Word: irelands
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...Northern Ireland...
...Irish parliament elected a conservative prime minister today, filling a month-old vacuum that threatened to derail the Northern Ireland peace process. John Bruton, leader of the Fine Gael party and the new P.M., is on the record as supporting the peace process that's been underway since September when the Irish Republican Army declared a ceasefire. Still, he has criticized the quick pace with which his predecessor, Albert Reynolds, embraced the IRA. Reynolds lost his seat in a scandal last month over the extradition of an alleged child-abusing Roman Catholic priest. Bruton was elected to head his country...
...with mustaches and calloused hands fill the bar at midday. They are hard-swearing and careful to open the door for the occasional entering woman. Colored Christmas lights deck the smoky ceiling of the bar, and someone has carved "Free Ireland" into the wooden counter...
...Northern Ireland and Britain took a first step toward ending their 25-year conflict today, as the two sides met for the first time in a three-hour negotiating session. Though the positions of both parties are still far apart, today's historic meeting was described as calm and constructive and another date was set for December 19. Sinn Fein's delegation leader Martin McGuiness said, "We've made a beginning. It should have happened a long time ago." U.K. Prime Minister John Major, from a European summit in Germany, cautioned though that these sessions are only "talks about talks...
...reality is, the judges are between a rock and a hard place," Ireland said...