Northern Ireland peace attempts intensify
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Moves to re-start Northern Ireland's moribund peace process shifted up a gear as Prime Minister Tony Blair held unprecedented talks with the chief of the province's once-Protestant dominated police and leaders of the Catholic Sinn Fein party.
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Britain and Ireland resumed their  efforts to close a deal on restoring home rule in Northern  Ireland on Tuesday with expressions of optimism but no  immediate signs of a breakthrough.
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The British and Irish governments summoned rival Northern Ireland parties to a moat-surrounded castle Thursday in hopes of crafting a new peace deal for the British territory.
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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 Northern Ireland peace talks were on a knife-edge today after a dramatic Downing Street meeting between Chief Constable Hugh Orde and Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams.
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Sinn Fein's decision to begin cooperating with the Northern Ireland police has boosted peacemaking and made it more likely that Protestant hard-liner Ian Paisley will agree this month to share power, the chief negotiator for the IRA-allied Sinn Fein said Friday.
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Tony Blair has delivered an ultimatum to all sides in the Northern Ireland peace talks - this is decision time. As the Prime Minister and Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern began a critical bid to restore the power
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NORTHERN IRELANDâS 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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Talks to break the ice of Northern Irish peace progress intensified Monday with positive signs comingout of the meeting between the province&#39;s police chief and Sinn Fein, the
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Northern Ireland's parties are making big efforts to achieve a breakthrough, Prime Minister Tony Blair has said.
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Northern Ireland's peace process is reaching a point of decision, Secretary of State Paul Murphy says.
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Talks to revive powersharing in Northern Ireland have entered a final 24-hour push as Britain and Ireland prepared to publish their painstakingly negotiated peace plans.
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A week of intense political activity aimed at generating movement in the Northern Ireland political situation is due to begin.
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Rival sides in post-election dispute resume talks aimed at ending violent unrest that has claimed the lives of at least 1,000 people
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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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Talks to kick-start the peace process in Northern Ireland dragged late into the night on Friday, with all sides due to return to the negotiating table yesterday, officials said.
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The British and Irish Governments hold talks in a bid to resurrect a deal on NI power-sharing.