Convention Protesters Eager to Begin
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Jason Flores-Williams may despise President Bush, but he can't wait for him and his party to get here.
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Democrats, who outnumber Republicans 5-to-1 among registered voters here, want their city to welcome not only Republican convention delegates but also the protesters who plan to demonstrate against the GOP. A sizable local contingent plans to join the marchers.
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For many Americans, the GOP convention's first night will come down to the battle of the sound bite and headline.
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New York has launched a program to welcome demonstrators coming to the city at the end of the month to protest the Republican presidential nominating convention. City officials hope the effort will ensure that the rallies are calm and, at the same time, ...
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NEW YORK -- Despite a federal judge&#39;s refusal to force city officials to allow a protest rally in Central Park before the Republican convention, organizers of an even-larger demonstration remained optimistic.
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Thousands of abortion-rights activists marched across the Brooklyn Bridge and demonstrators rang handbells at the World Trade Center site Saturday, the latest in a growing procession of protests leading up to the Republican National Convention.
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Activists and police are preparing for  a tense standoff and possible violence on New York streets when  hundreds of thousands gather to decry the Iraq war and Bush  administration polices during the Republican convention.
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Activists and police are preparing for a tense standoff and possible violence on New York streets when hundreds of thousands gather to decry the Iraq war and Bush administration polices during the Republican convention.
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o they are finally here: the Republican delegates with their rep ties and the protesters, bearing angry signs and a grudge. Over the next few days, passions, no doubt, will run hotter than August
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NEW YORK A roaring river of demonstrators surged through the canyons of Manhattan on the eve of the Republican National Convention in the city&#39;s largest political protest in decades, a raucous but peaceful spectacle that pilloried George W. Bush and
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Thousands of abortion-rights activists marched across the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday, the latest in a growing procession of protests leading up to the Republican National Convention.
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Tens-of-thousands of protesters are marching past Madison Square Garden, in mid-town New York, where the Republican presidential nominating convention begins Monday.
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The Republican National Convention is in town. There&#39;s a lot of protesters here. It feels just like the &#39;60s. The air is full of the aroma of tear gas and weed.
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An anti-war group suggested Thursday that protesters could still gather in Central Park on the eve of the Republican National Convention, despite a judge's ruling that it may not stage a rally there.
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NEW YORK Aug. 29, 2004 - Protesters poured into Manhattan&#39;s streets by the thousands Sunday to protest the war in Iraq and demonstrate against other Bush administration policies on the eve of the Republican National Convention.
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Anti-abortionists prepare for a march in Washington amid high hopes after the Bush re-election.
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Chanting and waving signs, tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets on the eve of the Republican National Convention, striking a noisy counterpoint to the four days of GOP-style pageantry that begins Monday morning.