Protesters upset about the handling of the global economic crisis are clashing with police in Switzerland.
Police
say groups of demonstrators marched through the Alpine ski resort town
of Davos Saturday, some throwing objects at security barriers erected
to protect leaders who are meeting at the World Economic Forum.
Other protesters carried signs or chanted, blaming officials for the crisis.
In Geneva, hundreds of protesters took to the streets in defiance of a government ban.
Officials
say the crowd pelted police with bottles when their route to the center
was blocked, forcing police to repel the crowd with tear gas and water
cannons.
One official says 60 people were detained, though some have been released.
The
World Economic Forum has administrative offices near Geneva. The city
is often a targeted by protesters as a symbol of capitalism.
Some information for this report was provided by AFP and Reuters.
