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outside, the protests have been a bit of a damp squib compared to yesterday. Many enjoying sunshine and wandering about.
7:15 AM Apr 2nd
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talk of clamp down on tax havens
7:12 AM Apr 2nd
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$5 trillion to ne injected into world's economies by 2010, acc to Brown.
7:11 AM Apr 2nd
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$1 trillion has been promised to the IMF and other organisations by world leaders
7:10 AM Apr 2nd
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excel: There are no signs of trouble
3:55 AM Apr 2nd
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excel: Protesters congregated as close as they could to the meeting. But police kept them 600 meters away from excel centre
3:54 AM Apr 2nd
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March passed thru City without incident so now off to Docklands
3:36 AM Apr 2nd
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excel: police say area immediately facing the excel centre may be blocked later if many more protesters arrived later in the day.
2:33 AM Apr 2nd
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excel: As of mid morning members of the public were in fact able to come within a few meters of the excel centre
2:32 AM Apr 2nd
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Excel: Security forces us to register outside the Tate & Lyle golden syrup factory. Apt place given the sugery communique to come
2:17 AM Apr 2nd
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Lots of tourists, no protesters, normal levels of police at westminster. Slow start to the demonstrations this chilly morning.
2:11 AM Apr 2nd
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Police in full riot gear line the streets around bank and bishopsgate, on guard for the possibility of violence later in the evening
8:36 AM Apr 1st
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As city workers fight their way home through the crowds, the protesters show no signs of moving on.
8:36 AM Apr 1st
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War demo ends at trafalgar sq and crowds disperse. Hard to guess on numbers. Demo was trouble-free. FT coverage
8:03 AM Apr 1st
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All quiet on the EC2 front. Most people just enjoying the soundsystems and juggling
7:24 AM Apr 1st
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Scargill, Benn - it's as if Twitter has gone back to the 1980s.
7:20 AM Apr 1st
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Arthur scargill tells protestors that bankers should be getting "brass handcuffs not golden handshakes".
7:18 AM Apr 1st
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Trafalgar Square: Tony Benn says that the solution to the global financial crisis must come from the people, not from the IMF
7:10 AM Apr 1st
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Quotes from the protest: "A lot of people were really dehydrated." Eve, 20, student. Didn't they advise bringing your own water?
6:59 AM Apr 1st
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Quotes from the protest: " The atmosphere was very quiet. It wouldn't have been like this in Paris." Delphine, French film student
6:57 AM Apr 1st
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- Name FT G20 coverage
- Location London
- Web http://blogs.ft.c...
- Bio Updates from FT reporters out and about during the G20 protests
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