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New York to get world's biggest Ferris wheel

New York's mayor says the city will wheel out the world's biggest Ferris wheel in 2015, overtaking the current record holder in Singapore and leaving the London Eye in the dust.
 

Eviction of London Occupy camp underway

Police and bailiffs on Tuesday moved to dismantle the anti-capitalist camp which sprang up outside London's St Paul's Cathedral in October last year, according to the City's local authority.
 

Court approves eviction of Occupy London protesters

The High Court in London on Wednesday approved a bid by authorities to evict anti-capitalist protesters from outside St Paul's Cathedral.
 

Anti-Wall Street camps lure U.S. homeless

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Oscar Wesley McKinney doesn't carry a placard, and he doesn't chant slogans. He's not even sure he agrees with the message of the Occupy Wall Street movement.
 

Security, amenities of Anti-Wall Street camps lure homeless

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Oscar Wesley McKinney doesn't carry a placard, and he doesn't chant slogans. He's not even sure he agrees with the message of the Occupy Wall Street movement.
 

Police set up barricades at Occupy San Francisco site

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Police erected barricades on Thursday around a San Francisco park where hundreds of anti-Wall Street protesters braced for eviction two days after failing to agree to a city plan for relocating their camp.
 

Police set up barricades at Occupy San Francisco site

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Police erected barricades on Thursday around a San Francisco park where hundreds of anti-Wall Street protesters braced for eviction two days after failing to agree to a city plan for relocating their camp.
 

Occupy San Francisco activists, for now, reject offer to leave

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Anti-Wall Street activists in San Francisco, who hold one of the largest remaining Occupy camps on the West Coast, essentially rejected an offer to trade their compound for a new site even as officials said time was short for a deal.
 

San Francisco offers anti-Wall Street protesters new camp site

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, seeking to lure anti-Wall Street activists from a downtown encampment, offered them an alternate site on Tuesday at a former school 2.5 miles from the current Financial District camp.
 

LA protesters stand firm after defying eviction

Hundreds of anti-Wall Street protesters in Los Angeles vowed Monday to stay put in a downtown camp after defying a deadline to leave, as police mulled how to evict them "as gently as possible."
 

Los Angeles set to evict Occupy protesters

Hundreds of anti-Wall Street protesters in Los Angeles were bracing Monday for eviction from a park near city hall, with some packing up to avoid confrontation and others digging in to resist police.
 

Los Angeles set to evict Occupy protestors

Hundreds of anti-Wall Street protesters in Los Angeles were bracing Monday for eviction from a park near city hall, with some packing up to avoid confrontation and others digging in to resist police.
 

Occupy LA protesters brace for eviction

Dozens of anti-Wall Street protesters in Los Angeles braced Sunday for eviction from a park near city hall, with some packing up their tents and others digging in to resist police.
 

LA mayor tells defiant Occupy demonstrators to go

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa ordered anti-capitalist protesters to leave the spot where they have been rallying since October by 12:01 am Monday, citing public safety concerns.
 

Occupy Wall Street celebrates Thanksgiving

Occupy Wall Street protesters celebrated Thanksgiving by gathering in a disputed New York square where their movement sprang up two months ago and feasting on turkey with all the trimmings.
 

Occupy Wall Street celebrates Thanksgiving

Occupy Wall Street protesters got in the Thanksgiving spirit, congregating in the disputed New York square where their movement sprang up two months ago for a feast of turkey with all the fixings.
 

'Occupy' movement energized by large NY protests

Occupy Wall Street claimed victory Friday after a "historic day" of action drew tens of thousands of protesters onto streets worldwide and breathed life into the embattled movement.
 

Protestors give Sotheby's clients rough reception

Union workers and Occupy Wall Street activists gave a rough welcome to well-heeled Sotheby's clients as they arrived in limousines to attend an auction of contemporary art in New York.
 

Protestors give Sotheby's clients rough reception

Union workers and Occupy Wall Street activists gave a rough welcome Wednesday to well-heeled Sotheby's clients as they arrived in limousines to attend an auction of contemporary art in New York.
 

Dozens arrested as NY protesters, police clash

At least 88 people have been arrested in New York after police on horseback clashed with protesters in Times Square on Saturday during a global day of demonstrations against corporate greed.