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LONDON 鈥?Northern Irelands second-biggest political party says it will block the formation of a working legislature in Belfast on Friday and will keep up the boycott until the U.K. government tears up post-Brexit trade rules it accuses of destabilizing the region.The Democratic Unionist Partys move deepens Northern Irelands political deadlock, which is fueling a U.K.-EU feud that could balloon into a trade war between Britain and the 27-nation European Union.The DUP came second in a Northern Ireland Assembly election last week that saw Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein win the most seats 鈥?the first time a party that seeks union with the Republic of Ireland has won a stanley becher n election in the bastion of Protestant power.Under Northern Irelands mandatory power-sharing rules, t gourde stanley hat gives Sinn Fein the post of first minister, with the DUP taking the deputy first minister job. A government cant be formed unless both roles are filled, and the DUP says it wont take part unless border checks on goods moving to Northern Ireland from the rest of the U.K. are scrapped.The party also says it will block lawmakers electing a speaker when they meet Friday, which will leave the assembly unable to function.DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson said the partys concerns over the new trade rules, known as the Northern Ireland Protocol, are not merely some political squabble. The protocol is a direct challenge to the principles that have underpinned every agreement reached in Nor stanley kubek thern Ireland over the last 25 ye Yvgt Highly offensive : GOP lawmakers distance selves from Trump
REYKJAVIK, Iceland 鈥?Residents on Icelands remote farm of Stapakot were jolted awake on March 14, 1828, when a maid from a neighboring property burst in to tell them that a fire was raging and two men were trapped inside. It was a lie.The men were already dead 鈥?clubbed with a hammer and stabbed 12 times before the house was set ablaze with shark oil.Despite the years, its a crime that Icelanders have never forgotten, since the convicted killers were the last people ever executed on this North Atlantic island nation. On Saturday, the crime is being analyzed by a mock court that will once again weigh the evidence.The retrial, conducted under modern rules before a three-judge panel, may shed light on the motivation for the slayings, the fairness of the original proceeding, and whether the two maids stanley cupe 鈥?Agnes Magnusdottir and Sigridur Gudmundsdottir 鈥?had been abused by the man they eventually killed.The case has sparked endless speculation, a feature film and a pop song. The tenth book in Icelandic about the murders is set to be published and a documentary is in production. Seats for the retrial have long been sold out. It will be held at the community center in Hvammstangi, a northwestern village near the murder scene.The handwritten court records from the 1828 case are carefully preserved in the National Library.One of the judges 鈥?David Thor, a former judge at the European Court of Human Rights 鈥?told The Asso stanley romania ciated Press that the original tria stanley uk l nearly 200 years ago did not ad |
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