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Deal closer after Paisley says 'now or never' on arms issue

The possibility of a political breakthrough in Northern Ireland by next Tuesday was being talked up last night after the Rev Ian Paisley told the IRA it was “now or never” for it to be rid of its weapons. The leader of the Democratic Unionist Party was on tantalising form after talks with the British Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair, at Downing Street yesterday, insisting the issue of IRA decommissioning had not yet been resolved to his satisfaction, while signalling he would like to go down in history as “a man of peace”.Full Story