Northern Ireland parties talk tough ahead of Blair-Ahern summit
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Northern Ireland's political leaders return to the negotiating table this week alongside Prime Minister Tony Blair and Irish counterpart Bertie Ahern, with hardline parties vowing to use &quot;no surrender&quot; tactics that could scupper the peace effort.
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LONDON The political leaders of Northern Ireland gathered Thursday at Leeds Castle in Kent under strong admonition from the prime ministers of Britain and Ireland to resolve the differences that led to the collapse of the power-sharing accord known as the
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Some of Northern Ireland's political leaders are to brief party members after talks to restore devolved government ended without a deal.
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Moves to re-start Northern Ireland's moribund peace process shifted up a gear as Prime Minister Tony Blair held unprecedented talks with the chief of the province's once-Protestant dominated police and leaders of the Catholic Sinn Fein party.
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Politicians from Northern Ireland's main parties gear up for intensive talks aimed at restoring devolution.
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NI Secretary Paul Murphy says it will be difficult for the political parties to agree on a way to restore devolution.
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Prime Ministers Tony Blair of Britain and Bertie Ahern of Ireland dug in with Northern Ireland's rival Catholic and Protestant parties for a second day of talks aimed at restoring the province's power-sharing government.
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The British and Irish prime ministers made a new push Wednesday to secure a power-sharing deal between the two largest and most hard-line parties in Northern Ireland and declared a decision must be made within days.
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A new round of Northern Ireland peace talks will begin this week with Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern meeting Sinn Fein and other Northern Ireland parties before having discussions with his British counterpart Tony Blair, the Irish government announced.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair called in Northern Ireland&#39;s biggest Protestant and Catholic parties Wednesday for talks on clearing the tricky last hurdles stopping them sharing power in Belfast.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair called for an end to paramilitary violence in Northern Ireland, but warned he would not continue to push for peace without compromise from the region's rival political parties.
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The prime minister questions the will of the political parties to reach a settlement in Northern Ireland.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair said that Northern Ireland political parties must sever ties once and for all with paramilitary groups to enable the peace process to advance.
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Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern said he and his British counterpart Tony Blair were frustrated and annoyed by Friday's events in Belfast which marred attempts to restore self-rule in Northern Ireland.
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Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern accused Sinn Fein party leaders Wednesday of negotiating Irish Republican Army peacemaking moves at the same time they secretly discussed plans for four major robberies.
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Tony Blair will today put more pressure on the DUP to sign up to a new Ulster peace deal. The prime minister will meet with hardline unionist leader Ian Paisley in Downing Street today having made clear he
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Northern Ireland&#39;s politicians are expected to work late into the night as intensive talks aimed at restoring devolved government continue.