GLOBAL: ENGLAND: la policia muestra sus grrras
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Participants in a march organised by Occupy Wall Street walk through the financial district in New York. Photograph: Tina Fineberg/AP
The New York Times has a report on the protests in Asia and Euope today.
Most events drew modest numbers across Asia — the largest crowd was in Sydney, Australia, where some news reports estimated up to 800 people were in attendance. Rallies in Hong Kong, Melbourne, Australia, Seoul, Taipei and Tokyo drew a few hundred people each.
In Sydney, several hundred protesters, some carrying signs with slogans as disparate as "We are the 99%" and "Capitalism is Killing our Economy," packed onto one of the art-deco style public thoroughfares outside the headquarters of the Reserve Bank of Australia in Sydney's financial district. The atmosphere was lively, with a brass band providing music and hand-drawn chalk artworks springing up on the sidewalk.
The mood of the protest has changed dramatically as riot police move in to kettle the demonstrators, says Mark Townsend.
He Tweets: "St Paul's completely kettled. First arrests. Legal observers cannot access to "prevent breach of peace". Rapid mood change."Lisa O'Carroll adds that legal observers say one person has been arrested but this has not been confirmed.
The police are now changing into full riot gear, suggesting they may be about to adopt more forceful tactics with the protesters, says Mark Townsend.
He Tweets: "Dozens of police changing into full riot garb. New Met commissioner pledged last wk to "win big days of action." Strong tactics ahead." The Associated Press has a brief summary of some of the protests elsewhere in the world today.
In Frankfurt, around 5,000 people took to the streets to protest in front of the European Central Bank.
Hundreds marched through the Bosnian city of Sarajevo carrying pictures of Che Guevara and old communist flags that read "Death to capitalism, freedom to the people."
Several thousands are expected to protest in Rome a day after Premier Silvio Berlusconi survived a confidence vote.
Hundreds of people also joined peaceful protests in Sydney, Tokyo, Manila, Hong Kong and Seoul.
There's a more visible police presence around Paternoster square but still no sign of officers kettling protesters, writes Lisa O'Carroll.
The Guardian, now.
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