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From forward march to retreat

Article Abstract:

The deaths in an arson attack in Ballymoney, Northern Ireland, of three small boys from a mixed marriage between a Catholic mother and a Protestant father presented significant challenges for Northern Ireland's Protestant Orange Order. The Orange Order had been seeking the right to hold its annual march along the Catholic Garvaghy Road in Drumcree, Northern Ireland, but the murders made it clear that the Orange Order could no longer control the protest. The Orange Order was also shown to be wrong in its assumption that seeking the right to march would force UK Prime Minister Tony Blair to renegotiate the peace deal.

International Affairs, Civil Conflict, Civil war

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The Protestant retreat

Article Abstract:

The violent protests against Catholic schoolgirls walking to school in the Ardoyne area of Belfast, Northern Ireland, underlines the way in which Protestants in the area are losing economic and political control. Wealthier Protestants have left the area, with well-off Catholics taking their places.

Social aspects, Belfast, Northern Ireland

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Crisis control

Article Abstract:

The new government of Northern Ireland has resumed its work, though there are a number of divisive isues that have to be resolved, such as reform of the police.

Police, Police officers

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