By KIRSTY WALKER IAN Paisley and Gerry Adams could hold an unprecedented face-to- face meeting today to keep devolution hopes alive in Northern Ireland.

IAN Paisley and Gerry Adams were last night trying to hammer out a power-sharing deal in Northern Ireland.

By Shawn Pogatchnik Associated Press BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- Hard-liners raced ahead Thursday in an election to decide who will control the Northern Ireland Assembly -- and hold the key to revived power-sharing in this British territory.

The Protestant extremist who triggered a panicked evacuation of the Northern Ireland Assembly was charged Saturday with attempting to murder four people, including Sinn Fein leaders Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness.

By Shawn Pogatchnik Associated Press BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- The Northern Ireland Assembly missed another deadline for forming a government Friday, then politicians fled the building after one of the province's most infamous Protestant militants tossed a bomb-filled bag into the entrance.