<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Protests</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/metro/specials/demonstrations?nav=rss_metro/specials/demonstrations</link><description>Protests</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Protests Return to D.C.]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17636-2003Oct25.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/demonstrations</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17636-2003Oct25.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/demonstrations</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:45:10 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Tens of thousands of antiwar demonstrators marched in Washington Saturday against the U.S. occupation of Iraq.]]></description><author> Manny Fernandez</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Antiwar Activists Regroup Toward D.C.]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47080-2003Oct18.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/demonstrations</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47080-2003Oct18.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/demonstrations</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:45:10 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Busloads of antiwar demonstrators will return to the capital Saturday for the first time since the April fall of Baghdad.]]></description><author> Manny Fernandez</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chunk of Downtown Closed for Weekend]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10694-2003Apr11.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/demonstrations</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10694-2003Apr11.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/demonstrations</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:45:10 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[D.C. police have closed a large section of downtown, in anticipation of rallies against the war in Iraq, a rally supporting U.S. and protests against the World Bank and IMF.]]></description><author> David A. Fahrenthold  and Manny Fernandez</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[D.C. Officer on Desk Duty After Allegedly Hitting Protester]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25893-2003Apr14.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/demonstrations</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25893-2003Apr14.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/demonstrations</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:45:10 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A D.C. police officer accused of hitting an antiwar demonstrator several times with his nightstick Saturday has been placed on desk duty while his actions are investigated.]]></description><author> David A. Fahrenthold  and Manny Fernandez</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peaceful Protest Puts Focus Back on IMF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19562-2003Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/demonstrations</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19562-2003Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/demonstrations</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:45:10 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In Sunday's protests, which followed dueling rallies Saturday against the war in Iraq and in support of the Bush administration, much of the focus was on the economic policies of the World Bank and IMF.]]></description><author> Manny Fernandez</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supporters Soldier On To Back Bush, Troops And Counter-Protests]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15131-2003Apr12.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/demonstrations</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15131-2003Apr12.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/demonstrations</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:45:10 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Marilyn Everhart rode 26 hours on a bus from Jackson, Miss., to the steps of the Capitol to show support for her son, Sgt. Charles Everhart, who is with the 101st Airborne Division.]]></description><author> Nancy Trejos  and Timothy Dwyer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Antiwar, Pro-Troop Protests Rally in D.C.]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13190-2003Apr12.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/demonstrations</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13190-2003Apr12.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/demonstrations</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:45:10 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Antiwar activists and counterdemonstrators are gathering for separate rallies in downtown Washington today, prompting police to close several streets to allow for permitted protest activities.]]></description><author> Christina Pino-Marina</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Closures Expected to Cause Delays]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6404-2003Apr11.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/demonstrations</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6404-2003Apr11.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/demonstrations</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:45:10 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Street closures in the District are expected to cause problems for area drivers through the weekend as police prepare for a series of scheduled street demonstrations.]]></description><author> Christina Pino-Marina</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maintaining a Presence For Peace]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5157-2003Apr10.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/demonstrations</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5157-2003Apr10.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/demonstrations</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:45:10 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Members of Peace Action, a political group at Georgetown University, are still maintaining their round-the-clock antiwar vigil despite the U.S. victories in Iraq.]]></description><author> Amy Argetsinger</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[D.C. Braces for Weekend of Rallies]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5019-2003Apr10.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/demonstrations</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5019-2003Apr10.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/demonstrations</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:45:10 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[D.C. Police Chief Charles H. Ramsey said several hundred of his officers and several hundred from other agencies, including the U.S. Capitol Police, will handle the demonstrations.]]></description><author> Manny Fernandez</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[What We Learned In School Today]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55507-2003Mar30.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/demonstrations</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55507-2003Mar30.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/demonstrations</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:45:10 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Going by various monikers -- peer mediation, conflict resolution, anti-bullying education -- violence prevention programs are now in place in three-fourths of the nation's schools. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>- By Laura Sessions Stepp</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Laura Sessions Stepp</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Protesters' Human Chains Hard to Break]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44370-2003Mar28.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/demonstrations</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44370-2003Mar28.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/demonstrations</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:45:10 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The increasingly popular technique employs lengths of plastic pipe to form a human chain that is impossible to move without separating the demonstrators from each other.]]></description><author> Debbi Wilgoren</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peaceful Protest Ends in Peaceful Arrests]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34145-2003Mar26.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/demonstrations</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34145-2003Mar26.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/demonstrations</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:45:10 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Nobel Peace Prize winners and religious leaders are among those arrested Wednesday after they violated a U.S. Park Police ban on large gatherings in Lafayette Square.]]></description><author> Debbi Wilgoren</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Protesters Arrested at White House]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32920-2003Mar26.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/demonstrations</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32920-2003Mar26.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/demonstrations</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:45:10 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Demonstrators voicing their opposition to the U.S.-led war in Iraq were arrested in front of the White House today in Lafayette Park duringplanned civil disobedience actions.]]></description><author> Christina Pino-Marina</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Along the Mall, a Chorus of Protests and Support]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16394-2003Mar23.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/demonstrations</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16394-2003Mar23.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/demonstrations</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:45:10 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It was a full day of war and peace on the Mall Sunday, as hundreds of people turned out in bright sunshine to voice their views on the escalating conflict in Iraq.]]></description><author> Ian Shapira</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Protests Meet Police]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11846-2003Mar22.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/demonstrations</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11846-2003Mar22.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/demonstrations</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:45:10 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Antiwar demonstrators descended on the White House and Northwest Washington, producing some tense standoffs with police.]]></description><author> Manny Fernandez  and Justin Blum</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear, Opposition Mark Students'  Reactions to War]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7934-2003Mar21.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/demonstrations</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7934-2003Mar21.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/demonstrations</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:45:10 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[War talk swept Loudoun County schools this week, as students huddled around radios and computers to catch the latest news between classes, teachers used the conflict to teach history and anti-war protests or rumors of protests hit some schools.]]></description><author> Rosalind S. Helderman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Antiwar Protesters Spar With Police]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11085-2003Mar22.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/demonstrations</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11085-2003Mar22.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/demonstrations</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:45:10 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Antiwar demonstrators descended on the White House and Northwest Washington neighborhoods today in an improvised day of protests marked by sometimes-tense standoffs with police at Lafayette Square and near Logan Circle.]]></description><author> Manny Fernandez and Justin Blum</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Protests Disrupt Downtown Traffic]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7831-2003Mar21.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/demonstrations</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7831-2003Mar21.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/demonstrations</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:45:10 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Scattered protests of the war against Iraq briefly blocked lunchtime traffic at four downtown intersections as demonstrators rallied outside the White House.]]></description><author> Manny Fernandez</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Campus Protests Show Passions, Divisions]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7830-2003Mar21.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/demonstrations</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7830-2003Mar21.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/demonstrations</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:45:10 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Clashes of opinion have been acted out on college campuses across the region in the initial days of the war.]]></description><author> Amy Argetsinger</author></item></channel></rss>
