*Ø* Parades provoke violence yet again
"Belfast (Reuters) - A train carrying Protestant marchers to a parade has been pelted with petrol bombs as violence grips Northern Ireland's 'marching season'.
"On Monday, 25 police officers were injured in sectarian clashes surrounding a bitterly contested 'Orange' parade in Belfast ...
"Monday night's clashes broke out after Orangemen marched past the Catholic Ardoyne neighbourhood in a parade celebrating Protestant William of Orange's victory over Catholic King James II at the Battle of the Boyne on July 12, 1690.
"Protestants were angry the authorities had restricted the number of people who could march on the route while Catholics, who view the yearly parades as triumphalist and provocative, said the march should be banned altogether."
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"Belfast (Reuters) - A train carrying Protestant marchers to a parade has been pelted with petrol bombs as violence grips Northern Ireland's 'marching season'.
"On Monday, 25 police officers were injured in sectarian clashes surrounding a bitterly contested 'Orange' parade in Belfast ...
"Monday night's clashes broke out after Orangemen marched past the Catholic Ardoyne neighbourhood in a parade celebrating Protestant William of Orange's victory over Catholic King James II at the Battle of the Boyne on July 12, 1690.
"Protestants were angry the authorities had restricted the number of people who could march on the route while Catholics, who view the yearly parades as triumphalist and provocative, said the march should be banned altogether."
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