Unionist opposition 'will emerge'
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Independent MEP Jim Allister says disgruntled unionists will form a new opposition to the DUP and UUP.
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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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Empey attacks on IRA arms issue. The British Government seems to be in the dark about what exactly the IRA will do to revive power-sharing in Northern Ireland, a senior Ulster Unionist claimed today.
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The Democratic Unionists will walk away from a deal to revive power sharing if it falls short of what unionists need, the Reverend Ian Paisley has warned his party.
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Ministers say they are confident of surviving a possible Labour rebellion over plans to replace Trident.
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Â· Poll finds support rising for EU membership  Â· Labour up a point to 35%, Tories down two to 37%
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The leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), the largest Protestant party in Northern Ireland, is to hold his first political talks with Irish Prime Minster Bertie Ahern in Dublin later this week, party ...
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The ruling Labor Party opened its annual meeting yesterday with elections looming next year, the opposition gaining favor in polls and Prime Minister Tony Blair eager to head off a rebuke over Iraq from his party&#39;s left wing.
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Tens of thousands of Orangemen and supporters are  to attend Northern Ireland's 12 July parades.
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A fresh round of talks is due to begin in NI in an effort to unblock the political impasse and restore devolution.
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Opposition leaders begin weighing up on Sunday whether to support a government led by Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern after final election results confirmed he was on track to secure a third successive term.
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Classroom assistants will protest outside schools as strike action gets under way across Northern Ireland.
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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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Northern Ireland's main Protestant and Catholic parties were out in front as the first results were declared Thursday in elections that could usher in a new power-sharing administration.
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Vote counting begins in Northern Ireland on Thursday after an election for an assembly where voters hope feuding politicians will set aside bitter differences and finally work together to resolve local problems.
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LAHORE, Pakistan - Leaders of this country's fractured political opposition began taking the first steps yesterday toward uniting against President Pervez Musharraf, who is facing widespread dissent after more than a week of emergency rule.
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LONDON: The likely opening shots of a lengthy British general election campaign were exchanged yesterday as the country's main opposition party outlined its broad aims ahead of a poll widely expected for May.