Latest developments in the global Occupy protests


An Occupy London Stock Exchange protester juggles beside their camp that has been setup outside St Paul’s Cathedral, near the London Stock Exchange in London, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011.
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Some of the latest developments in the Occupy protests taking place in cities across the world:

UNITED STATES

VIRGINIA

Police in Richmond, Virgina, have broken up an Occupy Wall Street camp where protesters had set up a tent city, complete with a makeshift library, kitchen and portable toilets.

Police spokesman Gene Lepley says officers began clearing the park early Monday around 1 a.m. He says most of the dozens of protesters there left when told to and around a dozen who stayed were arrested for trespassing.

TEXAS

Police in Austin, Texas, made 39 arrests early Sunday as they moved to enforce a new rule banning food tables in the City Hall plaza where protesters have camped out. Some protesters surrounded the tables with arms linked.

Most were charged with criminal trespass, Police Chief Art Acevedo said. No injuries were reported.

CALIFORNIA

The roommate of an Iraq War veteran seriously injured in a clash with police during an anti-Wall Street protest says Scott Olsen is doing well and doctors say he’ll make a full recovery. Keith Shannon served with the 24-year-old former Marine in Iraq.

He tells The Associated Press that he visited Olsen at a medical facility Sunday and he “seems to be doing well.” Shannon says Olsen still can’t talk but doctors expect him to make a full recovery. Olsen suffered a fractured skull and other head injuries during the clash Tuesday. Police are investigating how Olsen was struck by a projectile.

EUROPE

ENGLAND

Clergymen and demonstrators held talks Sunday aimed at avoiding a violent confrontation over an anti-capitalist protest camp outside London’s iconic St. Paul’s Cathedral.

Both the church and the local authority, the City of London Corporation, have launched legal action in the hope of clearing scores of tents from a pedestrianized square and footpath outside the cathedral.