Police Chief Links IRA to Huge N.Irish Bank Raid
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Northern Ireland's police chief blamed  the IRA on Friday for a massive bank raid in Belfast, an  accusation that undermines efforts to hand back running of the  British province to its divided Catholics and Protestants.
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland Police in Northern Ireland say a gang has staged the biggest bank robbery in the province&#39;s history.
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BELFAST - The robbers who pulled off Northern Ireland&#39;s biggest bank robbery dressed as police officers to get into the home of a banker, taking his wife hostage.
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A spectacular bank robbery in Belfast last month, in which thieves netted nearly $50 million, has cast a pall on Northern Ireland peace negotiations and thrown Catholic-Protestant political relations in ...
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POLICE in Northern Ireland were stoned by angry crowds yesterday when they raided Republican areas looking for the proceeds of the $55 million heist at the Australian-owned Northern Bank.
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Police in Northern Ireland on Friday blamed last month's $50 million bank robbery here on the outlawed Irish Republican Army, in a move that is certain to derail peacemaking efforts in the province.
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THE Northern Ireland peace process was on the brink of total collapse after police investigating the Â£22 million Northern Bank robbery raided the homes of senior republicans on Christmas Eve.
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An estimated 30 million pounds has been stolen from a bank in Northern Ireland, a source has said. If confirmed, the raid would be one of the biggest ever bank robberies in Britain.
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BELFAST  - Bank robbers in Northern Ireland have made off with as much as 30 million pounds (43.3 million euros, 58 million dollars) in what could be the province&#39;s biggest ever bank heist.
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Irish  ministers discuss a report  into a Â£26.5m bank robbery by the body which monitors paramilitary activity.
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Detective Andrew Sproule of the Police Service of Northern Ireland speaks to the media outside the Northern Bank headquarters in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2004.
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A major police operation is launched in the west end of Glasgow after reports of a bank robbery.
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BELFAST -- In one of the world's biggest robberies, thieves took the families of two top bankers hostage and forced the bosses to help them steal more than $39 million from the vaults of a Belfast bank's main office, authorities said yesterday.
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The leaders of Sinn Fein, the political wing of the paramilitary Irish Republican Army, knew that the IRA was planning a massive pre-Christmas bank heist in Belfast, Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern said.
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Police in Northern Ireland say they are investigating a major robbery at a bank in Belfast. &quot;Detectives are investigating the removal of a substantial amount of cash from a bank in the
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Police investigating this week's 22  million pound ($42 million) bank robbery in Northern Ireland  have carried out raids on commercial and residential  properties.
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A gang held the families of two Northern Ireland bank officials hostage for 24 hours before stealing more than 20 million pounds (&#36;39 million) in one of Britain's biggest ever robberies, police said on Tuesday.