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	Northern Ireland Assembly debates: House of Commons, House of Lords, and Northern Ireland Assembly (TheyWorkForYou.com)
		Northern Ireland Assembly debates: House of Commons, House of Lords, and Northern Ireland Assembly (TheyWorkForYou.com)
		House of Commons, House of Lords, and Northern Ireland Assembly
		The Northern Ireland Assembly was suspended on the 14th of October 2002, and remained suspended until 8th May 2007.
	www.theyworkforyou.com /ni (146 words)

	Northern Ireland Assembly - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The logo of the Northern Ireland Assembly is a six flowered linen or flax plant, chosen for the plant's historical economic importance to the region.
		This Northern Ireland parliament was abolished by the United Kingdom Parliament at Westminister in 1972 when it proved unable to control the escalating civil strife associated with the beginning of the Troubles.
		Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly begin with the enacting formula: "BE IT ENACTED by being passed by the Northern Ireland Assembly and assented to by Her Majesty as follows:".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly (2095 words)

	Northern Ireland Assembly Election, 2003 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The second elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly, which at the time of the elections had been suspended for just over a year, were held on Thursday, November 26, 2003.
		Six members were elected by Single Transferable Vote from each of Northern Ireland's eighteen Westminster Parliamentary constituencies, giving a total of 108 MLAs, or Members of the Legislative Assembly.
		The Alliance Party managed to hold all six of its seats despite their vote almost halving, the Women's Coalition and Northern Ireland Unionist Party were wiped out, and the Progressive Unionist Party and UK Unionist Party had just one seat each.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly_Election,_2003 (350 words)

	Ireland, Northern. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Northern Ireland’s relatively distinct history began in the early 17th cent., when, after the suppression of an Irish rebellion, much land was confiscated by the British crown and “planted” with Scottish and English settlers.
		However, the Irish Free State, now the Republic of Ireland (see Ireland, Republic of), which was established in 1922, refused to recognize the finality of the partition; and violence erupted frequently on both sides of the border.
		An assembly formed in 1982 to propose plans for strengthening legislative and executive autonomy in Northern Ireland was dissolved in 1986 for its lack of progress.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ir/IrelandN.html (1407 words)

	cbs2chicago.com - Bomb Threat Empties Northern Ireland Assembly
		Blair's government minister for Northern Ireland, Peter Hain, provoked guffaws of disbelief in the Assembly when he declared, in a statement issued through Speaker Eileen Bell, that he considered Paisley's refusal to accept office as a sufficient "indication" that he eventually would.
		Hours later, police commander Hugh Orde stunned Northern Ireland by announcing that it wasn't just a stunt: Stone's bag contained six to eight pipe bombs, although he couldn't confirm whether the handgun was in working order.
		Stone was responsible for one of Northern Ireland's most horrific and audacious attacks: a March 16, 1988, gun-and-grenade strike on an IRA funeral.
	cbs2chicago.com /national/topstories_story_328165437.html (1012 words)

	Parlianet - Northern Ireland Assembly
		The New Northern Ireland Assembly was established as part of the Belfast Agreement reached at the multi-party negotiations on Friday 10th April, know as the “Good Friday Agreement”, which established the idea of “parity of esteem”.
		A referendum was held on 22nd May 1998 and produced a majority in favour of the Belfast agreement, the New Northern Ireland Assembly was constituted under the Northern Ireland (Elections) Act 1998.
		The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland suspended the Northern Ireland Assembly and the Executive with effect from midnight on 14th October 2002, amid allegations of Unionist foot dragging and IRA intelligence gathering.
	www.parlianet.com /addservices/niassembly.asp (673 words)

	Northern Ireland
		Northern Ireland is composed of 26 districts, derived from the boroughs of Belfast and Londonderry and the counties of Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry, and Tyrone.
		Northern Ireland is an integral part of the United Kingdom (it has 12 representatives in the British House of Commons), but under the terms of the Government of Ireland Act in 1920, it had a semiautonomous government.
		The goal of the IRA was to eject the British and unify Northern Ireland with the Irish Republic to the south.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0108101.html (1859 words)

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		Northern Ireland is the second most sparsely populated part of the UK after Scotland, with 317 people per square mile (122 per square kilometre).
		Northern Ireland has a very different class distribution to the UK, with a larger number in unskilled and skilled manual occupations.
		His central premise is that Northern Ireland should become more British and remain part of the UK simply because the majority of its citizens want it that way.
	www.preachtoreach.com /northern_ireland_facts_and_figur.htm (4136 words)

