Thousands on march for hostages
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TENS of thousands of people joined in a torchlit procession through the Italian capital overnight to call for the release of two women aid workers held hostage in Iraq.
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The parents of British soldiers killed in Iraq were among thousands of protesters who joined an anti-war march through central London yesterday.
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At least 10,000 anti-war demonstrators marched through the northern English city of Manchester on Saturday, protesting the presence of British troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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More than 100,000 leaflets, each containing a personal plea from the family of Iraq hostage Ken Bigley, have been distributed in Baghdad.
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More than 200,000 people sign an online petition calling for the release of BBC reporter Alan Johnston.
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MOSCOW -- Tens of thousands of demonstrators -- many waving banners and flags -- gathered in Moscow&#39;s Red Square Tuesday in a show of unity against terrorism after last week&#39;s hostage-taking at a school in Beslan in southern Russia.
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Thousands of Colombians took to the streets across the country and overseas on Monday in a huge protest against FARC guerrillas and their kidnapping of scores of hostages held captive for years in hidden jungle camps.
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Nation pledges all-out mobilization as snowstorms strand millions of migrants traveling for holiday.
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Hundreds of thousands of Colombians headed for the streets on Thursday to show outrage at last week's news that 11 provincial politicians had been killed while held hostage by leftist rebels.
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COLLEAGUES of aid worker Margaret Hassan, kidnapped a week ago today, gathered at a rally in Baghdad to demand her release. More than 200 people staged the protest as the Foreign Office dismissed claims that
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Officials pushed to get food and water to children and adult hostages that may number more than 1,000 held in a school here for a third day by militants who are demanding independence for the Russian republic of Chechnya.
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Tens of thousands march in a tense Kiev in support for the opposition ahead of next weekend's election.
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Thousands march across South African cities protesting against high levels of violent crime.
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Thousands of people rallied in Pakistan on Sunday, protesting against the president Pervez Musharraf&#39;s plan to keep his army post.
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Thousands of leaflets carrying a personal appeal for help from the family of British hostage Ken Bigley have been distributed in Baghdad.
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DEAF children helped by kidnapped Margaret Hassan yesterday joined 200 mercy workers at a rally in Baghdad to call for her release.
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LONDON -- Thousands of anti-war and anti-globalization activists marched through central London Sunday, filling Trafalgar Square to protest the US-led invasion of Iraq.