Nireland Head Steps Down After Wife’s Teen Affair (ap)

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Arlene Foster, acting Northern Ireland First Minister, speaks to the media at Parliament Buildings, Stormont, Northern Ireland, Monday, Jan. 11, 2010. Northern Ireland's Protestant leader temporarily stepped down Monday, forced out of office by a torrid scandal over his wife's affair with a teenager. Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson had been under pressure since it was revealed that his wife Iris had a 19-year-old lover whom she helped raise tens of thousands of pounds (dollars) for his business. She was 58 at the time. (AP Photo / Peter Morrison)AP – The peace process faces a new challenge as Northern Ireland’s leader was forced to step down — at least temporarily — amid outrage following revelations of his wife’s affair with a teenager.

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