Daniel_Cheung
02-01-2010, 07:39 PM
New NIreland pact elusive, dashing premiers' hopes
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100201/ap_on_re_eu/eu_northern_ireland
Northern Ireland's major Protestant party unexpectedly withheld support Monday for a painstakingly negotiated deal with its Catholic partners to save their 2 1/2-year-old administration.
The surprise setback upset plans by the British and Irish prime ministers, Gordon Brown and Brian Cowen, to travel to Northern Ireland to unveil what would have been a breakthrough in their efforts to sustain power-sharing, the central goal of the territory's 1998 peace accord.
All sides said a successful conclusion remained possible Tuesday....
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100201/ap_on_re_eu/eu_northern_ireland
Northern Ireland's major Protestant party unexpectedly withheld support Monday for a painstakingly negotiated deal with its Catholic partners to save their 2 1/2-year-old administration.
The surprise setback upset plans by the British and Irish prime ministers, Gordon Brown and Brian Cowen, to travel to Northern Ireland to unveil what would have been a breakthrough in their efforts to sustain power-sharing, the central goal of the territory's 1998 peace accord.
All sides said a successful conclusion remained possible Tuesday....