NATO troops shot, wounded in brutal Kosovo clashes (video)
RT
November 29, 2011
At least two Kosovan Serbs and two NATO peacekeepers were injured in a fresh wave of violence in northern Kosovo, casting doubts on whether the conflict could be resolved in the near future.
The skirmishes occurred near the town of Zubin Potok, where Serbs were protesting NATO’s attempts to remove a barricade made of buses and trucks that was blocking a main road in the region. NATO peacekeeping troops responded by firing rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannons at the demonstrators. They also used pepper spray and batons against the protesters, while the latter hit the NATO peacekeepers with clubs and pelted them with rocks.
NATO has been claiming the two injured peacekeepers were under fire from the Serb demonstrators and is now instructing its soldiers to fire live ammunition if they come under attack.
Occupy Toronto protesters evicted from building where they were squatting
Stephen Spencer Davis
Globe and Mail
November 28, 2011
A small group of protesters who identified themselves as members of Occupy Toronto were evicted from the basement of an historic Queen Street building on Monday afternoon, after squatting there since Friday.
Four men left the building at 238 Queen Street West by a back entrance at 3:43 p.m. Staff from the city’s real estate division, escorted by several police officers on bicycles, delivered a notice under the Trespass To Property Act.
A member of the Occupy Toronto food team who only identifies himself by the alias Antonin Smith had hoped the group would become the legitimate lessor of the space. He said the protesters chose to leave peacefully after an eviction notice was slipped under the barricaded door.
Occupy Toronto says movement isn’t dead
‘You can’t evict an idea,’ protester says as mayor praises peaceful park dismantling
CBC News
November 24, 2011
Occupy Toronto protesters say their movement did not die when police dismantled their tents and ended a five-week occupation of a downtown park on Wednesday.
City workers were busy Thursday cleaning St. James Park, the site of an Occupy Toronto encampment since Oct. 15. Some residents visited the park for the first time since the protest began.
While enforcing an eviction order, police working with about 100 city workers cleared the tents and other belongings on Wednesday.
Occupy Toronto protest site cleared
Mayor declares protest over; 11 arrested
CBC News
November 23, 2011
The Occupy Toronto encampment has come to a peaceful end with protesters vacating the last occupied tent in St. James Park after a negotiated settlement with police.
Mayor Rob Ford said in a late afternoon news conference that he was proud of city staff and police for the job they did in the park on Wednesday, and warned protesters they would not be able to relocate.
“The protest is over and I’d like to keep it that way,” he said. “And if they do go to another park, we will ask them to leave immediately.”
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UNsanctioned Syria: ‘West wants to occupy, not stop violence’ (video)
RT
November 29, 2011
The Arab League’s sanctions against Damascus are in fact “a declaration of economic war” against the Syrian people, which have “closed windows” for resolving the country’s crisis, the country’s senior diplomat says.
Also on Monday, the UN released a report that found Syrian troops committed “crimes against humanity”, including the killing of hundreds of children since the government crackdown began in March.
Occupy Vancouver looking beyond tent-city model of protest
Matthew Black
Globe and Mail
November 23, 2011
Occupy Vancouver decided Wednesday afternoon to temporarily abandon public occupations in favour of regular meetings after the group was forced indoors for the first time the previous evening.
The decision was made by an assembly of approximately 50 protesters who returned to Grandview Park after heavy rainfall and the park’s 10 p.m. closing time left them with nowhere to occupy Tuesday night.
A second general assembly was planned for 7 p.m. Wednesday on the grounds of the Vancouver Art Gallery, the site of the initial Occupy Vancouver protests in October.
Court injunctions forced protesters to abandon their sites at the Art Gallery and the Robson Square law courts, on Monday and Tuesday respectively.
Protesters had camped out in downtown Vancouver since Oct. 15.
Vancouver Park Board Deputy General Manager Peter Kuran was at Grandview Park on Wednesday. He addressed the assembly by reading out loud parks control bylaw 8 (b), which states that written permission from the general manager of the Parks and Recreation Board is legally required to hold a public gathering in a city park.
Occupy Vancouver camp disbands after failed move
CBC
November 22, 2011
The Occupy Vancouver camp finally disbanded on Tuesday night, after five long weeks and after several dozen of the remaining protesters failed to establish a new camp at Grandview Park on Commercial Drive in East Vancouver.
The protesters took the SkyTrain to the park on Tuesday evening after they were evicted from the provincial courthouse grounds downtown at Robson Square by police.
Upon their arrival in Grandview park they were met by local residents, police and city officials who told them they were not welcome to set up camp in the park.
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