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ANTI-WAR protester Cindy Sheehan said today she would temporarily be leaving her camp site near President George W. Bush's ranch because her mother had suffered a stroke. "We just had a terrible call," Mrs Sheehan told reporters. "My mom had a stroke." Mrs Sheehan, whose vigil has drawn attention to her demands for the withdrawal of troops from Iraq, said she plans to fly to Los Angeles to assess the situation and hoped to return in the next 24 hours. Mrs Sheehan's 24-year-old son, Casey, was killed in combat in Iraq. She said supporters, sometimes numbering in the hundreds, would...