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Anti-war Rallies Held in U.S. and Other Countries

Written: 2003-01-20 00:00:00Updated: 0000-00-00 00:00:00

Tens of thousands turned out in major cities across the world over the weekend in an emphatic dissent against preparations for war in Iraq. In Washington D.C., demonstrators chanted anti-war slogans, including "No blood for oil." Police reported few arrests in the rally, which preceded the march past Marine barracks to the Washington Navy Yard. Activists invoked the nonviolent legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. on the long weekend that marks the civil rights leader's birthday, and booed President George W. Bush, who was at Camp David. The protests in the United States coincided with protests elsewhere in the world ...including Tokyo, Hong Kong, Moscow, Toronto, and New Zealand

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