Delegates, Protesters Descend on New York
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NEW YORK - Abortion-rights protesters and the first Republican delegates descended on President Bush's heavily fortified convention city Saturday as campaign officials said their boss would use the nomination spotlight to defend his hawkish foreign polices and offer a second-term agenda for health care, education and job training.   "He believes it's important for a candidate to talk about what he's done and, most important, where he wants to lead," said adviser Karen Hughes, aboard Bush's campaign bus in Ohio...
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Republican delegates converging on New York for this week&#39;s convention can expect the red carpet treatment -- private shopping days at Bloomingdale&#39;s and Macy&#39;s, batting practice at Shea Stadium with Mets baseball players, free tickets to Broadway shows
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Thousands of protesters marched past New York&#39;s Madison Square Garden where the Republican National Convention starts tomorrow to show their opposition to the Iraq war and President George W. Bush.
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New York Police arrested more than 900 people late on Tuesday as anti-Bush activists blocked traffic, staged anti-war protests and harassed Republican delegates on the second day of a convention to nominate President Bush to a second term.
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About 200 activists swarmed into New York's Grand Central Station on Thursday, hung banners and chanted "Fight AIDS, not war" on the day President Bush accepts the Republican nomination at his party's convention.
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New York Police arrested more than 900  people late on Tuesday as anti-Bush activists blocked traffic,  staged anti-war protests and harassed Republican delegates on  the second day of a convention to nominate President Bush to a  second term.
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Security is tight in New York for the opening day of the US Republican Party convention, where delegates will back President George Bush for a new term.
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NEW YORK Aug. 29, 2004 - Tens of thousands of demonstrators and delegates to the Republican National Convention have taken the place of screaming fans lined up for the MTV Video Music Awards, as the show
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On bicycles and on foot, some with children in tow, hundreds of thousands of people moved through areas of Manhattan on Sunday in rallies or mass demonstrations, carrying messages against war and the Bush administration.
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New York -- Tens of thousands of peaceful protesters, united by their loathing of President Bush and their opposition to the US-led war in Iraq, marched Sunday through the fortified streets of New York, just a day before Republicans convene to nominate
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After a weekend full of protests and demonstrations, Republicans prepared to seize the spotlight Monday for their party&#39;s first convention in the Big Apple.
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Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators carrying colorful banners and shouting "no more Bush" took to the streets of New York on Sunday, the day before the Republican convention was to open, to decry the U.S.-led war in Iraq and President Bush's policies.
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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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NEW YORK - Republican National Convention protesters waved symbolic pink slips along a three-mile "unemployment line," labor unions demanded better treatment of workers and a group of AIDS activists infiltrated Madison Square Garden on Wednesday, as arrest totals soared beyond 1,700 for the past week.    The arrests, including several on Wednesday, far surpass those made in much more violent circumstances at Chicago's 1968 Democratic convention...
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NEW YORK - On the heels of the Republican National Convention, New York City is being invaded by comedians. "I'll have more protesters," Drew Carey told The Associated Press by phone Wednesday...
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More than 100,000 people peacefully marched through the heart of Manhattan Sunday to protest against President Bush and his policies, highlighting the nation&#39;s deep political
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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.