N. Ireland protestant leader refuses nod
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Protestant leader Ian Paisley refused Friday to accept a nomination as the future leader of Northern Ireland's power-sharing administration.
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Two of Northern Ireland's church leaders have expressed disappointment that talks aimed at restoring devolved government have ended without a deal.
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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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All eyes were on firebrand Protestant leader Ian Paisley following elections in Northern Ireland as the clock ticked Sunday toward a March 26 deadline for him to share power with Catholic rivals.
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The Irish Republican Army said on  Thursday it would never provide photographic proof of  disarmament as demanded by its Northern Ireland Protestant  opponents.
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The IRA has not contacted disarmament inspectors despite the looming deadline for reaching a Northern Ireland peace deal, Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley claimed.
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LEEDS CASTLE, England, Sept. 18 -- Negotiations among rival Northern Ireland parties ended Saturday with no agreement to revive a Catholic-Protestant administration, but British Prime Minister Tony Blair insisted that a deal might yet be achieved.
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland President Bush phoned the key Protestant leader in Northern Ireland today, telling him to do his best to reach a deal with his longtime Catholic enemies.
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The head of Northern Ireland's main Protestant party withdrew a threat to sever contact with Dublin after an apparent misunderstanding which looked set to completely derail already faltering peace talks.
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A spokesperson for NTL has declined to comment on reports that it is to sell its Irish division.
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By ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania  Seven conservative Anglican leaders refused Friday to take Holy Communion with the head of the U.S.
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The chancellor refuses to give assurances he will rule out military action against Iran over its nuclear programme.
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BELFAST -- The Irish Republican Army still has not contacted the Northern Ireland disarmament chief, raising doubts about the outlawed group's alleged commitment to a new peace deal, the major Protestant leader said yesterday.
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Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams says an agreement for a peace settlement in Northern Ireland was possible but could not be based on &quot;humiliation&quot;.
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A REFUSAL by the IRA to agree to photographs of its final acts of decommissioning stood in the way last night of a deal to restore devolved government in Northern Ireland.
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Northern Ireland's rival Protestant and Roman Catholic parties are being left to find common ground on their own, after three days of intensive high-level talks failed to come up with a deal to revive power-sharing government in the province.
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Northern Ireland's rival politicians face "a moment of decision" in their six-year struggle to forge a stable Catholic-Protestant government, Prime Minister Tony Blair declared Thursday as he launched a ...