Wall Street protesters arrested in NYOctober 15, 2011 - 12:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A number of Wall Street protesters have been arrested in New York during scuffles with police as they marched towards the city's financial district. According to BBC, the confrontation came after activists averted a showdown with authorities who agreed not to move them from a park. Demonstrators said officials' plan to clean Zuccotti Park, where they have been based for weeks, had been a ploy to evict them. The protests against corporate greed have spread to other U.S. cities. Several demonstrations are reportedly planned this weekend in Canada and Europe, as well as Asia and Africa. Fourteen arrests were made on Friday in Lower Manhattan. In the Colorado city of Denver, around two dozen demonstrators were detained as police removed their tents in Lincoln Park near the state Capitol. And 10 Occupy Seattle protesters were held on Thursday when they ignored orders to leave their tents in the city's Westlake Park, said police. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |