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Date Posted: 07:38:19 08/09/05 Tue GMT
Author: Lynn
Subject: Unionists reject talks after IRA decision (NYTimes)


World Briefing: Africa; Middle East; Asia; Europe

EUROPE

NORTHERN IRELAND: UNIONISTS REJECT TALKS After the Irish Republican Army's decision last week to end its guerrilla war against Britain, Northern Ireland's political parties began a series of meetings with the British authorities who manage the province in the hope of resuscitating its local government. But the hard-line Democratic Unionists, Ulster's largest party, threatened to boycott the negotiations in response to such moves as the reduction in the number of British soldiers in the province. "The majority of people in Northern Ireland are very angry," said the Rev. Ian Paisley, the party's leader. Brian Lavery (NYT)

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