<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Disarming Northern Ireland</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/issues/northernireland?nav=rss_world/issues/northernireland</link><description>Disarming Northern Ireland</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Bush Vows to Help in Irish Case]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43576-2005Mar17.html?nav=rss_world/issues/northernireland</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43576-2005Mar17.html?nav=rss_world/issues/northernireland</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:04:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[President Bush told the family of slain Irishman Robert McCartney that he will do whatever he can to help bring his killers to justice, his sisters said after a St. Patrick's Day meeting with the president.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sinn Fein Leader Snubbed by Bush, Kennedy]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41865-2005Mar16.html?nav=rss_world/issues/northernireland</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41865-2005Mar16.html?nav=rss_world/issues/northernireland</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:04:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Gerry Adams, president of the political affiliate of the Irish Republican Army, is scheduled to talk to several House members, meet with the national news media and attend the annual Ireland Fund gala during his visit to Washington. But his traditional St. Patrick's Day pilgrimage to the nation's capital will not include two stops that he has grown accustomed to in recent years: an audience at the White House and a meeting with longtime supporter Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.).]]></description><author> Michael A. Fletcher</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Tells IRA to Disband In Wake of Murder Offer]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19935-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_world/issues/northernireland</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19935-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_world/issues/northernireland</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:04:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ BELFAST, March 9  --  The Bush administration told the Irish Republican Army on Wednesday that the outlawed paramilitary group should disband following its offer to shoot four men  --  including two recently expelled members  --  responsible for killing a Catholic civilian. It was the bluntest U.S. criticism of the IRA to date.]]></description><author> Shawn Pogatchnik</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[WORLD IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18656-2005Mar8.html?nav=rss_world/issues/northernireland</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18656-2005Mar8.html?nav=rss_world/issues/northernireland</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:04:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   President of Bolivia Withdraws Resignation <br>   LA PAZ, Bolivia  --   Bolivian President Carlos Mesa withdrew his threat to resign on Tuesday, defying warnings by indigenous leaders of a new wave of street protests.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sinn Fein Seeks to Defuse Firestorm Over Murder]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10915-2005Mar6.html?nav=rss_world/issues/northernireland</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10915-2005Mar6.html?nav=rss_world/issues/northernireland</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:04:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ DUBLIN, March 5 -- Sinn Fein, the Irish Republican Army-linked party under fire over the IRA's killing of a Belfast man, invited the victim's sisters into its party conference Saturday in an unprecedented effort to defuse their criticism.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish Official Says Sinn Fein Leaders Knew of Robbery]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42389-2005Feb21.html?nav=rss_world/issues/northernireland</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42389-2005Feb21.html?nav=rss_world/issues/northernireland</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:04:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The decade-long peace process in Northern Ireland has been built in part on the tacit agreement of its main sponsors, the British and Irish governments, to ignore the link between Sinn Fein, the legal political party representing a majority of the province's Catholics, and the outlawed Irish Republican Army.]]></description><author> Glenn Frankel</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish Official: Sinn Fein Leaders Have Command Role in IRA]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40327-2005Feb20.html?nav=rss_world/issues/northernireland</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40327-2005Feb20.html?nav=rss_world/issues/northernireland</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:04:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Irish government on Sunday publicly identified three of Sinn Fein's top figures, including party leader Gerry Adams, as members of the Irish Republican Army command.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[WORLD IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59280-2005Feb3.html?nav=rss_world/issues/northernireland</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59280-2005Feb3.html?nav=rss_world/issues/northernireland</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:04:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   IRA Withdraws Offer to Disarm In Blow to Peacemaking Efforts <br>   BELFAST --  The Irish Republican Army on Wednesday withdrew an offer to disarm, dealing a new blow to Anglo-Irish peacemaking efforts in Northern Ireland.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Police Pin $50M Bank Heist on IRA]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55625-2005Jan7.html?nav=rss_world/issues/northernireland</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55625-2005Jan7.html?nav=rss_world/issues/northernireland</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:04:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The declaration by Northern Ireland police cast an immediate chill on peacemaking efforts in the British province.]]></description><author> Glenn Frankel</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Police Target IRA Over Bank Heist]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24851-2004Dec24.html?nav=rss_world/issues/northernireland</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24851-2004Dec24.html?nav=rss_world/issues/northernireland</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:04:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  BELFAST, Dec. 24 -- Police staged raids Friday in two Irish Republican Army strongholds in Belfast in search of the $42.5 million stolen this week from a bank's underground vault.