BELFAST, Northern Ireland British Prime Minister Tony Blair andIrish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, struggling against a Fridaydeadline and 30 years of sectarian war in Northern Ireland, attemptedon Wednesday to salvage the year-old agreement establishingProtestant-Catholic self-government in the British province.
Blair and Ahern flew Wednesday night to Hillsborough Castle nearBelfast to press the main parties to the power-sharing agreementtoward a compromise on a critical step in its implementation: thesurrender of weapons and explosives held by the Irish RepublicanArmy.
The April 11, 1998, peace deal calls for the demilitarization ofthe IRA and other …
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