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The end of an era
A BBC News report from the opening of the Northern Ireland Assembly at Stormont in 2007. Martin McGuinness from Sinn Fein and Ian Paisley from the DUP agreed to form a government together, putting 40 years of the Northern Ireland troubles behind them. The clip features some of their speeches, a meeting with British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern and all four men shaking hands.
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