Word: fein
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...cease-fire and not tell anyone? The Royal Ulster Constabulary, Northern Ireland?s police force, says yes. Chief Constable Ronnie Flanagan has fingered the terrorist group in two recent murders in the province -- of a drug dealer and a Protestant militant. That could lead to the ejection of Sinn Fein, the IRA?s political wing, from ongoing peace talks -- and a return to the so-called troubles, now nearly 30 years...
...time. The Protestant unionist parties participating in the talks were already discontent with the way British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Marjorie Mowlam was handling the negotiations. Says M.P. Ken Maginnis, a senior member of the Ulster Unionist Party: "She has been giving concession after concession to Sinn Fein and the I.R.A., while frustrating our interests time and time again. This can only lead to tears." Maginnis demanded Mowlam's resignation, and some unionists in his party are threatening to pull out of the talks altogether. Mowlam held a stormy meeting with U.U.P. leaders on New Year...
...I.R.A. seems determined to keep its ample supply of guns and explosives locked away, and stick with the talks. "These marginal, fringe groups will not subvert the peace process," says a top aide to Gerry Adams, president of Sinn Fein, the political wing of the I.R.A...
...unprecedented visit to jailed Protestant terrorists inside the top-security Maze prison, she convinced the Protestant paramilitary groups to remain committed to peace talks for Northern Ireland. That means negotiations will reopen as scheduled on Monday with representatives present from both the pro-British Protestants and Sinn Fein...
...weapons testing. Is Blair worried? Perhaps, but he says it's worth "taking a few risks" for peace. The Labor Prime Minister said he would tell Adams: "If you return to violence there will be no place for you at the negotiation table." No word on whether the Sinn Fein leader was asked to walk through a metal detector, just to be on the safe side...