Britain closes Northern Ireland Assembly
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Britain shut down Northern Ireland's legislature Tuesday and planned a new election to determine the fate of power-sharing, the central goal of the peace accord for this British territory.
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LEEDS CASTLE, England  - A high-stakes effort to revive a Catholic-Protestant government for Northern Ireland has ended in failure, British Prime Minister Tony Blair conceded Saturday. Negotiators have ``not yet achieved a comprehensive agreement,'' Blair said, speaking at the end of a three-day diplomatic push to revive the Good Friday peace accord of 1998
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British embassy in Yemen is closed amid security fears
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Crucial talks aimed at restoring home rule for Northern Ireland ended in failure, as Catholic parties and government sources blamed hardline Protestants for &quot;choking&quot; the deal.
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NORTHERN Ireland could be facing fresh elections after the deal to decommission the IRA - s weapons collapsed last week.
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The NI Assembly is evacuated as a key debate to pay the way for restoration of devolution was taking place.
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A controversial landfill site near Lisburn is closed by the Environment and Heritage Service.
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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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Prime Minister Tony Blair has said the door was open to a final settlement of the conflict in Northern Ireland, following a report saying that the Irish Republican Army had given up violence.
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DUBLIN -- The Irish Republican Army yesterday withdrew its offer to disarm, deepening the deadlock in a Northern Ireland peace process already hobbled by the IRA's alleged robbery of a Belfast bank.
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Talks aimed at restoring devolved government in Northern Ireland will peter out unless the IRA reveals details of its offer to end paramilitarism, Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble said today.
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The Progressive Unionist Party may have to close an office because its assembly allowance is being withheld, David Ervine has said.
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LEEDS CASTLE, England Sept. 18, 2004 - A high-stakes effort to revive a Catholic-Protestant government for Northern Ireland has ended in failure, but hope remains of an eventual breakthrough, the prime ministers of Britain and Ireland said Saturday.
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LEEDS CASTLE, England, Sept. 18 -- Negotiations among rival Northern Ireland parties ended Saturday with no agreement to revive a Catholic-Protestant administration, but British Prime Minister Tony Blair insisted that a deal might yet be achieved.
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A high-stakes effort to revive a Catholic-Protestant government for Northern Ireland has ended in failure, but hope remains of an eventual breakthrough, the prime ministers of Britain and Ireland said yesterday.
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Russia and Britain locked in standoff over future of British Council after Britain defies to close offices
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The European Union is abandoning plans to force Britain to phase out the imperial measurement system.