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IRISH PEACE PACT CLEARS CRUCIAL HURDLE

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From: The Columbian
Date: 19980419
Author:ROBERT BARR

ROBERT BARR
The Columbian
04-19-1998
BELFAST, Northern Ireland - Faced with fierce internal dissent, Northern Ireland's main Protestant party approved the peace agreement Saturday, and its leader challenged the Irish Republican Army to disavow violence once and for all.
David Trimble, head of the Ulster Unionist Party, won backing from 72 percent of the party's governing council after a week of vehement protests from dissenting members and from rival Protestant-based parties.
It was a crucial moment in Northern Ireland's peace process. If he had lost the vote, Trimble said afterward, ...

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