IRA Withdraws Offer to Scrap N.Irish Arsenal
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Northern Ireland's tortuous peace  process was dealt a fresh blow on Wednesday when the Irish  Republican Army (IRA) withdrew an offer to scrap the arsenal  which sustained its 30-year campaign against British rule.
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- The Irish Republican Army declared Thursday it&#39;s willing to get rid of all its weapons -- but only if Protestants drop their demands for photographic proof.
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Talks aimed at restoring devolved government in Northern Ireland will peter out unless the IRA reveals details of its offer to end paramilitarism, Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble said today.
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DUBLIN -- Northern Ireland's major Protestant party broke off relations with the Irish government yesterday after Prime Minister Bertie Ahern indicated he had accepted the IRA's refusal to provide photographs of disarmament.
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Rival Protestant and Catholic parties fought for concessions on IRA disarmament and British troop withdrawals Monday amid a flurry of efforts
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"The dissidents are not a worthy target for a military force"  The final British troops withdrew Monday from the Northern Ireland borderland long known as 'bandit country,' ending a 37-year mission to keep watch over the Irish Republican Army's most dangerous power base.Soldiers from the second battalion of the Princess of Wales' Royal Regiment left Bessbrook Mill in what their commander, Col. Wayne Harber, called a final act in 'the longest military campaign in the army's history.''We are pleased to be going and that the peace process is progressing. Soldiers know the importance of peace more than anybody else,' Harber said. Read more
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Northern Ireland's peace process requires the Irish Republican Army to renounce crime as well as disarm, the governments of Britain and Ireland stressed Thursday after the outlawed group announced it will not scrap weapons &#151; and does not commit crimes.
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The Irish Republican Army declared Thursday it&#39;s willing to get rid of all its weapons this month - but only if Protestants drop their demands for photographic proof.
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BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND -- Northern Ireland&#39;s largest and most violent outlawed group, the Ulster Defence Association, announced yesterday it will desist from further attacks and wants to rejoin peacemaking efforts.
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Democratic Unionist Party leader, Dr Rev Ian Paisley, has suggested the IRA is about to decommission its weapons, without having independent monitors bearing witness to the event.
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Police investigating a Â£22m bank robbery in Northern Ireland distanced themselves yesterday from the suggestion it may have been organised by the IRA.
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LEEDS CASTLE, England  - Talks aimed at forging a  comprehensive peace settlement for Northern Ireland ended  without a deal on Saturday, despite Britain and Ireland saying  they were close to securing full disarmament by the IRA.
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A decade after the Irish Republican  Army's (IRA) first cease-fire came into force, negotiations  open in Northern Ireland on Wednesday aimed at reaching a deal  to stand down the guerrilla group.
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The Irish Republican Army abandoned its longtime opposition to disarmament on Thursday, pledging to get rid of its weapons by the end of the month.
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Gerry Adams, leader of the Irish Republican Army&#39;s (IRA) political ally Sinn Fein, signaled on Sunday that the guerrilla group was ready to give up its arms, but only if a new Northern Ireland peace deal can be struck.
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Way to verify IRA&#39;s decommissioning of arms is last obstacle to deal on N. Ireland. By Tod Robberson. LONDON -- Northern Ireland&#39;s feuding leaders came close but ultimately failed to reach a peace agreement
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Northern Ireland's largest Irish nationalist party, Sinn Fein, has lost a legal bid to overturn financial sanctions imposed on it because of IRA activity.