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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Jordan pulls 3 squad members out of Paralympics
Jordan pulled three squad members accused of sexual assault in Northern Ireland out of the 2012 London Paralympics on Thursday, sports officials in ...
3 Jordanian Paralympic squad members out on bail
Two Jordanian Paralympic power-lifters and a trainer were granted bail Wednesday after being accused of sexual assault in Northern Ireland. The three ...
3 men linked to Jordan's Paralympic squad arrested
Three men linked to Jordan's Paralympic team were arrested and charged in Northern Ireland following allegations of sexual assault, British media ...
20 officers hurt, 10 IRA gunshots in Belfast riots
Northern Ireland police say 20 officers have been wounded in overnight Belfast riots that followed a token Protestant parade past a militant Catholic ...
Belfast dog Lennox put to sleep after 2-year fight
A pug-nosed black Belfast dog named Lennox, who inspired a two-year legal fight and animal-rights protests on both sides of the Atlantic, was put to ...
History unfolds: Queen, ex-IRA chief shake hands
Queen Elizabeth II and a former Irish Republican Army commander offered each other the hand of peace Wednesday in a long-awaited encounter symbolizing ...
Queen, ex-IRA chief face N.Ireland peace milestone
Queen Elizabeth II prayed together Tuesday with Catholic and Protestant leaders from across Northern Ireland as this long-divided land demonstrated ...