Civil rights protesters converge on Jena
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JENA, Louisiana  - Tens of thousands of black Americans descended on a small town in central Louisiana on Thursday to protest what they say is injustice against six black teenagers charged over a high school fight.
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An event steeped in civil rights symbolism offers rivals Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama an opportunity to show unity with the black community while they spar over support from a crucial Democratic constituency.
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NEW YORK - 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.    Protesters were expected to gather later in the day in Central Park and at the World Trade Center site, where anti-Bush demonstrators planned to ring 2,749 bells - one for each victim of the Sept...
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Thousands of angry pro-hunting protesters are to stage a rally at the Labour Party conference in Brighton.
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Hundreds turned out in Athens Friday to protest US policies in Iraq and US Secretary of State Colin Powell&#39;s pending appearance at the Olympics.
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A march that brought thousands of people Saturday to the grave site of Martin Luther King Jr. also drew a few dozen protesters who claimed organizers were hijacking the slain civil rights leader's legacy to promote an anti-gay marriage agenda.
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A raucous and colorful multitude of protesters, led by some of the aging activists of the past, staged a series of rallies and a march on the Capitol yesterday to demand that the United States end its war in Iraq.
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There have been tense scenes outside parliament with thousands of people demonstrating for and against the Civil Union Bill. About 6,000 people took part in the Destiny Church &quot;Enough is Enough&quot; march against the bill through Wellington.
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Opposition groups said tens of   thousands of people would gather in Budapest on Saturday in the   biggest protest yet against Hungary's Prime Minister Ferenc   Gyurcsany over his admission that he lied to the electorate.
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Anti-globalization and far-left activists from across Italy were converging on the capital Saturday to protest against President Bush during his visit to Rome and the Vatican.
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Thousands of protesters have gathered in Union Square park on the edge of the city's Greenwich Village neighborhood.
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NAACP members from across the nation gathered Sunday for the opening of the civil rights group's annual convention, which is to focus this year on opposition to a number of Bush administration policies and the casual use of a racial slur.
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RANGOON, Burma, Sept. 24 -- As many as 100,000 protesters led by a phalanx of barefoot monks marched Monday in Burma's largest city in the strongest protests against the repressive government in two decades.
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A day after massive street demonstrations, smaller groups of protesters turned Monday to health care, civil rights and economics &#151; areas where they say President Bush and the Republicans convening in Madison Square Garden have failed the country.
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Hundreds of locals rallied in the town  of Stavropol in southern Russia on Tuesday, demanding the  eviction of ethnic Chechens, witnesses and media said, reviving  memories of racial riots in other parts of the country.
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ATHENS : Nearly 700 demonstrators rallied in central Athens to protest at the arrival of US Secretary of State Colin Powell, who is due to attend the Olympic Games&#39; closing ceremony at the weekend.
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Several hundred demonstrators, many of them college or high school students, gathered on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court early this morning to proclaim support for using skin color as a factor in admissions in order to maintain racially diverse public schools.