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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Protesters handed the streets of Manhattan back to morning commuters Monday as police kept the heart of the city _ and the country&#39;s busiest railway station _ under tight guard
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Thousands of protesters marched past New York&#39;s Madison Square Garden, where the Republican National Convention starts tomorrow, in what organizers predicted would be the biggest of
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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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Anarchist clowns, legions of angry mice and a band of flashing feminists are taking part in New York's irreverent welcome to thousands of delegates to the Republican convention.
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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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Police arrested more than 125 people  on Tuesday as protesters opposed to Bush administration  policies marched near the World Trade Center site and blocked  streets in the city's financial district on the second day of  the Republican political convention.
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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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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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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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Nearly 1,000 protesters were arrested across Manhattan on Tuesday as swarms of activists massed in the streets for marches to the site of the Republican convention &#151; by far the biggest day of arrests since the demonstrations began last week.
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Protesters poured into Manhattan'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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NEW YORK (Back Stage) - Tens of thousands of political  activists are scheduled to protest in New York City during the  Republican National Convention (Aug. 30-Sept. 2), much of it  against the incumbent president's controversial economic and  foreign policies. By contrast, much of the performing arts  community will do what it does best -- perform.
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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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NEW YORK - More than 200,000 people expected to protest on the eve of the Republican National Convention will not be able to rally in Central Park.
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New Yorkers took back possession of the city on Friday, as thousands of Republicans left town after their four-day national convention.
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Protesters have used legitimate credentials, often obtained from delegates, to get into Madison Square Garden for the Republican National Convention, a law enforcement official said Thursday.