UDA &#39;ceasefire&#39; begins today
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The British governmentâs recognition of the Ulster Defence Associationâs ceasefire officially came into effect today. It came hours after the UDA, Northern Irelandâs largest loyalist paramilitary group
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LEEDS CASTLE, ENGLAND - The Irish Republican Army would have to definitively renounce violence and the Democratic Unionists would have to agree to a joint administration if either side hopes to revive a peace deal in Northern Ireland.
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The government yesterday recognised the ceasefire of Northern Ireland&#39;s largest loyalist paramilitary group, the Ulster Defence Association, in an attempt to boost the Northern Ireland peace process.
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The Ulster Defense Association, Northern Ireland&#39;s largest outlawed group, announced Sunday it wants to rejoin peacemaking efforts, a potentially significant step forward in the peace process.
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Militants threatening to kill three UN hostages said talks were to begin with Afghan and UN officials today, ten days after the victims were abducted at gunpoint on a street in the capital.
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Violence comes as Kofi Annan due to start attempts to broker deal to end unrest.
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Lord's Resistance Army rebels start moving in compliance with a ceasefire agreement, Ugandan army officials say.
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland  - Rival negotiators began talks Wednesday on reviving a joint Catholic-Protestant administration for Northern Ireland, a major goal of peacemaking inspired a decade ago by an Irish Republican Army ceasefire.
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Roadside blast and attack on army vehicle come as ceasefire with Sri Lankan government runs out
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The outlawed Ulster Defense Association has resumed a credible cease-fire and is eligible to play a formal role again in Northern Ireland&#39;s peace process, Britain announced Friday in a surprise move.
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Iraq&#39;s national security adviser today announced plans for the start of a national arms amnesty aimed at stopping the flow of weapons to anti-government forces.
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The Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams and the chief of Northern Ireland's police will meet today for the first time as talks on a new peace agreement enter a critical phase.
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Â· Iraqi president says PKK set to announce ceasefireÂ· Ankara intensifies military operations near border
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THE Ugandan government and Lord&#39;s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels are to sign an historic ceasefire to pave the way for peace talks to end 18 years of conflict in the north of the
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MPs and religious leaders are to meet Lord&#39;s Resistance Army commanders for talks in Kitgum in northern Uganda. A Christmas ceasefire is in force in parts of the north.
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Sinn FÃ©in, the IRA&#39;s political wing, and the Democratic Unionists engaged in mutual recrimination yesterday in the wake of Wednesday&#39;s announcement by the British and Irish
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UGANDA&#39;S government and the rebel Lord&#39;s Resistance Army are to sign a total ceasefire on December 31, the chief mediator said today.