Ministers here did believe - unlike their counterparts in London - that there was real substance in the IRA's last minute statement on putting weapons beyond use, even though it wasn't enough to prevent Peter Mandelson from going ahead with suspension.

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Before questioning MacDonell, defense attorney Peter Neufeld asked Judge Ito to prevent Clark from displaying the shots of Simpson wearing gloves at football games during her cross-examination of MacDonell.

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As the upper house begins its second reading of the Government of Wales Bill, Peter Hain has pledged to "fight tooth and nail" to prevent Labour manifesto commitments being "wrecked by the Lords".

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