Local communities were allowed to stand up their own "concerned citizens groups" to defend their neighborhoods.
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In the state of Guerrero, for instance, in 2013 armed citizens groups set up roadblocks, taking the law into their own hands.
Cope started out recruiting mainly from Mormon senior citizens groups.
On a more positive note, citizens groups have held or are organizing more than 220 public fo-rums, nearly one for each of the 300 single-seat constituencies, where candidates are asked to explain their policy stances.
The first of these NSF-funded citizens groups tackled regulatory policy toward agricultural biotechnology and recommended that the government tighten regulations for cultivating genetically engineered crops, including a new requirement that the foods from these crops be labeled to identify them for consumers.
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That is the work of the citizen, and groups of citizens, and very often, groups of citizens who respond to their faith-call to be a part of that great compassion.
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Much of the pre-Seattle coalition building between environmental and citizens' groups, for instance, was done by e-mail.
The expanding nuclear industry in Japan is keen to prevent citizens' groups from gaining influence, as they have done in America.
Some local citizens' groups, helped by a number of their elected representatives, have challenged the conventional wisdom that incineration is best.
But a growing number of cities and citizens' groups are demanding it.
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The assets of citizens or groups inside the Union have not been immediately frozen because there is no EU-wide legislation yet for this.
But some citizens' groups are still not satisfied - they say public transport should be beefed up and the city's thriving railway network extended.
In Nagano, Mr Tanaka won with the support of citizens' groups that opposed a dam the construction ministry wanted built against the wishes of local residents.
But he said attacks like those will prove to be the jihadists' "Achilles' heel, " turning the population against them and driving them toward the concerned citizens' groups.
Citizens' groups play roles that go far beyond political activism.
Citizens' monitoring groups in a dozen Latin American cities have formed a regional network.
Many of the best ideas that helped shape the National Action Plan on Open Government were suggested from citizens and outside groups.
What went wrong for the banks was that firstly, consumer groups like Citizens' Advice and Which? started campaigning against PPI sales.
Moreover, the experience of some countries suggests that participation is greatest when the animosities of different groups of citizens are at their most acute.
Tony Wright, chairman of the public administration committee, tabled an amendment to Ms Harman's motion, asking for the "under representation of certain groups of citizens" to be included.
Nonetheless, according to residents, groups of senior citizens continued to gather, despite the warnings from local authorities.
Over the past week, an entire cottage industry has sprung up of journalists, watchdog groups and average citizens reporting on the absurdities of federal spending.
And in each of these places, each of these leaders posed a simple question: How can we as a nation -- not just the government, but businesses and community groups and concerned citizens -- how can we all come together to help fathers meet their responsibilities to our families and communities?
The National Whistleblowers Center, along with thousands of citizens and numerous other public interest groups, strongly opposed these efforts.
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The Obama campaign targeted private citizens who had donated to Romney groups.
Altogether, 15 French citizens are now being held by various groups in the region, six of them by groups aligned with al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.
The Obama administration made clear its deep dislike of Citizens United and of the various new conservative groups spawned by the "tea party" movement.
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Late last month, the US State Department issued a travel advisory warning US citizens in Nepal to be cautious as Maoist groups in the country had vowed to take "hard action" nationwide from 1-8 September.
For a tiny place with only 3.1 million citizens, Singapore supports more than 14 active theater groups.
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