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Nervous N. Ireland Cancels St. Paddy's Parade

Festivities called off in town where policeman was killed

By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 17, 2009 9:56 AM CDT

(Newser) – A St. Patrick’s Day parade set for today in Northern Ireland was canceled amid growing tensions, reports the Times of London. Loyalist leaders have been nervous about reprisals in Lurgan, where a police officer was shot dead by an Irish republican paramilitary last week....   Read full story »

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