1.   A government parade commission authorized the march after having banned it for more than a year.

2.   The fife-and-drum band, which traditionally played martial music that angers Catholics, was silent by order of the parade commission.

3.   The parades commission said it would call an emergency meeting to consider the application.

4.   The White House came out in favor Friday of creating a parade commission that would oversee the traditional Catholic and Protestant marches in Ulster.