Occupy protests spread around the world; 70 injured in Rome

[spanone]

(CNN) -- Thousands of people across the world railed against corporate power, grinding poverty and government cuts Saturday as the Occupy Wall Street movement spread to the streets of Europe, Asia and Australia -- and took a particularly violent turn in Rome.

Firefighters battled a blaze at an Interior Ministry building near Porta San Giovanni in Rome, the main gathering site of the Italian protesters taking part in the

Occupy movement Saturday, said eyewitnesses who reported seeing a Molotov cocktail thrown near the building.
A spokesman for Mayor Gianni Alemanno, who condemned the violence, confirmed 70 people were injured, 40 of them police officers. No arrest numbers were available late Saturday.

Police said hundreds of anarchists in Rome moved in where peaceful demonstrators had gathered as part of the global Occupy movement. The anarchists -- some wearing ski masks and belonging to a group termed "Black Bloc" -- torched cars, broke windows and clashed with police.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/15/world/occupy-goes-global/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

[gateley]

1. Good to see they're not holding the "peaceful demonstrators"

responsible. Not so sure we'd get such objective coverage if that happened here.

[spanone]

3. not a chance

[midnight]

2. Great signs are popping up everywhere....

[ChandlerJr]

4. Got to love the Bilderberg sign, it speaks volumns

Timothy Geithner

Memberships

Bilderberg Group

Need I say more?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Geithner

[SammyWinstonJack]

5. Heckuvajob Obama.

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