11.   Anti-Catholic extremists have been increasingly active in the run-up to the major Orange marches this month.

12.   British army helicopters conducted reconnaissance runs along Garvaghy Road and the pastures surrounding Drumcree Anglican church, the nearby focal point for the Orange march.

13.   But police said it was the quietest night since Sunday, when they stopped the Orange march at the Anglican church at Drumcree, outside Portadown.

14.   Catholic opposition had threatened new and violent confrontations after three nights of rioting over another Orange march last Sunday.

15.   Fearing determined Catholic countermeasures this year, the authorities resolved to forbid the Orange march through the small town of Portadown.

16.   Hundreds of Orange marches are scheduled Monday, with the vast majority expected to cause no trouble.

17.   In Belfast, a contentious Orange march through the Lower Ormeau neighborhood was delayed by a bomb threat.

18.   It has been the scene of intermittent street violence over Orange marches for more than a century.

19.   It ordered police to prevent two small Orange marches from passing through predominantly Catholic areas Sunday, decisions that produced no violence.

20.   Judging that the situation was going out of control, the police reversed their decision and dragged protesters from Garvaghy Road to force the Orange march through.