Government not guns the Irish sticking point
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Northern Ireland has taken another small step in the slow march towards restoring home rule this weekend with tacit promises from the IRA to end militant activity once and for all.
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A major push to seal a political settlement for the turbulent British province of Northern Ireland stalled at the last moment yesterday over demands for photographic evidence of IRA guerillas scrapping their arms.
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Sinn Fein's relationship with the IRA remained in the political spotlight today as the Irish government continued to insist that the Provisionals must go out of business for the peace process to continue.
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BEIJING, Dec. 14 -- In Northern Ireland, hopes of reviving stalled talks between nationalist and unionist political parties have been dealt a blow by an Irish Republican Army refusal to deliver photographic proof of disarmament.
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Iran's defence minister says no country would dare launch an attack against it because of its deterrent capabilities.
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LEEDS CASTLE, England  - Talks aimed at forging a  comprehensive peace settlement for Northern Ireland ended  without a deal on Saturday, despite Britain and Ireland saying  they were close to securing full disarmament by the IRA.
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland  - Northern Ireland took  another small step in the slow march toward restoring home rule  this weekend with tacit promises from the IRA to end guerrilla  activity once and for all.
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There is a reluctant reception for the Irish government's plans to move thousands of staff out to provincial towns.
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There is anger at the suggestion the government may be asked to say it fought a war against the IRA.
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The British and Irish governments must not tamper with the fundamentals of the Good Friday Agreement, Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has said.
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Warning that he would not be &quot;bluffed,&quot; Protestant leader Ian Paisley said Saturday the latest attempt to achieve peace in Northern Ireland was doomed unless the paramilitary Irish Republican Army (IRA) took immediate and verifiable steps to disarm.
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Northern Ireland's peace process requires the Irish Republican Army to renounce crime as well as disarm, the governments of Britain and Ireland stressed Thursday after the outlawed group announced it will not scrap weapons &#151; and does not commit crimes.
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A REFUSAL by the IRA to agree to photographs of its final acts of decommissioning stood in the way last night of a deal to restore devolved government in Northern Ireland.
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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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The Irish Republican Army is no longer a security threat in Northern Ireland, a ceasefire watchdog said on Wednesday in a report Britain and Ireland hope will lay the basis for restoring self-rule in the province.
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The British and Irish governments received a long-awaited report Monday widely expected to confirm that the Irish Republican Army is no longer a threat to Northern Ireland, a finding they hope will help revive a Catholic-Protestant administration.
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- The Irish Republican Army declared Thursday it&#39;s willing to get rid of all its weapons -- but only if Protestants drop their demands for photographic proof.