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...with difficulty. On Nov. 2, two members of Trimble’s own party joined hard-line Protestants in the assembly to block Trimble’s return. Yesterday, other loyalists attempted a legal objection to a planned re-vote, which has been rejected by the High Court in Belfast. Nationalist extremists, meanwhile, exploded a bomb on Saturday night in the heart of Birmingham, designed to kill innocent civilians. The desperate attempts by hard-liners on both sides to throw the peace process off track must not be allowed to succeed...
...move acted as a much-needed stimulant to a stagnating settlement. Hours after De Chastelain?s report, the British government started dismantling military outposts and declared an amnesty for some I.R.A. fighters. The mainly Protestant unionists, who had been gradually paralyzing the two-year-old power-sharing government in Belfast, returned to the legislative seats they had resigned a week earlier to put pressure on the I.R.A...
Intense negotiations among Belfast, Dublin and London established that the elements of the summertime package could still save the Northern Ireland government from collapse, and the I.R.A. was finally persuaded to move. Sinn Fein also admitted some responsibility over the Colombian episode to answer the U.S. concerns...
...seen as part of the Israeli response to Ze?evi?s murder. Britain, Germany, France, Sweden, Australia and dozens of other countries as public health officials examined letters and packages containing suspicious powder, but found nothing. NORTHERN IRELAND Unionists Quit Protestant leaders resigned from the power-sharing government in Belfast, pushing Ulster's home rule closer to total collapse. Unionists said they would return only if the Irish Republican Army began disarming within a week. Although the I.R.A.'s political wing Sinn Fein hinted that progress was possible, the tight timescale may mean a return to direct rule from London...
...they dichotomy that hate crimes are on the rise, Saif explained. But to him, it simply doesnt make any sense. Political beliefs and family ties are as irrelevant as fashion taste. Zayed made the comparison to other kinds of international terror. When a bomb goes of in Belfast, do they go to Southie? When the Italian Mafia murders, do they immediately go after Italian Americans here? Zayed asked...