41.   East Timorese independence activist calls for a temporary freeze on all talks on the legal status of East Timor.

42.   Exiled anti-government activists called on followers Wednesday to protest a government crackdown on political unrest by not celebrating a major Islamic feast.

43.   Exiled anti-government activists called Wednesday on their followers not to celebrate a major Islamic feast to protest a government crackdown on unrest.

44.   Exiled anti-government activists Wednesday called on their followers here not to celebrate a major Islamic feast to protest a government crackdown on political unrest.

45.   For many years, animal-rights activists have called the Newfoundland seal hunt a grisly display of cruelty.

46.   Grass-roots activists called the general strike to demand wage increases and an end to chronic power blackouts in this Caribbean country.

47.   Gun rights activists called for legislators to consider the facts before pushing through tougher restrictions.

48.   Greenpeace activists call for talks with Chinese officials over nuclear tests.

49.   Human rights activists called the arrests suspicious because Thailand normally turns a blind eye to illegal immigrants used as cheap labor, and gambling is rampant and rarely prosecuted.

50.   Human right activists have called for new investigations to be launched into several other cases of alleged wrongdoing by government officials and security forces during the Suharto era.