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[$39 Million Stolen in N. Ireland Bank Heist]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18105-2004Dec21.html?nav=rss_world/issues/northernireland</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18105-2004Dec21.html?nav=rss_world/issues/northernireland</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:04:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Thieves took hostage the families of two top bankers and forced the officials to help them steal more than $39 million from the vaults of a Belfast bank's main office, authorities said Tuesday.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[IRA Sets Condition for Disarming by Year's End]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53644-2004Dec9.html?nav=rss_world/issues/northernireland</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53644-2004Dec9.html?nav=rss_world/issues/northernireland</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:04:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  BELFAST, Dec. 9 -- The Irish Republican Army declared Thursday that it was willing to get rid of all its weapons this month, but only if Protestants drop their demands for photographic proof.]]></description><author> Shawn Pogatchnik</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[WORLD IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49861-2004Dec8.html?nav=rss_world/issues/northernireland</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49861-2004Dec8.html?nav=rss_world/issues/northernireland</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:04:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Britain, Ireland Unveil Peace Bid for N. Ireland <br>   BELFAST --  The British and Irish prime ministers unveiled a new peace plan for Northern Ireland on Wednesday that offered solutions to issues -- particularly the disarmament of the Irish Republican Army -- that have bedeviled negotiations for a decade.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[WORLD IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45555-2004Dec7.html?nav=rss_world/issues/northernireland</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45555-2004Dec7.html?nav=rss_world/issues/northernireland</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:04:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Hamas Kills One in Gaza, Ending 3 Weeks of Calm <br>   GAZA CITY --  Hamas militants broke three weeks of relative calm in Gaza on Tuesday, setting off a bomb in what they said was an elaborate scheme that included a tunnel and a double agent. The attack killed an Israeli soldier and triggered Israeli retaliation that killed four Palestinian gunmen.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[WORLD IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36123-2004Dec4.html?nav=rss_world/issues/northernireland</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36123-2004Dec4.html?nav=rss_world/issues/northernireland</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:04:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Serbia Seeks to Annul Vote on Kosovo Premier <br>    BELGRADE --  Serbia on Saturday demanded the U.N. administrator of Kosovo annul the election of the province's new prime minister, a former rebel leader accused by Serbs of war crimes.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush Tries to Restart Stalled N. Ireland Talks]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15365-2004Nov26.html?nav=rss_world/issues/northernireland</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15365-2004Nov26.html?nav=rss_world/issues/northernireland</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:04:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  LONDON, Nov. 26 -- President Bush on Friday telephoned Ian Paisley, leader of a Protestant-dominated party in Northern Ireland that has resisted power-sharing with its main Roman Catholic counterpart, to urge a breakthrough in the long-stalled process of political reconciliation in the British province.]]></description><author> Glenn Frankel</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[N. Ireland Talks End In Deadlock]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32042-2004Sep18.html?nav=rss_world/issues/northernireland</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32042-2004Sep18.html?nav=rss_world/issues/northernireland</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:04:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  LEEDS CASTLE, England, Sept. 18 -- Negotiations among rival Northern Ireland parties ended Saturday with no agreement to revive a Catholic-Protestant administration, but British Prime Minister Tony Blair insisted that a deal might yet be achieved.]]></description><author> Shawn Pogatchnik</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talks Open On N. Ireland Governance]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27188-2004Sep16.html?nav=rss_world/issues/northernireland</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27188-2004Sep16.html?nav=rss_world/issues/northernireland</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:04:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The leaders of Britain and Ireland appealed Thursday to the Irish Republican Army to disarm and disband as part of a new diplomatic push to bring a stable Catholic-Protestant government to Northern Ireland.]]></description><author> Shawn Pogatchnik</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talks on Power-Sharing Resume in Northern Ireland]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54307-2004Sep1.html?nav=rss_world/issues/northernireland</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54307-2004Sep1.html?nav=rss_world/issues/northernireland</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:04:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  BELFAST, Sept. 1 -- Ten years after the Irish Republican Army's momentous cease-fire, negotiations resumed Wednesday in hopes of reviving a Catholic-Protestant administration, an elusive goal of Northern Ireland's hard-fought peace process.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[IRA Suspects Acquitted of Aiding Rebels In Colombia]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44669-2004Apr26.html?nav=rss_world/issues/northernireland</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44669-2004Apr26.html?nav=rss_world/issues/northernireland</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:04:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Three suspected IRA members arrested after visiting a rebel haven in 2001 were acquitted Monday of charges they trained Colombian insurgents but were convicted of traveling on false passports and identity documents.]]></description><author></author></item></channel></rss>