WEF Protests: Mild at Heart

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Protesters unfurl an anti-World Economic Forum parachute on February 2, 2002, in New York, as the World Economic Forum takes place in the nearby Waldorf-Astoria hotel. Thousands of protesters and activists from around the country have descended on the city to rally against the five-day-event in which business and political leaders discuss world economic issues.

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