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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 ...
UK's Cameron: Northern Ireland to host G-8 summit
Peace in Northern Ireland will be a focal point for next year's G-8 summit of world leaders, Prime Minister David Cameron declared Tuesday as he ...
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 ...
Thousands mourn NIreland prison guard slain by IRA
Thousands of mourners lined the main street of a central Northern Ireland town Tuesday to bid farewell to a prison officer slain by Irish Republican ...
Northern Ireland prison officer's funeral date set
Northern Ireland police say the funeral for an off-duty prison officer killed in a rare slaying will take place next week. A gunman in a passing car ...
3 IRA suspects arrested over prison guard killing
Northern Ireland police arrested three suspected Irish Republican Army militants Friday on suspicion of killing an off-duty prison officer, a rare ...
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 ...
Londonderry unveils city of culture program
The Northern Ireland city of Londonderry has announced a program of arts events ranging from punk to painting to celebrate its role as the U.K.
McDowell calls for help to settle Olympic debate
Graeme McDowell wants some help in deciding which country he should represent at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The golfer from Northern Ireland ...
UK downgrades threat posed by N Ireland terrorists
The threat posed by Northern Ireland-related terrorism to the British mainland was downgraded Wednesday from substantial to moderate — the second ...
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 ...
Portugal draws 1-1 with NIreland in WCup qualifier
A late equalizer by Helder Postiga earned Portugal a 1-1 draw against Northern Ireland in a World Cup qualifying game Tuesday, sparing the home team's ...
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 ...