	Close Up Foundation Civics Education \| Northern Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The whole of Ireland was governed by the British from the seventeenth to the early twentieth century, during which time the British encouraged Protestant settlement in the northeastern corner of the predominantly Catholic country.
		To the Northern Ireland Assembly in Belfast, September 3, 1998.
		Northern Ireland Office (Office of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland).
	www.closeup.org /nireland.htm (6245 words)

	CNN Specials - Northern Ireland
		The Government of Ireland Act of 1920 recognised this de facto religious division by splitting the country into two separate political units, a predominantly Catholic south and a predominantly Protestant north.
		It is this political division, compounding centuries of religious animosity, that lies at the heart of the Northern Ireland conflict.
		It created a 108-member Assembly and 14-member executive body in which both Catholic and Protestant political representatives sit together in government, only the second time such power-sharing has occurred since 1920 (the first was the short-lived Sunningdale Agreement of 1973-74).
	www.cnn.com /SPECIALS/2000/n.ireland/overview.html (1060 words)

	Power devolved to Northern Ireland Assembly
		More than 25 years of direct rule of Northern Ireland by the British government ended yesterday when the Queen gave her assent to the bill devolving power to the Northern Ireland Assembly.
		Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Mandelson and the Irish Republic's Foreign Affairs Minister both signed the commencement orders for the new British-Irish Agreement.
		This means contentious matters need the vote of 60 percent of all Assembly members present in the chamber, including at least 40 percent of those present and registered as unionists and nationalists, respectively.
	www.wsws.org /articles/1999/dec1999/ire-d03.shtml (872 words)

	Northern Ireland Assembly elections: Launching a socialist challenge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Jim Barbour, who represents Northern Ireland's fire fighters on the Executive of the Fire Brigades Union, is running in South Belfast.
		Jim, who is one of the best known trade unionists in Northern Ireland, has lived in South Belfast almost all his life and has been active in the trade union movement for 20 years.
		They will donate the rest of their Assembly salary to the socialist, trade union and community movements, including the campaign to defeat the water charges in which both are heavily involved.
	www.socialistworld.net /eng/2003/11/12niae.html (1284 words)

	Assembly Elections 2003
		Sinn Féin president, Mr Gerry Adams, and the DUP's Mr Nigel Dodds, during a radio interview at the Northern Ireland Assembly election count in the King's Hall, Belfast yesterday.
		Irish Government view: The Government could be prepared to concede significant changes to the operation of the Northern Ireland Assembly and Executive to broker a deal with the Democratic Unionist Party after its election victory, the Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, has indicated.
		Northern Ireland Office meetings: The Northern Secretary, Mr Paul Murphy, said the Belfast Agreement will remain "fundamentally unchanged" because the majority of the electorate supported it.
	www.ireland.com /focus/nielection (247 words)

	Northern Ireland Assembly election 2003
		In November 2003, elections were held for Northern Ireland’s devolved assembly at Stormont.
		Using proportional representation, the people of Northern Ireland will have an assembly (should it ever sit as the DUP have already refused to sit with Sinn Fein) that represents their beliefs in a far more representative way than FPTP.
		Without the largest Protestant party, that would seem unlikely, as any decision that was taken by an assembly that lacked the DUP would be devoid credibility in the eyes of the Protestant community in Northern Ireland.
	www.historylearningsite.co.uk /northern_ireland_assembly_electi.htm (592 words)

	Online NewsHour: The Northern Ireland Assembly Background (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Northern Ireland Assembly, the first democratically elected representative body in the 80-year history of the region, faces an array of obstacles as it struggles to bring a political peace to decades of violence.
		The fate of the 108-member Northern Ireland Assembly, the first democratically elected coalition government since Northern Ireland’s inception in 1921, hangs in the balance.
		The Northern Ireland Assembly controls six key areas of domestic policy: agriculture, economic development, education, environment, finance and personnel, and health and human services.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/europe/northern_ireland/background.html (492 words)

	CAIN: Issues: Politics: Government in Northern Ireland
		Following another crisis in the peace process the institutions of the devolved government were suspended by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (then Peter Mandelson) at midnight Friday 11 February 2000.
		The Northern Ireland Assembly elected an Executive Committee which is the equivalent of the British Cabinet.
		The British-Irish Council is made up of representatives of: the British government, the Irish government, the Northern Ireland Assembly, the Welsh Assembly, the Scottish Parliament, and the institutions of the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.
	cain.ulst.ac.uk /issues/politics/government.htm (717 words)

