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- John Hume, the Nobel Peace Prize Winner and a prominent Northern Ireland politician passed away.
- Mr. Hume had played a major role in the peace talks which ultimately led to the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.
- The Good Friday Agreement or Belfast Agreement is a pair of agreements signed on April 10, 1998.
- It led to the end of most of the violence of troubles, which was a political conflict in Northern Ireland that had been going on since the 1960s.
- The present devolved system of government in Northern Ireland is based on this agreement.
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