IRA Would Disarm if N.Irish Deal Is Struck - Adams
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Gerry Adams, leader of the Irish Republican Army&#39;s (IRA) political ally Sinn Fein, signaled on Sunday that the guerrilla group was ready to give up its arms, but only if a new Northern Ireland peace deal can be struck.
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DUBLIN -- The Irish Republican Army yesterday withdrew its offer to disarm, deepening the deadlock in a Northern Ireland peace process already hobbled by the IRA's alleged robbery of a Belfast bank.
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HILLSBOROUGH, Northern Ireland  - Northern Ireland  Protestant hard-liner Ian Paisley said on Wednesday the IRA may  be about to disarm but he would not share power with its  political ally Sinn Fein without photographic proof of the act.
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BELFAST: Northern Ireland&#39;s largest Protestant guerrilla group promised yesterday to join the peace process in the British-ruled province by ending violence, but said it would disarm only when its republican foes did so too.
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The IRA was tonight told to be prepared to surrender its weapons if a deal to revive power sharing in Northern Ireland is to go ahead.
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The IRA should provide photographs of  disarmament if needed to secure a  deal, an SDLP politician says.
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The Irish Republican Army is probably bluffing and won't disarm or disband in support of revived Northern Ireland power-sharing, Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble told his party's annual conference Saturday.
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Prime Minister Bertie Ahern urged Irish Republican Army commanders on Sunday to meet what he acknowledged was "a heavy burden": disarming and disbanding their organization in support of Northern Ireland's 1998 peace accord.
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A watchdog monitoring disarmament in Northern Ireland has said the IRA is abandoning terrorism, fueling hopes for a deal to revive power-sharing government in the province.
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LEEDS CASTLE, England  - A deal taking shape Friday in negotiations on Northern Ireland's future would require the outlawed Irish Republican Army to resume disarmament and issue a new statement that, for the first time, would definitively renounce violence.
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Talks aimed at restoring devolved government in Northern Ireland will peter out unless the IRA reveals details of its offer to end paramilitarism, Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble said today.
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The hardline Democratic Unionist leader Ian Paisley yesterday suggested that if the IRA decommissioned its weapons and wound up its criminal activity, it could be allowed to continue as &quot;an old boys&#39; association&quot;.
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A deal to dismantle the IRA and revive Northern Irelandâs power-sharing administration is taking shape, SDLP leader Mark Durkan claimed today.
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BELFAST -- The Irish Republican Army has reopened negotiations with Northern Ireland's disarmament chief, the outlawed group said yesterday, signaling its readiness to put more weapons out of commission for the first time in over a year. The move came ahead of the planned unveiling by the leaders of Britain and Ireland of a joint peace package that has taken ...
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BELFAST - A new peace deal which would see Northern Ireland&#39;s home rule government restored and the Irish Republican Army (IRA) disarm could be struck soon, Britain&#39;s chief minister in the province said on Monday.
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Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams, who met separately with British and Irish officials at the Stormont government complex in east Belfast where the talks were held, said Paisley's invective may reflect ...
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Pressure on the IRA to make the disarmament move that would revive Northern Ireland - s peace process has been dangerously neglected, a senior Ulster Unionist warned tonight.