TV AND WEB RESTRICTIONS~*NO ACCESS UK/.CO.UK SITES(Internet)*~<br/> <br />Heightened tensions in Belfast, Northern Ireland on Friday as an annual protestant march descends into violence.<br/> <br />Protestant marchers threw bricks and bottles at police who responded with water cannon and rubber bullets.<br/> <br />Thousands of pro-British Protestants march every summer to mark a 1690 battle victory, a regular flashpoint for sectarian violence as Catholics, many of whom favour unification with Ireland, see the parades as a provocation.<br/> <br />Authorities said 32 police were injured, many suffering from head, eye and leg wounds.<br/> <br />Eleven people were arrested.<br/> <br />Although the 30 year 'troubles' between Protestants and Catholics were largely ended by a 1998 peace deal, much of Belfast remains divided along religious and nationalist lines.
