Paisley tops North Irish vote
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Protestant cleric Ian Paisley's pro-British party strengthened its hold on Northern Ireland's assembly, final election results showed on Friday, and Britain stepped up pressure on him and Catholic rivals to share power.
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Leading Protestant politician Ian Paisley has shot down a bid to restore Northern Ireland&#039;s power-sharing executive when he rejected an offer to lead the body with a Catholic rival as his deputy.
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The Democratic Unionist party leader, Ian Paisley, emerged from Downing Street talks today and said that republicans had a &quot;now or never&quot; chance to disarm and do a deal with him on power sharing.
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A deal to restore devolution in Northern Ireland will not be signed, DUP leader Ian Paisley confirms.
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DUBLIN - The Rev. Ian Paisley said yesterday that he is stepping down as leader of the hard-line Protestant church he founded 56 years ago, a decision his opponents say was inevitable after he angered many by cooperating with Sinn Fein to form a Northern Ireland government.
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The Republican Movement is holding up progress in the search for a new peace process deal, Democratic Unionist leader the Reverend Ian Paisley claimed today.
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Talks on the next vital phase of the Northern Ireland peace process were under way yesterday even before counting had concluded in the elections for the revived Belfast Assembly.Comment
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- The divided voters of Northern Ireland held the fate of power-sharing in their hands as they began deciding Wednesday which parties should control a Catholic-Protestant administration.
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Voters in Northern Ireland go to the polls today in what has been described as a moment-of-truth election for the future of self-rule in the troubled province.Comment
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Northern Ireland headed to the polls Wednesday in a make-or-break chance at building a lasting power-sharing administration between Protestants and Catholics.
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Northern Ireland First Minister Ian Paisley's successor as leader of the Protestant church he founded in 1951 insisted Saturday he was elected unanimously.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair faced a showdown Wednesday with Ian Paisley over whether Northern Ireland's hard-line Protestant leader will share power with the Catholics of Sinn Fein by a deadline of March 26.Comment
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Protestant firebrand Ian Paisley and Catholic former IRA leader Martin McGuinness must ditch their mutual enmity to share power in Northern Ireland following Wednesday's elections.
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Northern Ireland's biggest Protestant and Catholic parties were well ahead of rivals, early results from assembly elections showed on Thursday, as the province took a step toward restoring shared government.
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President Bush on Friday telephoned Ian Paisley, leader of a Protestant-dominated party in Northern Ireland that has resisted power-sharing with its main Roman Catholic
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BELFAST -- Hard-liners dominated the early returns yesterday from an election to decide who will control the Northern Ireland Assembly -- and hold the key to revived power-sharing in this British territory.
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Four decades after he barged onto Northern Ireland's rancorous political stage vowing never to compromise, Protestant cleric Ian Paisley holds the key to striking a new deal to seal peace in the province.