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January 29, 2006 CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez condemned the killing of Puerto Rican nationalist Filiberto Ojeda Sunday, encouraging his widow to carry on her husband's fight for the Caribbean island's independence. "Long live an independent Puerto Rico, long live a free Puerto Rico!"

CARACAS, Venezuela – Cindy Sheehan, the peace activist who just announced that she is weighing a run for Senate, plans to protest again outside President Bush's Texas ranch, Venezuela's president said yesterday with Sheehan by his side. Hugo Chavez, his arm around Sheehan's shoulders, told a group of activists that Sheehan had told him that during Holy Week, in April, "she is going to put up her tent again in front of Mr. Danger's ranch." "She invited me to put up a tent. Maybe I'll put up my tent also," Chavez said, to applause from activists invited to his weekly...

SAN FRANCISCO — About 2,000 people rallied and marched Wednesday to urge President Bush's ouster from office. Organizers insisted this "The World Can't Wait: Drive Out the Bush Regime" event was only the beginning of a national, ongoing movement that won't rest until the president leaves office. Similar rallies occurred in cities across the nation Wednesday, the anniversary of Bush's re-election. Though the majority of San Francisco protesters were peaceful, there were a few incidents. Someone threw a crude firebomb against a wall of the San Francisco Chronicle building at Fifth and Mission streets, causing no damage or injuries but...

OAKLAND, Calif. | OCTOBER 5Cindy Sheehan Comes HomeA welcome home event for Cindy Sheehan who will be on hand to talk about her recent arrest, the vigil in Crawford and more. At 7 p.m. at Grand Lake Theater, 3200 Grand Ave. $20 suggested donation. Sponsored by Code Pink, Global Exchange, Gold Star Families for Peace and The Ruth Group.Call 415-255-7296 x253 for information

Opponents of the war in Iraq marched Saturday in a clamorous day of protest, song and remembrance of the dead, some showing surprisingly diverse political views even as they spoke with one loud voice in wanting U.S. troops home. The surging crowd, shouting "Bush out now" and "Peace now," marched in front of the White House and then to the Washington Monument in an 11-hour marathon of dissent. They were young people with green hair, nuns whose anti-war activism dates to Vietnam, parents mourning their children in uniform lost in Iraq, and uncountable families motivated for the first time to...

The latest news for parrots about Cindy from the sidewalk give-away Village Voice: Al Zappala and Mother Sheehan, breaking the law in New York CityNYPD Unplugs Cindy Sheehan City’s Finest pulls move even Bush wouldn’t have tried by Sarah Ferguson September 19th, 2005 5:54 PMCindy Sheehan may be the Rosa Parks of the anti-war movement. But that didn't stop members of the New York Police Department from marching into the crowd of about 150 people gathered in Union Square Monday to hear her speak and yanking away the microphone. The NYPD pulled the plug just as Sheehan was calling on...