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Sat 07 Jul 2008Orange Order and politicians hope for peaceful Twelfth
ORANGE ORDER leaders, police and politicians are hoping that as thousands of Orangemen prepare to march at numerous parades in Northern Ireland today, there will be a marked lessening of tensions at and around all events from previous years.
First Minister Peter Robinson helped to get the Twelfth of July events under way in Belfast by attending an Eleventh Night “Orangefest” cultural reception in east Belfast last night.
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