	The Northern Irish Conflict: A Chronology
		The history of Northern Ireland can be traced back to the 17th century, when the English finally succeeded in subduing the island after successfully putting down a number of rebellions.
		In a dual referendum held on May 22, 1998, Northern Ireland approved the accord by a vote of 71% to 29%, and the Irish Republic by a vote of 94%.
		International recognition and support for peace in Northern Ireland came on Oct. 16, 1998, when the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded jointly to John Hume and David Trimble, the leaders of the largest Catholic and Protestant political parties, respectively, in Northern Ireland.
	www.factmonster.com /spot/northireland1.html (3044 words)

	Northern Ireland Assembly - Politics.ie
		The Northern Ireland Assembly was established as part of the Belfast Agreement and meets in Parliament Buildings at Stormont.
		It led to the creation of a series of interrelated bodies, in particular the Northern Ireland Assembly, which has full legislative and executive authority for all matters that are the responsibility of the Northern Ireland Government Departments and are known as transferred matters.
		The Northern Ireland Assembly consists of 108 elected Members MLA - six from each of the 18 Westminster constituencies.
	www.politics.ie /wiki/index.php?title=Northern_Ireland_Assembly (652 words)

	About My Vote - Northern Ireland Assembly
		Due to ongoing difficulties with the peace process, the Northern Ireland Assembly was suspended in October 2002.
		The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (a UK Government Minister) assumed responsibility for the powers of the Assembly.
		When you vote in an election for the Northern Ireland Assembly you will be given a ballot paper listing the candidates competing for the six seats in your constituency.
	www.aboutmyvote.co.uk /DemoInst/NIAss.cfm (483 words)

	The Northern Ireland Assembly
		The 108 members of the Assembly were elected in June 1998, although political wrangling prevented it from taking up the reins of power until November 1999, and it only ran for 3 months before more political wrangling caused it to be suspended again.
		The Northern Ireland Assembly was first agreed upon as part of the Good Friday Agreement, which was ratified by the political parties on 10 April 1998.
		At 17:40 on 11 February 2000 the Executive and Assembly were suspended by the UK government (read about this) due to the failure of the IRA to begin decommissioning.
	www.fortunecity.com /bally/sligo/93/today/assembly.html (1051 words)

	Northern Ireland Assembly - Home Page
		The Assembly is the prime source of authority for all devolved responsibilities and has full legislative and executive authority.
		The Northern Ireland Assembly, elected on the 26 November 2003, was dissolved on 30 January 2007.
		The Northern Ireland Assembly was suspended on the 14 October 2002.
	www.niassembly.gov.uk (194 words)

	Catholic World News : Northern Ireland Assembly Opposes Extension Of Abortion Act
		Abortion law in Northern Ireland is governed by the 1861 Offenses Against the Person Act, a 1939 court case, and the 1945 Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Act.
		Wells said that the law in Northern Ireland only allowed abortion where the pregnancy would lead to serious medical or psychological problems which would endanger the mother's life, the mother was mentally subnormal, there was proven contact with German measles or there was a substantial genetic risk of having a mentally-handicapped child.
		Betty Gibson, chairman of SPUC Northern Ireland, said: "The overwhelming rejection of liberal abortion by the Assembly sends a clear message to the pro-abortionists in the House of Commons and in Belfast-based bodies such as the Human Rights Commission.
	www.cwnews.com /news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=13258 (931 words)

	Britain and Northern Ireland from BritainUSA: home page
		Following a break down of trust between the local parties in Government The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland suspended the Northern Ireland Assembly and the Executive with effect from midnight on 14 October, 2002.
		The Assembly was suspended on 14 October 2002 and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Paul Murphy, assumed responsibility for the direction of its departments.
		The New Northern Ireland Assembly was established as part of the Belfast Agreement reached at the multi-party negotiations on Friday 10 April 1998, now commonly referred to as the 'Good Friday Agreement'.
	www.britainusa.com /nireland (814 words)

	CNN.com - Unionist demands unification vote - March 9, 2002
		He said he was confident the poll would result in Northern Ireland remaining part of the United Kingdom and force Republicans to end calls for separation.
		He argued the current status in Northern Ireland gave "the right balance of Britishness and Irishness" to its people and was the best prospect socially, politically, and economically.
		Trimble was also responding to recent claims by Republican leaders that a united Ireland was inevitable in the medium term given increases in the population of Northern Ireland's Roman Catholic minority.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/europe/03/09/nire.vote (571 words)

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