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COMMENTS: Do Not Tear Down This Wall
Only NBC assigned a reporter to the swearing-in ceremonies of the new government of Northern Ireland--ABC and CBS both mentioned it passing. Ned Colt saw "broad smiles among once bitter enemies, as hardline protestant cleric Ian Paisley and former IRA member Martin McGuinness cemented the deal." Colt contrasted the positives--a construction boom, rising home prices, unarmored police on bicycles--with remaining "signs of divisiveness." In Belfast, Protestant and Catholic neighborhoods are still separated by a ten mile wall. "While a few gates have been installed, no one here is quite ready to tear the wall down."
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