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Police disperse protesters at G20 summit
[Iran Press TV Latest] Police has fired pepper spray to disperse demonstrators attempting to protest against the G20 summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Riot police intervened after a 1,000-strong crowd, some of them black-clad hardliners wearing goggles and brandishing anti-capitalist banners, set off on a two-mile (three-kilometer) trek towards the conference venue. As the group left the city park where they had gathered in defiance of a ban on non-authorized rallies, police broadcast a pre-recorded announcement in English and Spanish declaring their protest an "unlawful assembly." Shortly afterwards, riot officers blocked their path and fired tear gas grenades., dispersing most of the protesters. On Thursday, the US President Barack Obama hosted a summit of world leaders aimed at tightening up regulations to ensure that a financial meltdown would never happen again. Posted by: Fred 2009-09-25 |
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