Shots fired at police during Belfast rioting

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BELFAST (Reuters) - Gunshots were fired at police early on Friday morning during rioting by Catholic youths in Belfast after a small Protestant parade celebrating a 17th century military victory passed their estate the previous day, but no officers were hit. The overnight violence was the culmination of a series of parades that pro-British Protestants stage annually in the British-ruled province, a tradition seen as provocative by Irish nationalists who want to be part of a united Ireland. ...




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