New York Offers Perks for GOP Protesters
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NEW YORK Aug. 18, 2004  An anti-war group planning a massive demonstration the day before the GOP convention asked a judge on Wednesday to overrule city officials and let protesters gather in Central Park.
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Protests -- and arrests -- began in  New York on Thursday, days before the start of the Republican  convention, where President Bush will be nominated for  re-election in a city that voted overwhelmingly for his  opponent four years ago.
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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, the Democrat the opposition loves to hate, will be giving Republicans plenty of reasons to rant when the GOP descends upon her adopted home state of New York.
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For protesters navigating Manhattan during the Republican National Convention, text-message broadcasting services like this, sent to their cell phones, provided an up-to-the-minute guide to the action on the streets.
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That&#39;s what city officials offered Tuesday to those who behave lawfully at the Republican National Convention. But the plan doesn&#39;t guarantee that only peaceful protesters will get the reduced prices and the free felt-tip pens.
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NEW YORK - While the prime-time speeches at Madison Square Garden occupy center stage at this week's Republican National Convention, much of the event's real politicking is taking place at hundreds of private receptions scattered throughout Manhattan. At two tech-focused gatherings Wednesday, industry companies, lobbying groups and politicians came together to network and consider the IT industry's legislative agenda.
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Republicans also said they would seek to turn any disruptions at the convention to their advantage, by portraying protests as Democratic-sanctioned displays of disrespect for a sitting president.
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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.
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Protests -- and arrests -- began in New York on Thursday, days before the start of the Republican convention, where President Bush will be nominated for re-election in a
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An anti-war group planning a massive demonstration the day before the GOP convention asked a judge on Wednesday to overrule city officials and let protesters gather in Central Park.
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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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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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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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Republicans are gathering in New York for their party&#39;s national convention, as demonstrators prepare to march through the city to protest the war in Iraq.
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New York has launched a program to welcome demonstrators coming to the city at the end of the month to protest the Republican presidential nominating convention. City officials hope the effort will ensure that the rallies are calm and, at the same time, ...
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NEW YORK -- Hundreds of thousands of antiwar protesters, abortion rights supporters, labor rights activists and anarchists are preparing to unfurl banners, march through the streets and rally in the parks, loosening a cacophonous roar of protest during the Republican National Convention.
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Note to delegates and other convention attendees: Leave your guns at home. As New York increases security for the Republican National Convention, the event&#39;s organizers are making sure nothing&#39;s left unsaid.