11.   Dr. Morton H. Maxwell, director of the UCLA Obesity Center, says that fat activists are simply trying to pass on the blame to Mother Nature.

12.   He has four adopted children and is divorced from his wife, something some PRI activists tried to use to question both his masculinity and his commitment to family.

13.   He has four adopted children and is separated from his wife, something some PRI activists tried to use to question both his masculinity and his commitment to family.

14.   Party activists try to register American citizens and hook them up with absentee ballots.

15.   Telam news agency reported that stones were thrown, tires burned and firecrackers set off as activists tried to intimidate shop owners who opened their stores.

16.   The young activists tried a more confrontational approach.

17.   Parliament began discussing the law Tuesday as human rights activists tried to persuade lawmakers to reject the bill.

18.   Pro-Ukrainian activists then tried to raise it again, but faced an angry pro-independence crowd.

19.   A German Greenpeace activist tried to steer his motor driven parachute over NATO headquarters and was arrested when he landed nearby.

20.   A riot erupted in front of the same hotel during a previous visit by Marker in March when pro-independence activists tried to present him with a petition.