Blair Warns N.Irish Adams on Crime, Violence
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British prime minister Tony Blair told Sinn Fein on Friday it would be excluded from talks on a lasting political settlement for Northern Ireland unless its military ally, the Irish Republican Army, gave up crime.
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Tony Blair has insisted that the wave of gun crime sweeping Britain's cities is "a specific problem within a specific criminal culture". Announcing a major review of firearms laws in the wake of five fatal ...Comment
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It is a moment of decision in the Northern Ireland political process, Prime Minister Tony Blair has said.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair says Iran's "deeply extreme" regime poses a "major strategic threat" to the Middle East.
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On Wednesday, when they ensconce themselves and assorted politicians from Northern Ireland in a St. Andrews hotel, Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain and his Irish counterpart, Bertie Ahern, may be feeling the hand of history on their shoulders, if not hearing the ticking of a clock in their ears.
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Republicans must give up violence and unionists must share power for devolution to be restored, says Tony Blair.
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Ongoing IRA activity is the "obstacle to a lasting and durable settlement" in NI, Tony Blair says.
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Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams is to meet Tony Blair as part of the build-up to next week's talks in Scotland.
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Threats from dissident republicans have forced police in Northern Ireland to deploy vehicle checkpoints to prevent a new terrorist bombing campaign and put an end to hopes of a historic British royal visit to the Irish Republic this year
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LONDON -- Foreign policy specialists warned Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday that military action against Iran could worsen violence across the Middle East and urged him to persuade the United States to hold talks with Tehran.
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Tony Blair will today put more pressure on the DUP to sign up to a new Ulster peace deal. The prime minister will meet with hardline unionist leader Ian Paisley in Downing Street today having made clear he
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair urged world leaders on Wednesday to be bolder in supporting leading moderates against "forces of extremism" in Iran and elsewhere and in advancing Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking.
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Sinn Fein will resist any attempt to penalise it in the wake of Northern Ireland Chief Constable Hugh Orde's claim that the IRA carried out the 26.5 million Northern Bank robbery, Gerry Adams warned today.
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The political arm of the Irish Republican Army&#39;s says it regrets the series of pub bombings that killed 21 people in 1974. Speaking on the 30th anniversary of the killings, Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams
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Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern urged the Catholic Sinn Fein to make an early move on giving support for policing and justice in Northern Ireland to ensure efforts to restore devolved government can move forward.
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Tony Blair has forecast an upsurge in violence in Iraq ahead of planned January elections but says he has not yet decided on a U.S. request for back-up from UK troops.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Thursday warned that poverty and instability in Africa is providing a fertile breeding ground for terror and criminal organizations.