BELFAST, Northern Ireland, March 23 (UPI) -- Suspects arrested in the recent sectarian slayings in Northern Ireland should either be charged or released, a Sinn Fein leader says.

WASHINGTON, March 17 (UPI) -- Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams Tuesday warned the renewed presence of British Special Forces in Northern Ireland would escalate recent violence.

BELFAST, Northern Ireland, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Recalcitrant unionists demonstrated Wednesday against a report recommending one-time payments to victims of sectarian violence in Northern Ireland.

DUBLIN, Ireland, June 12 (UPI) -- Voters in Ireland Thursday went to the polls to decide whether to ratify the EU reform treaty, which would streamline the European Commission.

BELFAST, Northern Ireland, May 21 (UPI) -- Brian Keenan, who played a key role in the Irish Republican Army's peace negotiations, died of cancer Wednesday in Belfast.

LONDON, March 17 (UPI) -- A top official in the Tony Blair administration said the former English prime minister held secret meetings with the Irish Republican Army on peace deals.

BELFAST, Northern Ireland, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- British sources say a former Sinn Fein driver is in protective custody after being exposed as a British spy who infiltrated the party in Northern Ireland.

BELFAST, Northern Ireland, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- The Orange Order in Northern Ireland, long known for its militant anti-Catholicism, now hopes to turn its traditions into a tourist attraction.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- About 1,700 German companies are active in Iran ($7 billion in trade), where most companies are equipped with German technology. Under U.S. pressure, Germany’s three main commercial banks have closed their Tehran offices and Chancellor Angela Merkel, from the U.N. rostrum, urged a hard line against Iran’s nuclear program. But this finds little favorable echo in the Bundestag. Thus, EU sanctions would most likely be watered down to where neither Iran nor Germany would feel much pain.