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VIOLENCE IN IRELAND

LONDONDERRY, N. IRELAND -- Helmeted police, carrying shields, face a

mob of rock-throwing demonstrators in a narrow street in Londonderry.

The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland has announced a ban on all

parades and outdoor meetings in this country following this violent

conflict which injured more than 300 persons. He also appealed for an

end to hostilities in the six-county area where religious differences

have divided Catholics and Protestants for more than three centuries.

This incident broke out following an annual Protestant parade that

commemorates the defeat of Catholic King James II by Protestant

William of Orange in the 17th Century.

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RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-NY-8B-69-FPC)