LONDON, July 28, 2008 (AFP) - The threat from dissident Irish republicans in Northern Ireland is at its highest point in nearly six years, the troubled British province's top police officer said in an interview published Monday.

LONDON, July 12, 2008 (AFP) - Thousands of people were Saturday attending a day of marches which was a symbol of sectarian tensions in Northern Ireland but has since been rebranded as a family-friendly pageant.

BAGHDAD, July 6, 2008 (AFP) - Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has praised reconciliation efforts between Sunni and Shiite factions in Iraq, a statement from the presidential council said on Sunday.

BELFAST, June 27, 2008 (AFP) - A judge in Belfast on Friday acquitted a man charged with murdering a father-of-two outside a Belfast bar, whose death sparked a high-profile campaign by his sisters.

BELFAST, June 5, 2008 (AFP) - Peter Robinson took over as Northern Ireland's new First Minister Thursday, vowing to heal continued rifts in the British province to create a better future.

BELFAST, June 5, 2008 (AFP) - The Northern Ireland Assembly on Thursday officially nominated Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Peter Robinson as First Minister of the British province.

The 59-year-old, a Protestant, takes over from 82-year-old Ian Paisley, a firebrand preacher who has led the assembly in Belfast since it resumed business in its current form last year.

BELFAST, June 5, 2008 (AFP) - Peter Robinson was to be nominated First Minister of Northern Ireland on Thursday after the British province's leading Protestant and Catholic parties reached agreement to salvage power-sharing.

BELFAST, June 4, 2008 (AFP) - Northern Ireland's two biggest Catholic and Protestant political parties reached agreement Wednesday to salvage power-sharing in the British province.

As part of the deal, newly-elected Democratic Unionist Party leader Peter Robinson will be nominated as First Minister, while Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness will remain Deputy First Minister.

BELFAST, June 4, 2008 (AFP) - Northern Ireland's two biggest Catholic and Protestant political parties reached agreement Wednesday to salvage power-sharing in the British province.

As part of the deal, newly-elected Democratic Unionist Party leader Peter Robinson will be nominated as First Minister, while Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness will remain as Deputy First Minister.

BELFAST, June 4, 2008 (AFP) - Leading figures in Northern Ireland's two biggest Protestant and Catholic parties said Wednesday they were confident of resolving a threat to the power-sharing government before its new head is sworn in.