Bush urges Irish Protestant leader to reach accord
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BELFAST -- President Bush lent his weight yesterday to a final push for reviving power-sharing in Northern Ireland, telling the province's Protestant leader to do his best to cut a deal with his longtime Catholic enemies.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair said the &quot;moment of decision&quot; had come for Northern Ireland's Catholic and Protestant leaders to break two years of deadlock and secure a lasting peace.
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland  - Protestant calls for  photographic proof of Irish Republican Army disarmament could  sink efforts to secure a lasting settlement in Northern  Ireland, the Catholic guerrilla group's political ally said  Monday.
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Ireland's president discusses her efforts to bridge the nation's sectarian divide and why she thinks her nation is enjoying such bright prospects.
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US President George W. Bush telephoned Northern Ireland Protestant party leader Ian Paisley and offered to help the province's politicians strike a deal to revive power sharing.
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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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Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern were today urged to secure a clear commitment from the IRA that it will end all paramilitary activity in talks to revive power-sharing in Northern Ireland.
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US President George W Bush joined efforts to break a deadlock in the Northern Ireland peace process, telephoning Protestant leader Ian Paisley as negotiations ground on in London and Belfast.
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Northern Irish Protestant leader Ian Paisley has challenged his IRA foes to give up their weapons, saying it is &quot;now or never&quot; for Catholic republicans to agree a lasting political settlement with his party.
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The British government is facing demands to pump funds into Northern Ireland in a bid to bolster a talks deal if it is struck, Sinn FÃ©in leader Gerry Adams said tonight.
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Britain urged Northern Ireland's politicians on Friday to agree to share power after the main Protestant and Catholic parties strengthened their hold in an election viewed as a test of support for joint government.
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The leader of Sinn Fein, Northern Ireland's main Catholic party and the political ally of the Irish Republican Army (IRA), said Sunday he believed his Protestant rivals were ready to agree to a peace deal.
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Former President Bill Clinton, who encouraged the 1998 peace accord for Northern Ireland, said during a visit to the British territory Thursday that he expects the pact's key goal &#151; a joint Catholic-Protestant administration &#151; to be revived.
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President Bush is expected to call on Europe to assume a key role in helping the new Palestinian leadership build and support institutions and prepare for negotiations
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The British and Irish governments will hold a Northern Ireland summit Friday designed to plot a course for the revival of a Catholic-Protestant government in the British territory, the Irish government ...
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Britain and Ireland urged Northern Ireland's politicians on Friday to agree to a power sharing government after the province's main Protestant and Catholic parties dominated assembly elections this week.
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Bertie Ahern will today urge unionists and republicans to do the deal that transforms Northern Irelandâs deadlocked peace process.