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Occupy Houston Evicted From Park

KEYE - CBS 42  Tue, 02/14/2012 - 7:03am

The Occupy Houston protest at a city park has ended peacefully as officials clean up the public site to prepare for spring festivals.

Authorities say no arrests were immediately reported as the last handful of demonstrators, including those camping, left the downtown Houston park Monday night.

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Occupiers evicted from City Hall, Arrests made

KEYE - CBS 42  Fri, 02/03/2012 - 10:44pm

Austin Police began the removal of Occupy Austin demonstrators from City Hall Plaza Friday night.

According to City of Austin spokesman Reyne Telles, the city made a revision to the Building Use Policy on February 2 which applies park rules to the plaza.

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Occupy Demonstrators Mark Two Months Of Protests

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Thu, 11/17/2011 - 11:38am

From New York to California and places in between, Occupy protesters are in the streets Thursday, exactly two months after the movement began.

Police in riot gear were deployed in lower Manhattan Thursday morning as hundreds of demonstrators marched with the aim of shutting down Wall Street.

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Occupy Demonstrators Upset By Camp Clearings

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Tue, 11/15/2011 - 10:31am

Police officers removed Occupy Wall Street protesters from Zuccotti Park in New York City early Tuesday morning.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the operation took place at night to "reduce the risk of confrontation." But clashes erupted and about 70 people were arrested.

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Syrians protest Arab vote, embassies stormed (AP)

Ytop stories  Sun, 11/13/2011 - 5:13am

AP - Tens of thousands of pro-regime demonstrators gathered in a Damascus square Sunday to protest the Arab League's vote to suspend Syria over its bloody crackdown on the country's eight-month-old uprising.