Washington's Streets Deserted at Bush Inauguration
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Police sealed off a 100-block area  in central Washington for President Bush's inauguration on  Thursday, turning much of the usually bustling center of the  U.S. capital into a ghost town of deserted streets and  barricades.
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HERAT, Afghanistan  - Afghanistan's first  presidential election is just over a week away, but campaigning  and enthusiasm have been muted for an event described by  President Bush as one of his major achievements.
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Thousands of cyclists brought traffic in midtown Manhattan to a virtual standstill on Friday in the first significant protest ahead of the Republican convention at which President Bush will be nominated to run for a second White House term.
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The usual business of Washington came to a standstill, punctuated only by the festivities and protesters.
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President Bush's Oval Office speech last night was the culmination of two weeks of efforts to rally the nation behind his policies and presidency by summoning the memory of Sept. 11, 2001. Five years after that indelible day, however, this president's capacity to move the public is severely...
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President Bush, a self-proclaimed  war president, on Tuesday opened three days of celebrations  marking his inauguration with a flag-waving tribute to  America's war veterans and those who have fallen in combat in  Iraq and Afghanistan.
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An important part of President Bush's second-term plans went slightly off the rails during an inauguration week that ran pretty much on time.
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Around 120 protesters were arrested here Wednesday after they crashed with police in a rally against globalization and US President George W. Bush, who will arrive here for
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President Bush will be sworn in next month for a second term amid the tightest security in inaugural history, with police planning to search every one of the tens of thousands of people expected to line the parade route.
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With an eye toward history and his uncertain place in it, President Bush today will deliver a relatively short -- but distinctly idealistic -- inaugural address about America's calling to spread liberty, democracy and personal freedom around the world, according to White House officials.
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President George W. Bush, in the throes of a hotly contested electoral battle, has virtually deserted the White House for the campaign trail as he fights for his job in the home stretch to the November 2 election.
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The streets of Lagos are empty as a strike begins to protest at Tuesday's inauguration of a new Nigerian president.
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In a city brimming with pageantry under fortress-like security, President Bush looked ahead Wednesday to his second inauguration, pledging to seek unity in a nation divided by political differences. "I am eager and ready for the work ahead," Bush declared.
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When President Bush takes his second oath of office Jan. 20 it will be his family's fifth inauguration ceremony, a day of pomp and pageantry set amid the icons of democracy only this city can provide: the U.S. Capitol, the White House, Pennsylvania Avenue.
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The park service has given the Presidential Inaugural Committee clearance to erect bleachers along parts of Pennsylvania Avenue where an anti-war group had requested permits to stage a large-scale protest during President Bush's parade.
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President Bush sought to reverse an impression of U.S. neglect as he opened a six-day tour of Latin America on Thursday. Street protests awaited him.
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NEW YORK - Demonstrators took to the streets on Sunday to protest President Bush's foreign and domestic policies as Republican delegates gathered to nominate the president for a second term.    A day ahead of the start of the Republican National Convention, up to 250,000 demonstrators were expected to march up Seventh Ave...