1.   Participants are supposed to agree on a compromise way to govern Northern Ireland by May.

2.   Negotiations aimed at finding a compromise way to govern Northern Ireland began in June at Stormont, the center of British administration in suburban east Belfast.

3.   Talks aimed at finding a compromise way to govern Northern Ireland resume next Monday in Belfast under the direction of former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell.

4.   Talks aimed at finding a compromise way to govern Northern Ireland resume next Monday in Belfast.

5.   Talks on a compromise way to govern the province also are in trouble.

6.   Talks aimed at finding a compromise way to govern Northern Ireland are due to resume next Monday in Belfast.

7.   The negotiations in Belfast are aimed at finding a compromise way to govern Northern Ireland acceptable to its British Protestant majority and Irish Catholic minority.

8.   The strife brought a halt to multiparty negotiations aimed at finding a compromise way to govern Northern Ireland acceptable to pro-British Protestants and Irish Catholics.

9.   The strife has brought a halt to multiparty negotiations aimed at finding a compromise way to govern Northern Ireland acceptable to pro-British Protestants and Irish Catholics.

10.   The violence overshadows ongoing efforts to achieve a compromise way to govern Northern Ireland acceptable to both pro-British Protestants and Irish Catholics.