The Northern Ireland peace process passed another milestone this week when the Belfast Assembly voted by a large majority to approve the transfer of policing and justice powers from London.

本周贝尔法斯特议会以绝对多数票通过，将警务和司法权从伦敦移交北爱尔兰，北爱和平进程又迈过了一道里程碑。

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The Northern Ireland Assembly voted for a plan to devolve policing and justice powers to Belfast.

北爱尔兰议会就下放治安和司法权力给贝尔法斯特进行投票。

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October 20th, 1910, the hull of the RMS Olympic, sister-ship to the ill-fated RMS Titanic, is launched from the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland.

1910年的10月20日，命运多桀的皇家邮轮“泰坦尼克”号的姊妹号“奥林匹克”号从爱尔兰贝尔法斯特的哈兰德和沃尔夫船厂出厂。

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Belfast, Northern Ireland (CNN) -- A policewoman narrowly escaped injury when a petrol bomb was thrown at a police car in Belfast, police said, as tensions in Northern Ireland prompted by a vote on the flying of the Union flag continue to simmer.

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Shane accepts that Belfast is Northern Ireland's key economic driver, but says government must redress what he calls "the rural imbalance".

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