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Article: Protestant unionists, Sinn Fein win big in Northern Ireland.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
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- March 9, 2007
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Byline: Tom Hundley
LONDON _ Rev. Ian Paisley's hard-line Protestant unionist party and its bitter rival, Sinn Fein, the Catholic nationalist party headed by Gerry Adams, were the big winners in the Northern Ireland assembly elections, with both parties picking up seats at the expense of more moderate rivals, according to official results announced Friday.
The outcome sets the stage for a groundbreaking power-sharing agreement that will force the two longtime antagonists to either form a government with each other or forfeit self-rule to London.
Paisley's Democratic Unionist Party will control 36 seats in the 108-seat Stormont Assembly, a gain ...