N. Ireland Protestants withdraw threat to sever contact with ...
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BELFAST  - The head of Northern Ireland&#39;s main Protestant party withdrew an earlier threat to sever contact with Dublin after Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern apologized for an apparent misunderstanding over the issue of photographic evidence of IRA
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As Unionists called for the expulsion of Sinn Fein, the political wing of the IRA, from negotiations for the restoration of the Northern Ireland Assembly, detectives were hoping that the bank note reissue would ...
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The Irish Government distanced itself today from proposals for joint authority over Northern Ireland if the current rescue package fails.
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Warning that he would not be "bluffed," Protestant leader Ian Paisley said the latest attempt to achieve piece in Northern Ireland was doomed unless the Catholic paramilitary IRA took immediate and verifiable steps to disarm.
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BELFAST/DUBLIN  - Anglo-Irish attempts to seal a  lasting political settlement in Northern Ireland were halted on  Tuesday by a row over whether IRA guerrillas should allow  pictures to be taken of their arms being destroyed.
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The Irish Republican Army no longer poses a security threat after decades of fighting British rule in Northern Ireland, the province's ceasefire watchdog said on Wednesday.
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DUBLIN -- Northern Ireland's major Protestant party broke off relations with the Irish government yesterday after Prime Minister Bertie Ahern indicated he had accepted the IRA's refusal to provide photographs of disarmament.
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The fear that gripped Northern Ireland during the so-called "Troubles" between Protestants and Roman Catholics has been replaced by optimism, despite the latest failure to finally end a bloody 30-year chapter in the province's history.
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Troubling signs of dangerous volatility within the IRA yesterday are generating fears that the Northern Ireland peace process could deteriorate from crisis into free fall.
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BELFAST -- The Irish Republican Army declared yesterday it is willing to get rid of all its weapons this month -- but only if Protestants drop their demands for photographic proof.
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1921 &#151; Ireland is partitioned amid civil war. The new state of Northern Ireland, with a British Protestant majority, remains part of United Kingdom while the predominantly Catholic rest of Ireland wins independence from UK.
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The IRA withdraws its offer to put its weapons beyond use and blames the British and Irish governments.
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland The peace process in Northern Ireland is reaching a critical point, with people waiting to hear if the Irish Republican Army will disband and disarm its operation.
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BELFAST -- The family of a Catholic man slain by IRA members demanded an end yesterday to the intimidation that dissuades Catholics from cooperating with police, a crucial but often overlooked problem in the Northern Ireland peace process.
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The IRA's offer to complete the decommissioning process is withdrawn over impatience with the British and Irish governments. What is your reaction?
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Rival Protestant and Catholic parties fought for concessions on IRA disarmament and British troop withdrawals on Monday amid a flurry of efforts to seal a lasting political settlement 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.