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Tue 04 Apr 2003Governments urge parties to accept peace dealNorthern Ireland must consign paramilitarism to the past, the leaders of the US, British and Irish governments said today.In a joint statement issued during talks in Northern Ireland on the peace process, US President George W Bush, British Prime Minister Tony Blair and the Taoiseach urged parties to accept Dublin and London's proposals this week for moving the Belfast Agreement forward.