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epa03532568 Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) riot police stand next to a burnt out car after Loyalist protesters attacked police lines, in east Belfast, Northern Ireland, 12 January 2013. Reports state that five police were injured on 12 January 2013 as protesters once again clashed in the Northern Ireland capital of Belfast in an ongoing dispute about the province's ties to Britain. About 1,000 British loyalists demonstrated peacefully at first until they ran into a group of Irish nationalists in the city's east, sparking renewed fighting. The protests began six weeks ago when the local city council, which now has a stronger Catholic, pro-Ireland faction, voted to hoist the Union Flag only on designated days. Previously, the flag had been displayed every day. Protestant loyalists see the move as an attack upon the region's ties to the United Kingdom. EPA/PAUL FAITH UK AND IRELAND OUT NO SALES