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Northern Ireland's feuding political parties meet later on Friday to take what London and Dublin hope will be a critical step towards restoring self-government in the British-ruled province.
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Northern Ireland's rival Protestant and Roman Catholic parties are being left to find common ground on their own, after three days of intensive high-level talks failed to come up with a deal to revive power-sharing government in the province.
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A fresh round of political talks is due to begin in Northern Ireland on Wednesday in an effort to unblock the impasse and restore devolved government.
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Proposals aimed at breaking the political stalemate are expected to be handed to the DUP and Sinn Fein.
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DUBLIN/BELFAST  - One week before top-level talks  to salvage a deal for sharing power between Catholics and  Protestants in Northern Ireland, there is still no framework  for accord, the leader of the main Catholic party said  Wednesday.
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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.
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A major push to seal a political settlement for the turbulent British province of Northern Ireland stalled at the last moment yesterday over demands for photographic evidence of IRA guerillas scrapping their arms.
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THE Republic's government will not wait until after the British General Election in May for progress in the peace process, Dublin Foreign Affairs Minister Dermot Ahern has said.
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NORTHERN IRELAND S political parties have come closer than at any stage in recent history to agreeing terms for a permanent end to disarm the IRA and revive a power-sharing government.
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The Taoiseach Bertie Ahern said tonight that he hoped agreement could be reached before Friday in Northern Ireland's power-sharing impasse, but denied it was a final deadline.
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The NI parties and governments are to meet in an effort to conclude a deal to restore the assembly.
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LEEDS CASTLE, England -- Northern Ireland's rival politicians face ''a moment of decision&quot; in their six-year struggle to forge a stable Catholic-Protestant government, Prime Minister Tony Blair declared yesterday as he launched a high-stakes round of talks.
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Talks are continuing today to restore Northern Ireland devolution ahead of this week&#39;s deadline, set by the British and Irish Governments.
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Northern Ireland's main parties are to resume talks aimed at restoring self-rule in the long-troubled province, after they were aborted last week when an ex-paramilitary tried to storm the meeting.
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland  - A major push to seal  a political settlement for the turbulent British province of  Northern Ireland stalled at the last moment Wednesday over  demands for photographic evidence of IRA guerrillas scrapping  their arms.
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A major push to seal a political settlement for the turbulent British province of Northern Ireland stalled at the last moment Wednesday over demands for photographic evidence of IRA guerrillas scrapping their arms.
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DUBLIN, Nov 24  - Northern Ireland's feuding political parties meet on Friday to take what London and Dublin hope will be a critical step towards restoring self-government in the British-ruled province.