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May 2007: Paisley and his deputy first minister, Martin McGuinness, are all smiles after being sworn in as ministers of the Northern Ireland assembly

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July 2007: Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, deputy first minister Martin McGuinness, Paisley and prime minister Gordon Brown shake hands

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1967:

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August 1969:

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August 1971

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1986:

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November 2003: Paisley grabs Ulster television interviewer Ivan Little during a TV interview

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November 2003

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October 2006

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March 2007

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March 2007: Ian Paisley Jnr with his father the Rev Ian Paisley, DUP candidate Mervyn Storey, and Eileen Paisley

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April 2007: Paisley shakes the hand of Irish taoiseach Bertie Ahern for the first time

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May 2007: Tony Blair and Paisley share a joke

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May 2007: Paisley and his wife, Eileen, arrive at Stormont before he is sworn in as first minister