Clintons urge politicians towards devolution

FORMER US President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary met Northern Ireland politicians yesterday in Belfast, urging them to work for lasting devolution at talks next month.

Mrs Clinton, the senator for New York, also took part in a conference of women’s leaders in Belfast before delivering a lecture at the University of Ulster’s Magee College in Derry.

Mr Clinton brought Belfast city centre to a standstill yesterday at a book signing of his autobiography, My Life.