The coffin of Gusty Spence, the founder of the pro-British Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) is prepared before being carried along the Shankill Road in West Belfast September 28, 2011. Spence, a former paramilitary leader turned peacemaker, died on September 25 at the age of 78. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton (NORTHERN IRELAND - Tags: POLITICS OBITUARY SOCIETY)

The coffin of Gusty Spence, the founder of the pro-British Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) is prepared before being carried along the Shankill Road in West Belfast September 28, 2011. Spence, a former paramilitary leader turned peacemaker, died on September 25 at the age of 78. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton (NORTHERN IRELAND - Tags: POLITICS OBITUARY SOCIETY)

The coffin of Gusty Spence, the founder of the pro-British Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) is carried along the Shankill Road in West Belfast September 28, 2011. Spence, a former paramilitary leader turned peacemaker, died on September 25 at the age of 78. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton (NORTHERN IRELAND - Tags: POLITICS OBITUARY SOCIETY)

People watch as the coffin of Gusty Spence, the founder of the pro-British Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) is carried along the Shankill Road in West Belfast September 28, 2011. Spence, a former paramilitary leader turned peacemaker, died on September 25 at the age of 78. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton (NORTHERN IRELAND - Tags: POLITICS OBITUARY SOCIETY)

The coffin of Gusty Spence, the founder of the pro-British Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) is carried along the Shankill Road in West Belfast September 28, 2011. Spence, a former paramilitary leader turned peacemaker, died on September 25 at the age of 78. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton (NORTHERN IRELAND - Tags: POLITICS OBITUARY SOCIETY)

The coffin of Gusty Spence, the founder of the pro-British Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) is carried along the Shankill Road in West Belfast September 28, 2011. Spence, a former paramilitary leader turned peacemaker, died on September 25 at the age of 78. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton (NORTHERN IRELAND - Tags: POLITICS OBITUARY SOCIETY)

Locals pass a mural showing loyalist Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) gunmen on a wall in a predominantly protestant area of east Belfast June 23, 2011. The violence in the Catholic Short Strand enclave of mainly Protestant east Belfast has come at the start of the "marching season", a time of annual parades by Protestants which has triggered violent protests by Catholics in the past. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez (NORTHERN IRELAND - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A man carries his shopping as he near a mural showing loyalist Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) gunmen on a wall in a predominantly protestant area of east Belfast June 23, 2011. The violence in the Catholic Short Strand enclave of mainly Protestant east Belfast has come at the start of the "marching season", a time of annual parades by Protestants which has triggered violent protests by Catholics in the past. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez (NORTHERN IRELAND - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Elderly women stroll past a mural showing Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) soldiers on a wall in a predominantly Protestant area of east Belfast June 23, 2011. The violence in the Catholic Short Strand enclave of mainly Protestant east Belfast has come at the start of the "marching season", a time of annual parades by Protestants which has triggered violent protests by Catholics in the past. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez (NORTHERN IRELAND - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Locals wait to cross a road near a mural showing loyalist Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) soldiers on a wall, in a predominantly Protestant area of east Belfast June 23, 2011. The violence in the Catholic Short Strand enclave of mainly Protestant east Belfast has come at the start of the "marching season", a time of annual parades by Protestants which has triggered violent protests by Catholics in the past. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez (NORTHERN IRELAND - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) leader Dawn Purvis (C) drinks a cup of tea before a news conference in Belfast, Northern Ireland, June 27, 2009. Paramilitary forces said on Saturday they had completed a major milestone in the Northern Ireland peace process by scrapping their weapons in front of independent witnesses."The leadership of the Ulster Volunteer Force and Red Hand Commando today confirms it has completed the process of rendering ordnance totally and irreversibly beyond use," said a statement read aloud to reporters in Belfast by a man who said he represented the UVF and the Red Hand Commando. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton (NORTHERN IRELAND CONFLICT CRIME LAW POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Notes prepared by the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) sit on a table before being read out to the assembled media, Belfast, Northern Ireland, June 27, 2009. Paramilitary forces said on Saturday they had completed a major milestone in the Northern Ireland peace process by scrapping their weapons in front of independent witnesses."The leadership of the Ulster Volunteer Force and Red Hand Commando today confirms it has completed the process of rendering ordnance totally and irreversibly beyond use," said a statement read aloud to reporters in Belfast by a man who said he represented the UVF and the Red Hand Commando. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton (NORTHERN IRELAND CONFLICT CRIME LAW POLITICS)

Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) leader Dawn Purvis (C), stands with political representatives of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) during a news conference in Belfast, Northern Ireland, June 27, 2009. Paramilitary forces said on Saturday they had completed a major milestone in the Northern Ireland peace process by scrapping their weapons in front of independent witnesses."The leadership of the Ulster Volunteer Force and Red Hand Commando today confirms it has completed the process of rendering ordnance totally and irreversibly beyond use," said a statement read aloud to reporters in Belfast by a man who said he represented the UVF and the Red Hand Commando. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton (NORTHERN IRELAND CONFLICT CRIME LAW POLITICS)

A man is pictured through a car windscreen walking past a loyalist mural in East Belfast, Northern Ireland, June 18, 2009. The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), a pro-British paramilitary group in Northern Ireland, may have dumped a significant amount of its weapons, the BBC reported on Thursday, without citing any sources. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton (NORTHERN IRELAND CONFLICT POLITICS)

An Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) flag flies in the village area of south Belfast, Northern Ireland, June 18, 2009. The UVF, a pro-British paramilitary group in Northern Ireland, may have dumped a significant amount of its weapons, the BBC reported on Thursday, without citing any sources. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton (NORTHERN IRELAND CONFLICT POLITICS)

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown speaks to journalists outside the Scottish Office in Edinburgh, Scotland, May 3, 2007. Brown held talks with Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain, Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) Leader Ian Paisley and Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness, on the day that the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), the most lethal of Northern Ireland's Protestant paramilitary groups, said it would put its weapons beyond reach and that it would adopt a "non-military" role. REUTERS/Toby Melville (BRITAIN)

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown (L) and Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain speak to journalists outside the Scottish Office in Edinburgh, Scotland, May 3, 2007. They held talks with Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) Leader Ian Paisley and Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness, on the day that the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), the most lethal of Northern Ireland's Protestant paramilitary groups, said it would put its weapons beyond reach and that it would adopt a "non-military" role. REUTERS/Toby Melville (BRITAIN)

Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness (R) emerges to speak to journalists outside the Scottish Office in Edinburgh, Scotland, May 3, 2007. McGuinness held talks with Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown, Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain, and Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) Leader Ian Paisley, on the day that the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), the most lethal of Northern Ireland's Protestant paramilitary groups, said it would put its weapons beyond reach and that it would adopt a "non-military" role. REUTERS/Toby Melville (BRITAIN)

A badge on Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) Leader Ian Paisley's lapel is seen as he speaks to journalists outside the Scottish Office in Edinburgh, Scotland, May 3, 2007. Paisley held talks with Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown, Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain, and Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness, on the day that the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), the most lethal of Northern Ireland's Protestant paramilitary groups, said it would put its weapons beyond reach and that it would adopt a "non-military" role. REUTERS/Toby Melville (BRITAIN)

Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) Leader Ian Paisley speaks to journalists outside the Scottish Office in Edinburgh, Scotland, May 3, 2007. Paisley held talks with Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown, Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain, and Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness, on the day that the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), the most lethal of Northern Ireland's Protestant paramilitary groups, said it would put its weapons beyond reach and that it would adopt a "non-military" role. REUTERS/Toby Melville (BRITAIN)

The hands of Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown are seen as he speaks to journalists outside the Scottish Office in Edinburgh, Scotland, May 3, 2007. Brown held talks with Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain, Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) Leader Ian Paisley and Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness, on the day that the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), the most lethal of Northern Ireland's Protestant paramilitary groups, said it would put its weapons beyond reach and that it would adopt a "non-military" role. REUTERS/Toby Melville (BRITAIN)

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown speaks to journalists outside the Scottish Office in Edinburgh, Scotland, May 3, 2007. Brown held talks with Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain, Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) Leader Ian Paisley and Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness, on the day that the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), the most lethal of Northern Ireland's Protestant paramilitary groups, said on Thursday it would put its weapons beyond reach and that it would adopt a "non-military" role. REUTERS/Toby Melville (BRITAIN)

A man strolls past a mural depicting a loyalist paramilitary group, Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), fighter holding a gun on a street corner in Shankill Road in Belfast, northern Ireland September 26, 2005. Irish nationalist guerrillas have given up the weapons that sustained their 30-year campaign, international monitors are expected to say on Monday. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

Members of the public walk past a mural depicting a fighter from loyalist paramilitary group, the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), on a street corner in Shankill Road in Belfast, northern Ireland, September 26, 2005. Irish nationalist guerrillas have given up the weapons that sustained their 30-year campaign, international monitors are expected to say on Monday. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

Members of the public stroll past a mural depicting a loyalist paramilitary group, Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), fighter holding a gun on a street corner in Shankill Road in Belfast, northern Ireland September 26, 2005. Irish nationalist guerrillas have given up the weapons that sustained their 30-year campaign, international monitors are expected to say on Monday. Pictures of the Year 2005 REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

