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Like Ireland - Like Iraq

by Mac McMullen May 14, 2006 11:09PM PDT

It?s taken eight years in Ireland, and it?s still not a done deal, and there are only two factions involved. In Iraq there are how many factions? It seems religion and it?s followers is the ?excuse? in both countries.

BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- Northern Ireland's legislature, shut down for more than three years, sprang back to life Monday as a first step toward forming a Roman Catholic-Protestant administration, the elusive goal of the Good Friday peace accord eight years ago.

But assembly members took their seats inside the Stormont Parliamentary Building for barely an hour before adjourning for the day. The crucial vote to elect a cross-community coalition was scheduled for next Monday _ and nobody expects it to succeed.

Full story: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/15/AR2006051500354.html

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