N. Ireland Protestants denounce Sinn Fein
Protestants will share power with the Catholics of Sinn Fein “over our dead bodies,” Ian Paisley thundered Wednesday as tens of thousands of Protestant marchers celebrated the most divisive day on Northern Ireland’s calendar. Police and politicians reported little violence and lower-than-usual tensions as Protestants from the uncompromising Orange Order brotherhood mounted more than 600 parades for “the Twelfth.” Almost all shops, pubs and restaurants closed for the official holiday, which commemorates the July 12, 1690, victory of a Protestant king, William of Orange, over his dethroned Catholic rival, James II. Full Story