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Around 3,600 people were killed before the 1998 peace agreement between pro-Ireland Catholic nationalists and pro-British Protestant unionists.
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Mayor Nutter’s budget address was shouted down by unionists in 2013.
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The constitutional assembly will be made up an array of pro-government trade unionists, students and even representatives of Venezuelans with physical disabilities.
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The constitutional assembly will be made up an array of pro-government trade unionists, students and even representatives of Venezuelans with physical disabilities.
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Opposition parties, unionists, analysts, and even average citizens who dared to contradict the official party line on everything from the Palestinians to bread prices were banned.
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The Democratic Unionists have agreed to support the Tories on key votes.
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THE DEMOCRATIC UNIONISTS ARE BIGGEST PARTY IN NORTHERN IRELAND The Democratic Unionist Party is a pro-British, largely Protestant party that wants Northern Ireland to remain part of the United Kingdom.
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Under the terms of the deal, both sides of the political divide — the predominantly Protestant unionists and the mainly Catholic nationalists republicans — hold equal positions in power.
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