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WORLD NEWSFriday 11 September 2015 plan to dump trash

Northern Ireland government shaken amid impasse BEIRUT (AP) — Dozens of
northern Lebanon residents
GREGORY KATZ and may ultimately be sus- the involvement of the IRA ments and that he will seek rallied Thursday against
Associated Press pended, leading to a res- in murder, the continued a solution. government plans to deal
LONDON (AP) — The future toration of direct British rule existence of IRA structures, The unlikely coalition of with Beirut’s mounting trash
of the Catholic-Protestant from Westminster. and the arrests that fol- former enemies, formed in crisis by opening a new
power-sharing government The crisis stems in large part lowed has pushed devolu- 2007 after earlier govern- landfill in their region.
ments were suspended, Those living near an old,
Sinn Fein party leader Gerry Adams, right, and Martin McGuinness speak to the media at Parlia- has lasted for eight years, closed landfill in the north
ment Buildings, Stormont, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015. A political crisis at longer than many had ex- also protested, rejecting
Stormont has developed over the recent murder of Kevin McGuigan, the status of the IRA, and the pected. government plans to tem-
viability of the Catholic-Protestant power-sharing government. But it hasn’t functioned fully porarily reopen it to imme-
for the past year, with Cath- diately get rid of hundreds
(AP Photo/Peter Morrison) olic-based parties blocking of tons of trash that has
budget plans because too piled in the streets of Beirut
in Northern Ireland is hang- from a police finding that tion to the brink.” many British-ordered wel- over the last seven weeks.
ing by a slender thread that Irish Republic Army dis- fare cuts were involved. The pushback from resi-
with First Minister Peter Rob- sidents were involved in last He said he was leaving Fos- There had been four earlier dents and local officials
inson’s decision Thursday month’s killing of former IRA suspensions of the Northern outside Beirut is the latest
to step down, along with member Kevin McGuigan, ter in place as a gatekeep- Ireland government since in the near-daily protests
all but one of his ministers, a development that Rob- the 1998 peace agree- against government inef-
because of a series of dis- inson said raised serious er to prevent other parties ment was reached after ficiency amid the trash cri-
putes. doubts about the future of years of delicate negotia- sis that have engulfed the
Democratic Unionist leader the coalition government from taking advantage of tions that followed the IRA’s Lebanese capital and fur-
Robinson left one party fig- that is a prime achieve- declaration of a cease-fire. ther compounded anger
ure, Arlene Foster, in place ment of the 1998 peace the situation in what may If direct rule from Britain is against long-serving politi-
as temporary first minister agreement. imposed again, cians who have dominat-
and finance minister, but Robinson said “business be the final days of the it would mark the first time ed the country since the
the coalition government as usual” is impossible be- since 2007 that decisions civil war ended in 1990.
has been seriously weak- cause of “the assessment power-sharing govern- would be made in London, Over the last month, the
ened by developments of the chief constable of not Northern Ireland. trash crisis ignited the larg-
ment. Sinn Fein President Gerry est Lebanese protests in
Adams called for more years and emerged as
Robinson said crisis talks talks so that the govern- a festering symbol of the
ment could continue to government’s paralysis
with the government will operate. and failure to provide ba-
He spoke before Robinson sic services. It was sparked
continue. stepped down, but after after authorities closed Bei-
several parties including rut’s main landfill on July 17
Downing Street officials Sinn Fein had voted against and failed to provide an al-
Robinson’s request that the ternative. Activists capital-
said Prime Minister David government be suspended ized on the issue to move
to give delicate negotia- beyond just the trash, rally-
Cameron is “gravely con- tions a chance to bear fruit. ing support around govern-
Several prominent figures ment corruption and de-
cerned” by the develop- have been arrested as part manding officials be held
of the murder investigation accountable for years of
in recent days, corruption. They also called
including Sinn Fein region- for parliamentary elections,
al chairman Bobby Storey. which were last held in
They remain in custody but Lebanon in 2009. After an
have not been charged. q emergency session held
late into Wednesday night
Syria: as thousands of protesters
rallied outside government
Islamic State militants advance on key military base offices in downtown Bei-
rut, authorities announced
SARAH EL DEEB The Observatory, which re- tary air base, after two Deir el-Zour province, has they would start two new
Associated Press lies on local activists, said suicide bombings that tar- been trying to take over landfills, including one in
BEIRUT (AP) — Islamic State at least 36 militants were geted soldiers guarding the the base since late last the northern district of Ak-
militants have launched killed in the clashes, includ- area. Aamaq said dozens year. If captured, it would kar. They also said they will
a new push on a key mili- ing a child who was one of soldiers were killed in the eliminate the last major reopen the old landfill there
tary base in eastern Syria of two suicide bombers attack. The government, government presence in for a week, to immediately
and seized a nearby mis- who opened the way for however, said it foiled an the province. get rid of tons of trash.
sile facility, the group’s me- the group’s advance to- “infiltration attempt” by the Syria’s government lost its Lucien Bourjeili, an activist
dia and activists reported ward the missile facility. The group and inflicted heavy last remaining army base in with the You Stink move-
Thursday. group said the government losses on them. The official the northwestern Idlib prov- ment that started the Bei-
The Britain-based Syrian Ob- responded with airstrikes. news agency said IS fight- ince on Wednesday to al- rut street protests, said his
servatory for Human Rights The pro-IS Aamaq media ers tried to sneak into the Qaida’s Syrian affiliate and group is studying the gov-
confirmed the capture of outlet says the group cap- air base after detonating allied insurgents. ernment proposal before
the facility and said intense tured the site of a rocket five explosives-packed ve- Activist Hadi Abdullah, who deciding what to do next.
clashes with government battalion overnight, about hicles at the eastern part of has been in touch with the q
forces continued near the a mile (kilometer) away the facility. rebels, said 60 government
Deir el-Zour military base. from the Deir el-Zour mili- IS, which controls much of soldiers were captured. q