Referring to the seizure of explosives near Hillsborough on Wednesday night, councillor Jim Rodgers said the timing greatly concerned him.

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He was accompanied by the US special envoy Richard Haass, US Consul Barbara Stephenson and Belfast Lord Mayor Jim Rodgers.

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The move opens the way for another candidate to become lord mayor - probably Jim Rodgers of the Ulster Unionist Party.

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