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Mon 07 Jul 2010Tensions high as Twelfth marked
Armed riot police moved in tonight to remove nationalist protesters staging a sit-down demonstration ahead of an Orange Order march.
The major security operation at the Ardoyne shops interface in north Belfast saw officers in body armour try to clear the Crumlin Road of more than 100 people who had been there from mid-afternoon.
Their initial attempts were resisted but the efforts were ongoing.
The protest at the notorious flashpoint was organised to prevent Orangemen marching along the road on their way back from the annual Protestant Twelfth of July commemorations.
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