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• Anti-war Sheehan vows stand against House speaker

  - 2007-07-23

  WASHINGTON AFP — US peace activist Cindy Sheehan vowed Monday to stand for election against top Democrat Nancy Pelosi in 2008, over her refusal to launch an impeachment drive against President George W. Bush. Sheehan who lost her US soldier son, Casey, in Iraq and became a figurehead for...

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• Clinton confronts anti-war liberals

  - 2007-06-20

  WASHINGTON AFP — Democratic 2008 front-runner Hillary Clinton on Wednesday bluntly said Iraq's government had failed, and condemned President George W. Bush on stem-cell research, as she wooed liberal activists. Senator Clinton attracted sporadic boos from peace campaigners angered by her past positions on the war, but repeated ovations...

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• Prominent US anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan abandons campaign

  - 2007-05-29

  WASHINGTON AFP — US anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan has announced she no longer wants to be the public face of the movement against the US-led invasion of Iraq, a cause she spearheaded following the death of her soldier son. Sheehan, best known for camping out at President George W....

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• Kuwaiti Shiite leader urges removal of top Sunni cleric

  - 2007-01-25

  KUWAIT CITY AFP — A leading Kuwaiti Shiite cleric has called for the removal of top Sunni cleric Sheikh Yussef Qaradawi as head of the international federation of Muslim scholars, accusing him of spreading dissent among Muslims. "We affirm that the interest of Islam, bridging the gap between its...

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• Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan arrested outside US UN mission

  - 2006-03-06

  UNITED NATIONS AFP — Four US anti-war protesters, including Cindy Sheehan, were arrested outside the US mission to the UN as they tried to deliver a petition urging the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq, fellow activists said. The four were detained as they tried to deliver a petition...

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• Antiwar activist Sheehan arrested ahead of Bush speech

  - 2006-02-01

  WASHINGTON AFP — Police arrested peace activist Cindy Sheehan in Congress shortly before President George W. Bush's State of the Union speech, a spokesman said. Sheehan, who has become a prominent activist since her soldier son was killed in Iraq, was led from the House chamber for wearing a...

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• US Muslim group urges release of hostages in Iraq

  - 2005-12-04

  WASHINGTON AFP — A group representing Muslim citizens in the United States called for the release of four Christian peace activists kidnapped in Iraq and threatened with murder. The four activists, two Canadians, a Briton and an American, are associated with the US and Canada-based Christian Peacemaker Teams opposed...

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• Anti-war campaigner Sheehan, hundreds more arrested outside White House

  - 2005-09-26

  WASHINGTON AFP — Police detained anti-Iraq war campaigner Cindy Sheehan and over three hundred other activists outside the White House, as the administration insisted that mounting protests would not sway President George W. Bush. Sheehan, the mother of a soldier who was killed in Iraq last year, was led...

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• Peace crosses outside Bush ranch crushed by rogue driver

  - 2005-08-16

  CRAWFORD, United States AFP — A driver mowed down crosses bearing the names of US soldiers killed in Iraq in the latest act opposing peace activists outside President George W. Bush's ranch, the demonstrators said. In the dark late Monday, the driver of the sports utility truck went onto...

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• European Social Forum fails to attract the poor, activists say

  - 2004-10-17

  LONDON AFP — Activists have hit out after the latest European Social Forum ESF, held in London, failed to attract the most vulnerable and deprived members of society due to being staged in one of the world's most expensive cities. The three-day forum ended Sunday with the publication of...

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