Calm Urged Ahead of Protestant Parade
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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