31.   The announcement came a day after Protestants clashed with police near the Drumcree church, where another Orange march was stopped from going down the Garvaghy Road.

32.   The issue of traditional Orange marches, and Catholic opposition to them, sparked riots throughout Northern Ireland in July.

33.   The Orange marches commemorate Protestant traditions and historic victories over Catholics.

34.   The picketers have said they will stop only when an Orange march is allowed through Dunloy.

35.   The traditional Orange marches each summer spark sectarian tempers, underscoring for many Catholics a sense of second-class citizenship in this Protestant-majority province.

36.   There were scuffles in July and August as Catholics tried to block the Orange marches.

37.   They are determined to prevent an Orange march going from this spot past hostile Catholic neighborhoods along the nearby Garvaghy Road.

38.   They said the police were caving into the Irish Republican Army, whose supporters have led Catholic opposition to Orange marches.

39.   This time Catholic opponents say no Orange march will be tolerated.

40.   When police blocked one Orange march outside the mostly Protestant town of Portadown, Trimble presided over a swelling mob there.