N. Ireland militants' cease-fire OK'd
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BELFAST -- The outlawed Ulster Defense Association has resumed a credible cease-fire and is eligible to play a formal role again in Northern Ireland's peace process, Britain announced yesterday in a surprise move.
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The government is expected to signal it is ready to recognise the Ulster Defence Association ceasefire.
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Militant groups have agreed to suspend attacks as they near a formal truce deal with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and await Israel's response, a senior Palestinian official said Monday.
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HOPES of a deal in the Northern Ireland peace talks rose last night with reports the IRA will agree to make its biggest disarmament.
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The government is set to recognise the Ulster Defence Association ceasefire, it is understood.
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Taliban militants declared a cease-fire Wednesday in fighting with Pakistani forces, and the government said it was preparing for peace talks with al-Qaida-linked extremists in the lawless tribal area near the border with Afghanistan.
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Ireland is witnessing important steps towards peace with Sinn Fein's vote to support the police and Croke Park hosting the England rugby team, reports Kevin Connolly.
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LEEDS CASTLE, ENGLAND - The Irish Republican Army would have to definitively renounce violence and the Democratic Unionists would have to agree to a joint administration if either side hopes to revive a peace deal in Northern Ireland.
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland  - Northern Ireland was  facing a long bout of deadlock and recrimination Thursday after  Irish Republican Army (IRA) guerrillas said they were  withdrawing a conditional offer to give up their weapons.
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The Irish Republican Army has agreed to let two Catholic and Protestant church officials witness the outlawed group's next act of disarmament and describe it afterward, officials in the British and Irish governments indicated Tuesday.
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Pakistan&#39;s military and al Qaeda-linked militants agreed to a 10-day truce on Monday, the day the army killed four Islamic militants including two foreigners in a tribal region near Afghanistan, officials said.
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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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Pro-Taliban militants and security forces reached a cease-fire in a troubled district of Pakistan after the deaths of another 35 rebel fighters and 16 troops, officials said.
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Sinn Fein&#39;s chief negotiator Martin McGuinness said in an interview published on Wednesday that Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Irish counterpart Bertie Ahern rescued the Northern Ireland peace process.
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The Defence Forces have come out in favour of Irish participation in the proposed EU battlegroups provided they are taking part in UN missions, writes Deagl n de Br ad n, Foreign Affairs Correspondent.
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Northern Ireland has taken another small step in the slow march towards restoring home rule this weekend with tacit promises from the IRA to end militant activity once and for all.
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HOPES of a final breakthrough to end paramilitary violence in Northern Ireland collapsed within sight of success yesterday. With agreement close, and the IRA having at last agreed to give up all its weapons