1.   An electrician at the Beijing Zoo, Wei joined other activists calling for more political freedom in China.

2.   Families whose lost pets have been killed have joined activists in protest.

3.   Gingrich joined activists in the gay-rights movement after her brother, a Georgia Republican, became speaker of the House earlier this year.

4.   In China over the last month a number of high-ranking establishment intellectuals have joined activists for democracy in petitions to the government.

5.   Labor activists were joined by a coalition of civil rights organizations and environmental groups.

6.   They join other activists who have made executive pay a big issue in recent years.

7.   With his announcement, Lamm joins consumer activist Ralph Nader as a third-party candidate.

8.   Police Chief Bernard Parks joined activists Saturday to pay tribute to children slain by violence and to call for greater restrictions on guns.

9.   Outside, they briefly joined activists in a street protest against Estrada.

10.   According to Supadi, some guerrillas have left the jungle to join pro-independence activists in the capital, Dili.