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Nine people appeared at a special sitting of Belfast magistrates court on Sunday night to face charges over rioting connected to a banned Orange Order parade in north Belfast.Nine people appeared at a special sitting of Belfast magistrates court on Sunday night to face charges over rioting connected to a banned Orange Order parade in north Belfast.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) also confirmed that so far more than 30 people had been arrested in relation to the violence on 12 July.The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) also confirmed that so far more than 30 people had been arrested in relation to the violence on 12 July.
Almost 40 officers were injured and the local MP knocked unconscious during the rioting.Almost 40 officers were injured and the local MP knocked unconscious during the rioting.
There was a new standoff on Belfast's Crumlin Road on Sunday following a protest in the Woodvale Road area against ongoing restrictions on the routes Orange marchers can take.There was a new standoff on Belfast's Crumlin Road on Sunday following a protest in the Woodvale Road area against ongoing restrictions on the routes Orange marchers can take.
Earlier Northern Ireland's first minister, Peter Robinson, went to the area and implored loyalists to end the street protests that have degenerated into 48 hours of violence.Earlier Northern Ireland's first minister, Peter Robinson, went to the area and implored loyalists to end the street protests that have degenerated into 48 hours of violence.
Robinson, the leader of the Democratic Unionist party, said: "It's very important that cool heads prevail in these circumstances and I hope people will obey the announcement and statement by the Orange Institution that people should desist from violence.Robinson, the leader of the Democratic Unionist party, said: "It's very important that cool heads prevail in these circumstances and I hope people will obey the announcement and statement by the Orange Institution that people should desist from violence.
"The only kind of protest that is ever justifiable is a lawful and peaceful protest.""The only kind of protest that is ever justifiable is a lawful and peaceful protest."
Speaking at the scene of so much disorder over the last few days, he said it "does no good" if people "simply sit back and allow this to happen time after time".Speaking at the scene of so much disorder over the last few days, he said it "does no good" if people "simply sit back and allow this to happen time after time".
But just hours after Robinson visited the area, police Land Rovers were deployed to block the top of Twaddell Avenue, a Protestant thoroughfare facing on to republican Ardoyne.But just hours after Robinson visited the area, police Land Rovers were deployed to block the top of Twaddell Avenue, a Protestant thoroughfare facing on to republican Ardoyne.
A crowd of several hundred loyalists were refusing to leave the scene, causing a tense standoff between them and the police.A crowd of several hundred loyalists were refusing to leave the scene, causing a tense standoff between them and the police.
The situation in the east of the city was similar, with police Land Rovers and officers in riot gear holding back a couple of hundred loyalists on the Albertbridge Road close to the Catholic enclave of Short Strand.The situation in the east of the city was similar, with police Land Rovers and officers in riot gear holding back a couple of hundred loyalists on the Albertbridge Road close to the Catholic enclave of Short Strand.
The Guardian has learned that police are concerned that in the north Belfast flashpoint, the dominant loyalist paramilitary group in the area – the Ulster Volunteer Force – may be preparing to use homemade blast bombs against police lines.The Guardian has learned that police are concerned that in the north Belfast flashpoint, the dominant loyalist paramilitary group in the area – the Ulster Volunteer Force – may be preparing to use homemade blast bombs against police lines.
One senior security source said there was intelligence to suggest that pipe bombs had been moved into the Upper Shankill area close to where the police blocked off the Orange march at Woodvale Road from Friday.One senior security source said there was intelligence to suggest that pipe bombs had been moved into the Upper Shankill area close to where the police blocked off the Orange march at Woodvale Road from Friday.
Loyalists claim the decision to ban the return march by Orangemen from the Upper Crumlin Road area on 12 July was due to fear of violence from dissident republicans in Ardoyne.Loyalists claim the decision to ban the return march by Orangemen from the Upper Crumlin Road area on 12 July was due to fear of violence from dissident republicans in Ardoyne.
The loyalists allege that the threat of dissident republicans repeating last summer's tactic of riots and gun attacks on police has been "rewarded" with a ban on a lawful, traditional Orange Order parade.The loyalists allege that the threat of dissident republicans repeating last summer's tactic of riots and gun attacks on police has been "rewarded" with a ban on a lawful, traditional Orange Order parade.
Local police are being backed up by more than 1,000 police officers from English, Scottish and Welsh constabularies whom the PSNI chief constable called in to assist his force during the climax to the Ulster loyalist marching season.Local police are being backed up by more than 1,000 police officers from English, Scottish and Welsh constabularies whom the PSNI chief constable called in to assist his force during the climax to the Ulster loyalist marching season.
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