31.   In the Lower Ormeau neighborhood, a Catholic pocket in south Belfast, local had succeeded in blocking several Protestant marches this year by staging sit-down protests.

32.   It follows a summer of widespread rioting in Northern Ireland as Catholics blocked several traditional Protestant marches.

33.   Last-minute efforts to defuse the violent confrontation over Protestant marches in Northern Ireland crashed into a wall of harsh words and suspicions on Friday.

34.   Now a contested Protestant march churns up the more familiar landscape of siege and sacrifice, fleeting hopes and unforgiven horrors.

35.   On Saturday, the government must decide whether to force two more Protestant marches through predominantly Catholic parts of Belfast and Londonderry.

36.   On Monday, police announced they would block a smaller Protestant march from passing through a Catholic area of south Belfast.

37.   Ormeau Road protesters stopped six smaller Protestant marches this year while they pursued negotiations with the Orangemen.

38.   Police exchanged gunfire in an IRA stronghold early Saturday as gasoline bomb-throwing rioters vented their anger over traditional Protestant marches through Catholic neighborhoods.

39.   Police blocked three previous Protestant marches this year at the same spot in Bellaghy, where the Orange hall was struck by a half-dozen gasoline bombs Sunday night.

40.   Protesters led by former IRA prisoner Gerard Rice since have repeatedly tried to block Protestant marches on the road.