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In a move that could end what has long been viewed as the primary obstacle to the full implementation of a political peace deal in Northern Ireland, the IRA has destroyed its vast arsenal of weapons, independent monitors announced Monday.

By PBS News Hour

Gerry Adams, president of the staunchly pro-Irish Sinn Fein party, called on the Irish Republican Army to being disarming in an effort to save the teetering Northern Ireland Assembly. The following is the full text of his speech.

David Trimble, the head of Northern Ireland's coalition government, resigned Sunday, saying the Irish Republican Army had backed out on a pledge to disarm.