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Office buildings in London's Docklands, damaged in an IRA bomb blast on 9.2.96, signalling the end of the terrorist group's 18 month ceasefire. See PA story ULSTER Ceasefire. A man was due to appear at Bellmarsh Magistrates Court, London, on 19.4.97 accused of two counts of murder and conspiracy to cause an explosion in connection with the 1996 bombing. SEE PA STORY POLICE Docklands. On 18.7.97, Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams called on the leadership of the terrorist group to reinstate the cessation of action. SEE PA STORY ULSTER IRA. (Photo by David Giles - PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images)