| American women call for end of war(Reuters/AP)
 Updated: 2005-08-19 09:36
   
 
 
 
 | ![Dozens of women march with a giant letter addressed to U.S. first lady Laura Bush along a road towards the ranch of vacationing U.S. President George W. Bush in Crawford, Texas, August 18, 2005. Dozens of letters, addressed to first lady Bush appealing for her compassion to influence President Bush, were handed to White House representative Bill Burck after the women marched to a police checkpoint near the ranch. [Reuters]](xin_430802190934117282325.jpg) Supporters of Cindy Sheehan's anti-war 
 movement carry a message to first lady Laura Bush as the protesters 
 prepare to march along Prairie Chapel Road that leads to President Bush's 
 ranch in Crawford, Texas, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2005. The march continued 
 despite the departure of Sheehan, president of the Gold Star Families for 
 Peace, who left the encampment abruptly Thursday afternoon on the news 
 that her mother was in faltering health. [AP]
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