N.Ireland parties pressed to meet crunch self-rule deadline
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Britain and Ireland are battling to break a deadlock between Northern Ireland's main Protestant and Catholic-backed parties on the eve of a crunch deadline to restore self-rule in the province.
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The two governments are hoping to respond to queries tabled by the DUP and Sinn Fein over the British-Irish proposals on restoring devolution by Friday.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern are to host talks with Northern Ireland's political parties next month ahead of a deadline for restoring the province's stalled power sharing government, it was ...
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Further attempts to restore devolution may be put back until 2009 if the 24 November deadline fails, NI secretary Peter Hain warns.
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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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Northern Ireland&#39;s politicians are expected to work late into the night as intensive talks aimed at restoring devolved government continue.
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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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A fresh round of political talks is due to begin in Northern Ireland on Wednesday in an effort to unblock the impasse and restore devolved government.
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Pressure grew on Northern Ireland's main Protestant party to back a deal to revive self-rule in the province, after a British minister said he is sure the IRA has renounced violence for good.
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A fresh round of political talks is due to begin in Northern Ireland in an effort to unblock the impasse and restore devolved government.
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The Government is facing demands to pump funds into Northern Ireland in a bid to bolster a talks deal if it is struck, Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams said tonight.
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The government warns of "dire consequences" of not meeting the deadline for restoring NI devolution.
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DUBLIN, Nov 24  - Northern Ireland's feuding political parties meet on Friday to take what London and Dublin hope will be a critical step towards restoring self-government in the British-ruled province.
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The British and Irish premiers were holding talks on how to restore power-sharing government in Northern Ireland as pressure builds for an accord ahead of a November deadline, officials said.
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Northern Ireland&#39;s politicians have an anxious wait as the Reverend Ian Paisley decides whether to endorse an historic deal with Sinn Fein.
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A major push to seal a political  settlement for the turbulent British province of Northern  Ireland stalled at the last moment on Wednesday over demands  for photographic evidence of IRA guerrillas scrapping their  arms.