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Cops, British Army guided Belfast lawyer's killing
British police and army agents planted inside Northern Ireland's major Protestant gang played a pivotal role in assassinating a Belfast attorney, a ...
Belfast leaders decry petrol-bomb attack on police
Leaders from across Northern Ireland appealed Tuesday for a week of angry, illegal Protestant street protests to end after a gang surrounded a ...
Clinton: Northern Ireland peace requires vigilance
Extremists still scheming to spoil Northern Ireland's fragile peace can be beaten through a commitment to political sacrifice, compromise and ...
Protestant militants target Northern Ireland party
Northern Ireland leaders appealed for calm Thursday after Protestant militants attacked offices and a home connected to the most compromise-minded ...
Mob storms Belfast City Hall over UK flag vote
A Protestant mob stormed into the grounds of Belfast City Hall and clashed with police Monday night after the council voted to remove the British flag ...
New IRA faction claims Northern Ireland killing
A new Irish Republican Army faction in Northern Ireland claimed responsibility Monday for its first killing and defended the bloodshed as a necessary ...
Sinn Fein official charged with IRA membership
An official in the Irish nationalist Sinn Fein party was arraigned Friday on Irish Republican Army charges in a case that highlights a murder pivotal ...
Northern Ireland prison guard slain in gun ambush
Suspected IRA die-hards killed a Northern Ireland prison officer Thursday in a gun ambush as he drove to work, the first killing of a prison guard in ...
IRA link probed in fatal shooting of Belfast man
Northern Ireland authorities say a 36-year-old man was shot dead as he sat on his living room sofa in a case with suspected links to drug dealing and ...
Protests as Ireland's 1st abortion clinic opens
The first abortion clinic on the island of Ireland opened Thursday in downtown Belfast, unleashing angry protests on the street and uniting Catholic ...
Belfast judge: Gay, unmarried couples can adopt
Unmarried and same-sex couples in Northern Ireland should be allowed to adopt children, a Belfast judge ruled Thursday, rejecting a 1987 adoption law ...
Belfast to open Ireland's 1st abortion clinic
A family planning charity plans to open the first abortion clinic in Ireland, challenging decades of legal confusion over the extremely limited access ...
IRA suspect charged over armor-piercing mortar
A 21-year-old Belfast man has been charged with possessing an Irish Republican Army mortar weapon used to strike police armored vehicles.
Belfast police find IRA bomb in back yard of home
Northern Ireland police say they have found a large bomb in the back yard of a home in an Irish Republican Army power base in Belfast.
Protestants in Northern Ireland march peacefully
Thousands of Protestants marched peacefully through the heart of Northern Ireland's capital Saturday amid a heavy security presence. It was one of ...
Q&A: Why marches trigger Northern Ireland strife
Belfast is seeing one of its biggest Protestant parades in years Saturday, with thousands participating amid fears that it will degenerate into street ...
Irish rugby player dies in farm accident at age 22
Nevin Spence, an Ulster rugby player tipped for a promising future with Ireland's national team, has died in an accident at his family farm. He was 22
N.Ireland police arrest IRA suspect, seize 2 guns
Northern Ireland police say they have arrested a suspected Irish Republican Army member and seized two handguns and ammunition in his car after ...
47 officers hurt during Belfast riot over parade
Northern Ireland police say 47 officers have been injured during overnight clashes with Protestant extremists angry over a Belfast parade by Irish ...