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Lawyers from-O'Dwyer &Bernstien!
which representsNoraid,denied the
JusticeDepartmrent'scharges and ap
pealed the decision to'theFederal Court!
Of Appeals inNew York onOct.28, say-
ing Judge Haight's.decision:threatened
the FirstAmendment rights of Noraid's
officials: The parties are awaitinig a
decision on the appeal.
Despite the end of thehunger-strike,
Noraid-sponsored protests. outside the
British Consulate in New York:continue
daily,as they have sinceApril.TheBrit
ish fiaghas not flown there since demon
strators'burned it in May. Consulate of-
ficials say the number of.protesters.has.
recently.fallen.below.25.The,protesters
chant the names of 'the six-counties·of
Northern Ireland while a-policemian
guarding the building watches.
400 Protestants Assail
British-lrish Agreement
BELFAST, Northern Ireland, Nov. 7
(Reuters) Four.hundredmasked.
Protestants occupied two Northern Ire-
land villages for about, an hour early
today,asaprotest againstyesterday's
agreement-by Prime.Ministers-Marga-
ret Thatcher of Britain and Garret Fitz
Gerald of Ireland.to set up anintergov-
ernmental: council to.try to improve
relationis.
After sealing off the twini County An-.
trim villages of Connor and. Kells with
roadblocks. soon after midnight, the
demonstrators, wearing rmilitary jack-
ets,paraded in formation before leav
ing. The police moved into the villages
was no.trouble. and the menr. were. un-
armed," an officersaid:
It was one of the sharpest warnings to
Britain from hard-line Protestants.that
they were ready toresistwhat they re
gard as a piot.tounite theirBritish-ruled
province with the mainly Roman Catho
Hc Irish Republic.