Beyond Wall Street: 'Occupy' protests go global

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Protesters railing against the system

Protesters stand on the top of a van in Rome as demonstrators launched worldwide street rallies

Marching past a burning car

Protests in Rome turn violent as tens of thousands of peaceful demonstrators are overshadowed by a small number of activists who smash windows and ATM machines.

 

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks

Julian Assange speaks to demonstrators from the steps of Saint Paul's Cathedral in central London as around 800 people rally in the city's financial heart.

"Occupy the Planet"

Several hundred demonstrators gather at Zurich's Paradeplatz, the iconic place where both Swiss giant banking UBS and Credit Suisse are located.

 

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Occupy Wall Street in New York City's Zuccotti Park

 

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A protester breaks the window of a bank during a demonstration, in dowtown Rome on Oct. 15, 2011.

 

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Photographers take pictures of a broken Madonna.

Protesters hurl objects towards the police during clashes in Rome. Italian police fired tear gas and water cannons as protesters turned a demonstration against corporate greed into a riot Saturday, smashing shop and bank windows, torching cars and hurling bottles.

 

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A police officer is helped by colleagues as he lies on the ground during clashes.

An Italian paramilitary police, his face covered with blood, adjusts his helmet during clashes in Rome.

 

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A masked protester holds a traffic sign.

A banner with Italian Prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's picture is seen as a Carabinieri police vehicle burns in the background.

 

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Demonstrators sit in their camp outside the headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt, 17 October 2011

Inspired by the Occupy Wall Street protest camp in New York, protesters in cities across the world have taken to the streets in anger at corporate greed and government cutbacks. In Frankfurt, demonstrators set up a camp outside the headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB).

 

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fucking commies totally misunderstanding the message.

 

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Where are the pics for Singapore? I heard there was an excellent turnout for Occupy Raffles Place.