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There was a feeling of history in the making last week as the British House of Commons voted 473 to 47 in favor of the accord giving the Irish Republic a formal consulting voice in the governing of Northern Ireland. After the tally was announced, the Rev. Ian Paisley, a militant Protestant leader, shouted, "Ulster forever!" The next day, Paisley and fellow Democratic Unionist M.P. Peter Robinson tendered their resignations in the Commons' traditional fashion by applying for nominal Crown jobs, which would bar them from House membership. Their 13 Ulster Unionist colleagues vowed to follow suit...
...resignations were calculated to force multiple by-elections that will be seen as referendums on the Anglo-Irish agreement. If Paisley and his Protestant colleagues are re-elected in balloting that could come early next year, they hope to return to Westminster with a new mandate to oppose the accord. The Irish Senate also approved the accord, clearing the way for the first Irish-British meeting, scheduled to take place later this month in Belfast. Security will be the major topic. Last week a soldier in the Ulster Defense Regiment became the 51st victim of terrorism in Northern Ireland this...
...check under the agreements reached during the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks of the '70s. Even though SALT II of 1979 was never formally ratified, and expired last month, the two sides have agreed to observe its terms while Kampelman and Karpov try to come up with a new accord in Geneva. However, that open-ended arrangement is in jeopardy. American hawks, including Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, accuse the Soviets of violating SALT II; in a private report to the President that was leaked last week, Weinberger urged that the U.S. respond with its own selective violations, including not dismantling missile...
...year-old, he did poorly in his eighth-grade class and sometimes clowned to mask his feelings of depression. His family was poor and lived in a converted motel. Yet after Felipe died last week, nearly 500 of Patterson's 4,700 residents attended his funeral to accord him the respect he had not attained in life...
...gates of Maryfield House, the headquarters of the Anglo-Irish secretariat outside Belfast, the march became a melee. Toughs hurled paving stones at Royal Ulster constabulary, injuring 26 officers. Unionist leaders denounced the violence but warned of a "complete collapse of government here" if Britain did not end the accord...