Britain, Ireland chart steps to Northern Ireland self-rule
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Irish counterpart Bertie Ahern are seen here in October 2006.Comment
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LEEDS CASTLE, England -- Northern Ireland's rival politicians face ''a moment of decision&quot; in their six-year struggle to forge a stable Catholic-Protestant government, Prime Minister Tony Blair declared yesterday as he launched a high-stakes round of talks.
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Northern Ireland took a step toward restoring a government shared between Protestants and Catholics as it counted votes on Thursday from an election for a new provincial assembly.
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Northern Ireland leader Ian Paisley and the head of state of the Irish Republic, President Mary McAleese, shook hands Monday for the first time _ another symbolic milestone on Ireland's road to reconciliation.Paisley, 81, for decades rejected any role for the Irish Republic in Northern Ireland, a predominantly Protestant part of the United Kingdom. Last year, he accused McAleese of being a deceitful politician who talked nicely in public but privately loathed Northern Ireland's Protestant majority. Read more
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Northern Ireland will elect a new legislature March 7 that will determine the fate of power-sharing, Britain announced Tuesday in swift reply to an IRA-linked political party's decision to support the police.Comment
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And Ahern espouses the electronic frontier The UK's implementation of an electronic borders system by 2009 will mean the end of the UK-Republic of Ireland Common Travel Area, which allows passport-free travel between the two countries. The move will not however lead to the introduction of border controls on the Republic's land border with Northern Ireland, but will lead to passport checks, or something very like them, for travellers between Northern Ireland and the UK mainland.â¦
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The British and Irish governments are ready to publish their proposals for restoring NI devolution.
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland The prime ministers of Britain and Ireland say they&#39;re near a permanent peace in Northern Ireland. They&#39;ve released a detailed plan for reviving a Catholic-Protestant administration in Northern Ireland.
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The leaders of Britain and Ireland presented their last offer this year to relaunch the peace process between Northern Ireland's Protestants and Catholics.
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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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Northern Ireland has taken another small step in the slow march towards restoring home rule this weekend with tacit promises from the IRA to end militant activity once and for all.
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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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Ireland DUBLIN -- The British and Irish governments will hold a Northern Ireland summit today designed to plot a course for the revival of a Catholic-Protestant government in the British territory, the Irish government announced. Prime Minister Bertie Ahern of Ireland and Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain were expected to work on a common strategy for a conference next ...
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The Taoiseach is to hold talks with the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, in London on Wednesday. The two governments are at what Mr Ahern described as &#39;hopefully the decisive stage&#39; in their efforts to broker a deal in the North&#39;s peace process.
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Sinn FÃ©in&#39;s president, Gerry Adams, last night placed responsibility for clinching an agreement to restore the power-sharing executive in Northern Ireland firmly in the hands of the British and Irish government - despite the enduring barrier of mistrust
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"There's a great deal at stake -- nothing less than the future itself"  Clerics and sports figures are among members of a new body unveiled by Britain on Friday to work out a strategy for community reconciliation in Northern Ireland after 30 years of sectarian strife. via Reuters UK
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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 ...