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Nightly riots as Northern Ireland bears sectarian showdown

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From: AP Online
Date: 19980709
Author:ROBERT BARR Associated Press Writer

ROBERT BARR Associated Press Writer
AP Online
07-09-1998
BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) _ Leaders of the Protestant Orange Order met with Prime Minister Tony Blair today but found no solution to a showdown over a blocked march that has triggered five nights of violence in Northern Ireland.

Hours earlier, police blocking the Protestant marchers at a rural church field fired plastic bullets to repel protesters who briefly broke through a security line. No injuries were reported.

The violence began Sunday, when police and British troops, enforcing a decision by Northern Ireland's ...

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