51.   North Belfast contains a mix of Protestant loyalists who want to maintain British rule and Roman Catholic nationalists who want a united Ireland.

52.   Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Patrick Mayhew said Sunday that Irish nationalists and Protestant loyalists would have to make mutual concessions to keep the peace in the province.

53.   Over in the Protestant loyalist districts, the mood was one of consternation.

54.   Protestant loyalist paramilitaries were for the moment adopting a wait-and-see stance.

55.   Protestant loyalists of the extremist Ulster Freedom Fighters fired on a Belfast bar late Saturday, but caused no casualties, police said.

56.   Protestant loyalists want to maintain British rule of the province while Catholic nationalists want a united Ireland.

57.   Police were also unable to to say if the murdered man had any ties to Roman Catholic nationalist or Protestant loyalist organisations.

58.   Police have not named the two arrested men, but Protestant loyalist sources said one of them was a public representative from the Greater Belfast area.

59.   Protestant loyalists, who support British rule in Northern Ireland, which is opposed by Catholic republicans campaigning for a united Ireland, have not matched the IRA ceasefire.

60.   Protestant loyalists who make up the majority of the population back the idea, but Catholics who want a united Ireland are vehemently opposed.