are battling to break a deadlock between Northern Ireland's main Protestant and Catholic-backed parties on the eve of a crunch deadline to restore self-rule in the province.
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Irish voters headed for the polls on Thursday in an election so close that Prime Minister Bertie Ahern may have to lure a major left-leaning opponent onto his side if he is to stay in power.
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Irish voters headed for the polls on  Thursday uncertain who will take charge of their flourishing  economy after one of the closest election battles in living  memory.
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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.
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The IRA is facing a decision about the terms on which the DUP is prepared to enter a power-sharing government with Sinn FÃ©in in Northern Ireland.