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Article: Northern Ireland invites IRA's Sinn Fein into talks on its future.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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- August 29, 1997
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LONDON _ The British government Friday formally invited the IRA's political wing, Sinn Fein, to join peace negotiations on Northern Ireland.
The historic gesture, while anticipated for several weeks, marked a significant moment in the long search for an end to bloodshed in the troubled province.
For the first time ever, the vehemently anti-British Sinn Fein, allied with the violent and outlawed Irish Republican Army, will be allowed to sit as an equal player at a negotiating table with the British government, the Irish government and other Northern Ireland political parties attempting to reach an agreement ending decades of warfare between the ...