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Anti-Bush Protesters Swarm Grand Central Station Thu Sep 2,10:33 AM ET Add Politics to My Yahoo! By Grant McCool NEW YORK (Reuters) - About 200 activists swarmed into New York's Grand Central Station on Thursday, hung banners and chanted "Fight AIDS (news - web sites), not war" on the day President Bush (news - web sites) accepts the Republican nomination at his party's convention. Reuters Photo Reuters Photo Slideshow: Election Protests Latest headlines: · Cheney Praises Bush As Decisive Leader AP - 20 minutes ago · Republicans showing no amour for France AFP - 38 minutes ago · 19 Anti-Bush Protesters Arrested in N.Y. AP - 43 minutes ago All Election Coverage Police officers arrested about a dozen people who sat down around the information booth in the train station's main concourse and refused to move at the height of the morning rush hour, witnesses said. Police did not have an exact number of arrests. "This administration has abrogated its responsibility to the American public and people infected with HIV (news - web sites) and AIDS," said Errol Chimloi of Housing Works, a group that advocates for poor people with HIV and AIDS. He said government money "has been spent on the Iraq (news - web sites) war instead of in our communities." Protesters from the AIDS activist group ACT UP released two banners and colorful balloons in the high-ceilinged concourse as thousands of commuters were arriving in the city for the work day. The banners said "America has AIDS" and "Cure AIDS." Then 200 protesters strode into the building chanting "Fight AIDS, not war" and other slogans. Police said more than 1,760 people have been arrested in a week of convention-related protests, a record for a U.S. political convention. The four-day gathering ends on Thursday night when Bush accepts the nomination to run against Democratic candidate Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites) of Massachusetts in the November election. Thursday's protest by AIDS activists was the first of a series planned for the day. They include an anti-war protest near the Madison Square Garden convention arena and a candlelight vigil during the president's acceptance speech. The vigil was called by United for Peace and Justice, which accused the Bush administration of exploiting the tragedy of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks at the convention. Almost 2,800 people were killed in New York when planes hijacked by Islamic militants destroyed the World Trade Center. "We call on New Yorkers and others to join us to say that we don't want the grief of Sept. 11 to be used as a cry for war," said Leslie Cagan, national coordinator of the group, which organized a march on Sunday that drew hundreds of thousands of people to protest Bush administration policies.
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