Sinn Fein to discuss backing police
Sinn Fein leaders voted Friday to convene an emergency conference and confront a pivotal issue in Northern Ireland peacemaking — whether the IRA-linked party should support the police. The move followed months of stalemate with Protestant leaders, who insist they will form a power-sharing government — the central goal of the 1998 Good Friday peace accord — only if the Catholics of Sinn Fein dump their anti-police policy in the British territory. Power-sharing collapsed four years ago amid conflicts between Protestants and Sinn Fein. Full Story