World Apr 09 Rioters ignore pleas for calm as violence flares in Belfast Police in Northern Ireland deployed water cannons for the first time in six years as they tried to disperse protesters who hurled stones, fireworks and gasoline-filled bottles at officers during another night of violence in Belfast.
World Apr 08 Northern Ireland leaders call for calm after night of violence Crowds from Protestant and Catholic communities hurled bricks, fireworks and gasoline bombs at police and each other overnight in Belfast, as a week of street violence escalated.