NI politicians 'are world equal'
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Northern Ireland's politicians are of equal standing to any in the world, former US Senator George Mitchell says.
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Northern Irelandâs politicians are on the right road to restoring devolution, a British Government minister claimed today. As unionists, nationalists and
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WARSAW : Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern said that opening Ireland's job market to workers from Poland, when it joined the European Union on May 1 last year, has "worked out well" for both countries.
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Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams has recommended his party should accept the British-Irish proposals to revive power-sharing. He made the comments to senior party members in Belfast on Monday.
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Ireland should give greater rights to homosexual couples, Irish PM Bertie Ahern says.
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Britain and Ireland urged Northern Ireland's politicians on Friday to agree to a power sharing government after the province's main Protestant and Catholic parties dominated assembly elections this week.Comment
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Gordon Brown is unbeatable in the race to succeed Prime Minister Tony Blair, Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain told The Times in an interview.
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The leader of Ireland's 4 million Roman Catholics on Wednesday defended the need for a separate school system for Catholics in Northern Ireland, an issue long debated in the divided British territory.
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Two candidates standing in Northern Ireland's elections say they have been sent bullets in the post.
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Sinn Fein's move to support the police in Northern Ireland leaves unionists with no excuse to balk at power-sharing, Ulster Secretary Peter Hain has insisted.As he prepared to meet Irish premier Bertie Ahern ...Comment
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The SDLP leader denies it is divided over its support for the NI budget and programme for government.
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Mark Durkin denies the SDLP is divided over its  support for the NI budget and programme for government.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Irish counterpart Bertie Ahern urged Northern Ireland's leaders Friday not to miss an opportunity of &quot;historic proportions&quot; to restore power sharing.
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On the eve of a crucial election in Northern Ireland a key broker in the peace process said Tuesday that a power-sharing executive of Protestants and Catholics was inevitable.
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Sinn Fein is seeking a role in government both north and south of the Irish border, party president Gerry Adams said Saturday, just days before elections in British-run Northern Ireland.
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The Northern Ireland secretary, Paul Murphy, today explained to MPs that he had agreed to recognise a ceasefire by the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) but warned that the group must live up to its commitment.
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GLASGOW, May 26 (IPS) - When, came the question from a Ugandan   delegate  at a Civicus world assembly meeting in Glasgow, will the West    ever stop giving aid on unequal terms? "We are unequal by  the fact   that, speaking as a donor, we are providing the  funds," said   Jan-Petter Holtedahl from the civil society  department at the   Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation.