Protestant leader, former IRA chief governing Northern Ireland together

Wednesday, May 9, 2007

BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- Bitter enemies from Northern Ireland's bloody past joined forces Tuesday atop a new Northern Ireland government, a once-unimaginable achievement that both sides pledged would consign decades of death and destruction to history.

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