Gap narrows but divide remains
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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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Poll results released on Monday were  divided on who leads the U.S. presidential race, as two gave a  slight edge to Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry and one showed a  slim margin of voters favoring President Bush.
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The National Hockey League and its players' union finally bridged their philosophical divide early yesterday morning, the sides edging toward a collective bargaining agreement based on a salary cap. Time will tell whether the bold move has saved the sport.
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As the courts mull whether to rerun the election, lines sharpen along the country's east-west divide.
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But a new report from the Asian Development Bank also finds a growing gap between rich and poor.
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An oil law crucial to resolving political divisions in Iraq edged closer to approval after Kurds said some key issues were resolved, officials said on Sunday.
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The embattled European Union claimed progress in charting a way out of a year-old constitutional limbo, but offered little concrete beyond extending a &amp;quot;period of reflection&amp;quot; on resolving the impasse.
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One of the dominant themes of these Olympic Games has been the narrowing gap in basketball between the United States men and the rest of the world.
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their slow-moving peace process but they have reported no significant breakthrough after two days of talks. Islamabad reported no progress towards a solution on Kashmir, the divided Himalayan state at the heart of their rivalry.
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Hamid Karzai has been cruising to victory in Afghanistan&#39;s first direct presidential elections, but the returns so far have underscored the ethnic fault lines that often divide the country.
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Congressional Democrats still hold a sizeable advantage over President Bush in who the public trusts to handle the Iraq war, though the gap has narrowed somewhat since Bush's State of the Union speech, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
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President Bush&#39;s lead over Democratic challenger Sen. John Kerry has narrowed since their debate with four polls released on Monday showing the race tied or slightly favoring the incumbent.
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Divided results mean fight may go beyond Super Tuesday as questions arise over ideological path
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The world is often divided along national, racial and religious lines. But a leading social psychologist says those divisions donât necessarily have to result in conflict.
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George Bush and John Kerry today enter the final week of a presidential race that is as deadlocked now as it was six months ago. With the country polarised and only a relative handful of voters still undecided
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The United States and Europe are drifting further apart on security issues and the use of force in the aftermath of the Iraq war, a major transatlantic opinion survey released on Thursday showed.
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Sometimes, the two concepts can blur.