A boy walks past an Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) mural on the Shankill Road in Belfast, northern Ireland in this September 14, 2005 file photo. Change in Northern Ireland may be so slow it appears imperceptible, but the writing is on the wall for one of the most negative of its cultural traditions - murals glorifying paramilitary violence. With the Irish Republican Army pledging to down arms against British rule and pressure mounting on pro-British paramilitaries to follow suit, the menacing paintings that for decades symbolised Northern Ireland's conflict have started to be replaced. To match feature Irish-Murals REUTERS/Jeff J Mitchell/File

An Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) mural is seen on the Shankill Road in Belfast, northern Ireland, September 14, 2005. The British government has said it considers the ceasefire of the Loyalist UVF to have collapsed following the province's worst riots in decades. REUTERS/Jeff J Mitchell JJM/ASA

A boy walks past an Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) mural on the Shankill Road in Belfast, northern Ireland, September 14, 2005. The British government has said it considers the ceasefire of the Loyalist UVF to have collapsed following the province's worst riots in decades. REUTERS/Jeff J Mitchell JJM/ASA

Masked gunmen from the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) emerge fire shots
into the air as Northern Ireland's Protestant majority celebrates the
peak of their marching season close to the midnight bonfires which mark
the Protestant holiday of July 12 in west Belfast, Northern Ireland,
July 12, 2003. As Northern Ireland approaches the peak of the volatile
marching season, there is cautious hope that a quiet summer on the
streets could help revive the stalled peace process. The 11th night and
12th of July are part of celebrations marking the victory of Protestant
King William of Orange over Catholic King James at the battle of the
Boyne in 1690. REUTERS/Paul McErlane

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Masked gunmen from the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) emerge fire shots
into the air as Northern Ireland's Protestant majority celebrates the
peak of their marching season close to the midnight bonfires which mark
the Protestant holiday of July 12 in west Belfast, Northern Ireland,
July 12, 2003. As Northern Ireland approaches the peak of the volatile
marching season, there is cautious hope that a quiet summer on the
streets could help revive the stalled peace process. The 11th night and
12th of July are part of celebrations marking the victory of Protestant
King William of Orange over Catholic King James at the battle of the
Boyne in 1690. REUTERS/Paul McErlane

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Masked gunmen from the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) emerge fire shots
into the air as Northern Ireland's Protestant majority celebrates the
peak of their marching season close to the midnight bonfires which mark
the Protestant holiday of July 12 in west Belfast, Northern Ireland,
July 12, 2003. As Northern Ireland approaches the peak of the volatile
marching season, there is cautious hope that a quiet summer on the
streets could help revive the stalled peace process. The 11th night and
12th of July are part of celebrations marking the victory of Protestant
King William of Orange over Catholic King James at the battle of the
Boyne in 1690. REUTERS/Paul McErlane

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Masked gunmen from the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) emerge fire shots
into the air as Northern Ireland's Protestant majority celebrates the
peak of their marching season close to the midnight bonfires which mark
the Protestant holiday of July 12 in west Belfast, Northern Ireland,
July 12, 2003. As Northern Ireland approaches the peak of the volatile
marching season, there is cautious hope that a quiet summer on the
streets could help revive the stalled peace process. The 11th night and
12th of July are part of celebrations marking the victory of Protestant
King William of Orange over Catholic King James at the battle of the
Boyne in 1690. REUTERS/Paul McErlane

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Masked gunmen from the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) emerge fire shots
into the air as Northern Ireland's Protestant majority celebrates the
peak of their marching season close to the midnight bonfires which mark
the Protestant holiday of July 12 in west Belfast, Northern Ireland,
July 12, 2003. As Northern Ireland approaches the peak of the volatile
marching season, there is cautious hope that a quiet summer on the
streets could help revive the stalled peace process. The 11th night and
12th of July are part of celebrations marking the victory of Protestant
King William of Orange over Catholic King James at the battle of the
Boyne in 1690. REUTERS/Paul McErlane

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Masked gunmen from the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) emerge fire shots
into the air as Northern Ireland's Protestant majority celebrates the
peak of their marching season close to the midnight bonfires which mark
the Protestant holiday of July 12 in west Belfast, Northern Ireland,
July 12, 2003. As Northern Ireland approaches the peak of the volatile
marching season, there is cautious hope that a quiet summer on the
streets could help revive the stalled peace process. The 11th night and
12th of July are part of celebrations marking the victory of Protestant
King William of Orange over Catholic King James at the battle of the
Boyne in 1690. REUTERS/Paul McErlane

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