Panel: IRA has disbanded key units
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The Irish Republican Army has disbanded units for weapons making, arms smuggling, recruiting and training, an expert panel reported Wednesday in dramatic findings that could boost chances for reviving a Catholic-Protestant administration in Northern Ireland.
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Ireland DUBLIN -- The mayor evacuated his official residence overnight and army specialists were called to the building yesterday to search for a bomb that a Protestant paramilitary group said it had planted 25 years ago. The Ulster Volunteer Force leaders said they had targeted the leadership of the Irish Republican Army's political ally Sinn Fein with a bomb hidden ...
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The Royal Anglian Regiment emerged unscathed as four infantry battalions were axed in a major restructuring of the British Army. But the widely predicted changes north of the border were confirmed by Defence
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HOPES of a final breakthrough to end paramilitary violence in Northern Ireland collapsed within sight of success yesterday. With agreement close, and the IRA having at last agreed to give up all its weapons
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Government's controversial defence export services organisation is to be disbanded.
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"The dissidents are not a worthy target for a military force"  The final British troops withdrew Monday from the Northern Ireland borderland long known as 'bandit country,' ending a 37-year mission to keep watch over the Irish Republican Army's most dangerous power base.Soldiers from the second battalion of the Princess of Wales' Royal Regiment left Bessbrook Mill in what their commander, Col. Wayne Harber, called a final act in 'the longest military campaign in the army's history.''We are pleased to be going and that the peace process is progressing. Soldiers know the importance of peace more than anybody else,' Harber said. Read more
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A watchdog monitoring disarmament in Northern Ireland has said the IRA is abandoning terrorism, fueling hopes for a deal to revive power-sharing government in the province.
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Iran's capture of personnel in March a national embarrassment, says Commons defence committee
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland  - Northern Ireland was  facing a long bout of deadlock and recrimination Thursday after  Irish Republican Army (IRA) guerrillas said they were  withdrawing a conditional offer to give up their weapons.
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The real possibility of an end to the IRA has been on the agenda at talks between members of Northern Ireland&#39;s major political parties.
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An independent commission will conclude in a report to be published on Wednesday that the Irish Republican Army (IRA) has stopped all criminal and paramilitary activity, the Times newspaper reported.
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YANGON : Myanmar&#39;s military regime has scrapped the body that gave intelligence officers loyal to deposed premier Khin Nyunt widespread powers, state media reported.
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Former Northern Ireland first minister David Trimble said there should be no return to local self-rule until the Irish Republican Army ( news - web sites ) (IRA) had completely disarmed and halted all ...
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Brendan "The Dark" Hughes, a senior IRA commander who split with former comrades when they pursued compromise and peace in Northern Ireland, has died and was being cremated Tuesday. He was 59.
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A CIA unit that had hunted for Osama bin Laden and his top deputies for a decade has been disbanded, according to a published report.
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Sinn FÃ©in, the IRA&#39;s political wing, and the Democratic Unionists engaged in mutual recrimination yesterday in the wake of Wednesday&#39;s announcement by the British and Irish
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The IRA withdraws its plan to put its weapons beyond use over impatience with the British and Irish governments.