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Article: Northern Ireland peace process alive as sides brace for weekend.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
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- July 9, 2003
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Byline: Tom Hundley
LONDON _ David Trimble this week survived another attempt by Protestant hard-liners to oust him as leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, a sign that Northern Ireland's paralyzed peace process has a faint pulse.
That peace will again be tested this weekend, the climax of the summer marching season, when members of the Orange Order don their bowlers, white gloves and sashes in what has become an annual rite of mutual provocation between Protestant unionists and Catholic republicans.
The marches commemorate the victory of Protestant King William III over Catholic King James II in 1690. So far this year, the usual violence has ...