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| Belfast marchers held back by riot police | Belfast marchers held back by riot police |
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| A standoff is developing on Belfast's Crumlin Road with a controversial loyalist march past the nationalist Ardoyne area held back by police lines. | A standoff is developing on Belfast's Crumlin Road with a controversial loyalist march past the nationalist Ardoyne area held back by police lines. |
| The atmosphere was tense as police commanders negotiated with loyalists to reduce the numbers of marchers. | The atmosphere was tense as police commanders negotiated with loyalists to reduce the numbers of marchers. |
| Two lines of riot squad officers – who vastly outnumber the demonstrators – have been deployed across the road to contain the parade. | Two lines of riot squad officers – who vastly outnumber the demonstrators – have been deployed across the road to contain the parade. |
| Meanwhile, police confronted a small republican counter-demonstration nearby. One woman there held a banner that read: "So much for your land of equals!" Another depicting riot police attacking protesters read: "1969 Old Stormont, 2012 New Stormont. Nothing has changed!" | Meanwhile, police confronted a small republican counter-demonstration nearby. One woman there held a banner that read: "So much for your land of equals!" Another depicting riot police attacking protesters read: "1969 Old Stormont, 2012 New Stormont. Nothing has changed!" |
| On Thursday, the Northern Ireland secretary, Theresa Villiers, insisted she had no powers to overturn a ruling that bans Orangemen and their supporters from returning past the flashpoint in Belfast. | On Thursday, the Northern Ireland secretary, Theresa Villiers, insisted she had no powers to overturn a ruling that bans Orangemen and their supporters from returning past the flashpoint in Belfast. |
| The body that adjudicates on controversial parades in the province, the Parades Commission, has ruled that a feeder parade from Ligoniel past the nationalist Ardoyne area cannot return by the same route after the main 12 July celebrations in the city to commemorate William of Orange's victory at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. | The body that adjudicates on controversial parades in the province, the Parades Commission, has ruled that a feeder parade from Ligoniel past the nationalist Ardoyne area cannot return by the same route after the main 12 July celebrations in the city to commemorate William of Orange's victory at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. |
| The secretary of state said she could only intervene if Matt Baggott, chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, requested her to do so, which appeared unlikely at this stage. | The secretary of state said she could only intervene if Matt Baggott, chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, requested her to do so, which appeared unlikely at this stage. |
| The commission's decision came under fire from the Orange Order and loyalists who were considering how to react to the ruling. | The commission's decision came under fire from the Orange Order and loyalists who were considering how to react to the ruling. |
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