DUP and Sinn Fein on top in poll
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The DUP and Sinn Fein take the majority of first preference votes in the NI Assembly election.
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Hardline Protestant and Catholic parties appeared set to capture a majority of seats in Northern Ireland's provincial assembly as final results were being counted Friday.
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Britain's governing Labour Party are 13 points behind the main opposition Conservative Party, according to a poll to be published Sunday, giving Prime Minister Gordon Brown little festive cheer.
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Sinn Fein is seeking a role in government both north and south of the Irish border, party president Gerry Adams said Saturday, just days before elections in British-run Northern Ireland.
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The DUP leadership holds a top-level strategy meeting following reports of discontent within the ranks.
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The leader of Sinn Fein, Northern Ireland&#39;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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SAN FRANCISCO A poll out this morning shows Democrat John Kerry is holding a comfortable lead over President Bush in California, while Senator Boxer is set to trounce her challenger.
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Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams has given his backing for a plan to revive power-sharing in Northern Ireland. The party confirmed that at a meeting of senior Sinn Fein leaders in Belfast, Mr Adams said he
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President George W. Bush leads Senator John Kerry by 3 percentage points in the daily Reuters/Zogby poll. A Washington Post survey released yesterday showed the two candidates in a statistical tie.
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Â· Poll finds support rising for EU membership  Â· Labour up a point to 35%, Tories down two to 37%
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Ask anyone in the United Kingdom to name two politicians from Northern Ireland and the answer you&#39;ll probably get is Ian Paisley and Gerry Adams.
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The poll suggested voters favour a split A majority of voters in both England and Scotland back the break-up of the United Kingdom, a poll has suggested.Comment
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Polls done by two of the nation&#39;s most popular news magazines say the presidential race is a virtual tie. A poll by Time Magazine has President Bush leading the race 48-percent to 46-percent for John Kerry.
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Opposition leaders begin weighing up on Sunday whether to support a government led by Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern after final election results confirmed he was on track to secure a third successive term.
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Exit polls in Ireland's general election indicate PM Bertie Ahern's Fianna Fail leading with 41.6%.
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A large majority of Britons think a US election victory for John Kerry is the best outcome for global security, according to a new poll in a Sunday newspaper.
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Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams has said his party is ready to go into government with the DUP. Mr Adams said the prospect of sharing power with the DUP was &quot;not particulary attractive&quot; but he recognised its mandate.