N. Ireland polls close as self-rule comes to the crunch
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Northern Ireland's polling stations closed Wednesday after a day of voting aimed at triggering one last shot at creating a power-sharing administration between Protestants and Catholics.
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Counting in Northern Ireland Assembly election is to conclude on Friday with the DUP and Sinn Fein on top.
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While nine-metre (30ft) steel &quot;peace walls&quot; divide Protestant and Catholic working-class streets and residents lock themselves behind metal &quot;safety&quot; grills, a grim picture is emerging of post-ceasefire Northern Ireland, where hundreds of families are
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Irish exit polls predict taoiseach and Fianna FÃ¡il party will be returned to power.
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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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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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The plug will finally be pulled on the Stormont Assembly if a working administration is not formed in Belfast by the end of March, the Irish and British governments warned tonight.Comment
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Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern&#39;s Fianna Fail party has nosed ahead in the country&#39;s general election, receiving 41.6 percent support, according to an exit poll by broadcaster RTE released Friday.
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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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BELFAST - Northern Ireland took a step toward restoring a government shared between Protestants and Catholics as it counted votes on Thursday from an election for a new provincial assembly.A ...Comment
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Official campaigning ends ahead of polls on Thursday in Zambia, with a close contest being predicted.
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Hardline Protestant and Catholic parties appeared set to capture a majority of seats in Northern Ireland's provincial assembly as final results were being counted Friday.
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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 biggest Protestant and Catholic parties were far ahead of rivals, early results from assembly elections showed on Thursday, as the province took a step toward restoring shared government.
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EXIT polls from Romaniaâs presidential run-off yesterday showed the race between the Social Democrat prime minister, Adrian Nastase, and the opposition leader, Traian Basescu, was too close to call.
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Pressure grew on Northern Ireland's main Protestant party to back a deal to revive self-rule in the province, after a British minister said he is sure the IRA has renounced violence for good.
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Hard-line Catholic and Protestant parties have won the bulk of seats decided so far in the election for a new legislative assembly in Northern Ireland, a vote designed to clear the way for creation of a new power-sharing local executive that can pull support from across the sectarian divide.