Historic handshake in Northern Ireland
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Northern Ireland leader Ian Paisley and the head of state of the Irish Republic, President Mary McAleese, shook hands Monday for the first time &#151; another symbolic milestone on Ireland's road to reconciliation.
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A week of frantic activity aimed at reaching a deal over power sharing in Northern Ireland reached a climax yesterday with unprecedented talks between the Sinn FÃ©in president, Gerry Adams, and Hugh Orde, the Northern Ireland chief constable.
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Secret talks between the UDA and Provisional IRA 30 years ago are revealed in Cabinet papers.
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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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British and Irish Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern were preparing to head to Belfast, hopeful of a breakthrough in the protracted deadlock over power-sharing in Northern Ireland.
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LONDON: The British and Irish prime ministers, Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern, made a new push yesterday to secure a power-sharing deal between the two largest and most hard-line parties in Northern Ireland.
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A week of intense political activity aimed at generating movement in the Northern Ireland political situation is due to begin.
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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.
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LEEDS CASTLE, England : Talks to restore home rule to Northern Ireland ground on as British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Ireland&#39;s Bertie Ahern pushed rival Catholic and Protestant parties toward a lasting peace deal.
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The government is set to recognise the Ulster Defence Association ceasefire, it is understood.
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"This is yet another example of the 'Alice in Wonderland' world of human rights. If you break British law for long enough, you acquire rights, not penalties."  BELFAST, Northern Ireland. Perhaps there will not always be an England. An exodus unprecedented in modern times, coupled with a record influx of foreigners, threatens to erode the character of the land of ... via Washington Times
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A new peace deal which would see Northern Ireland&#39;s home rule government restored and the IRA disarm could be struck soon. &quot;Fundamental political change is within our grasp.
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JONESBOROUGH, Northern Ireland -- British military security cameras captured the white van at dusk, cutting through fog over the hills of South Armagh, the rugged terrain along the border with the Republic of Ireland.
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Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern are to meet to consider ways of breaking the deadlock over guns and photos in Northern Ireland's political process.
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The Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, and the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, are expected in Belfast this afternoon where they will give a detailed account of their efforts to restore devolved government at ...
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DUBLIN -- Negotiations on reviving power-sharing in Northern Ireland, the goal of the 1998 peace accord, are to resume today on the 10th anniversary of an Irish Republican Army cease-fire.
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LONDON  - British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Irish counterpart Bertie Ahern were meeting Northern Ireland&#39;s main Protestant and Catholic leaders as efforts intensified to seal a comprehensive power-sharing deal in the province.