Pressure mounts to reach deal on Ulster
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Efforts to secure a lasting peace settlement in Northern Ireland were continuing late on Tuesday night as London increased public pressure on republicans and loyalists to settle their differences.
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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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Tony Blair and Berti Ahern's plans to revive power-sharing in Northern Ireland appeared to be in trouble as nationalists raised concerns about the proposal.
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Talks aimed at restoring power sharing in Northern Ireland remained on a knife edge tonight as Sinn Fein and the Democratic Unionists still sought assurances about a deal.
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The two governments are preparing to put their proposals aimed at breaking the political stalemate in Northern Ireland to the DUP and Sinn Fein.
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The prime ministers of Britain and Ireland returned to Belfast on Thursday to deliver an ultimatum to Northern Ireland&#039;s divided Protestant and Catholic parties: Revive power-sharing by a November deadline &amp;#151; or lose the governments&#039; backing for the project.
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Suspense was building over whether Northern Ireland's Protestant and Catholic parties would finally restore power-sharing institutions and pave the way to a lasting settlement.
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Two key meetings are set to take place as efforts intensify to restore power-sharing in Northern Ireland.
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Four decades after he barged onto Northern Ireland&#39;s rancorous political stage vowing never to compromise, Protestant cleric Ian Paisley holds the key to striking a new deal to seal peace in the province.
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LEEDS CASTLE, England  - The British and Irish  prime ministers were running out of time on Saturday to break a  deadlock in talks aimed at sealing a final peace settlement for  Northern Ireland.
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The Democratic Unionists must meet Sinn Fein face to face if they want their claims about achieving a lasting deal in Northern Ireland to be taken seriously, they were told today.
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A decade after the Irish Republican  Army's (IRA) first cease-fire came into force, negotiations  open in Northern Ireland on Wednesday aimed at reaching a deal  to stand down the guerrilla group.
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Tony Blair is preparing to urge unionists and republicans to agree to a deal that would transform Northern Ireland&#39;s deadlocked peace process.
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BELFAST/DUBLIN  - Anglo-Irish attempts to seal a  lasting political settlement in Northern Ireland hung  precariously Tuesday on whether IRA guerrillas would allow  pictures to be taken of their weapons being destroyed.
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The DUP has said it will give the UK government an ultimatum next week to make a decision on how to overcome the obstacles to a return to power-sharing. Party leader Ian Paisley said he would stand firm on the ...
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Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has put the pressure for the success or failure of the Northern Ireland assembly talks firmly on the shoulders of Ian Paisley.
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LONDON: Rival Protestant and Catholic parties fought for concessions on IRA disarmament and British troop withdrawals yesterday amid a flurry of efforts to seal a lasting political settlement in Northern ...