Calm Urged Ahead of Protestant Parade
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From Times Wire Reports
Britain appealed for calm when thousands of Northern Ireland’s majority Protestants march today to mark the climax of annual parades celebrating centuries-old battlefield victories over Roman Catholics.
Angry Protestant politicians met Britain’s Northern Ireland Secretary Paul Murphy to protest restrictions imposed on a parade in Belfast by the Orange Order, the British province’s largest Protestant brotherhood.
Northern Ireland’s Protestants want to retain ties with London, but Catholics favor union with Ireland.
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