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Celebrities At The "Occupy" Protests
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S. Ganbaatar, the head of Mongolia’s Confederation of Trade Unions (CTU), has announced that the association joins the worldwide occupy protests of Wallstreet and other highstreets on 20 October 2011. He claimed that bankers are charging higher interest rates from customers and corporates. As of September 2011, the weighted average annual MNT lending rate is 16% in Mongolia.
Republic of Ireland
Protests were held in Dublin, Cork, Galway, Roscommon, Letterkenny, and in Belfast. The Irish Times described the movement in the following terms: The group has no hierarchical structure, has set up a Facebook page and Twitter account – with the social media links attracting a very mixed, and sometimes critical, reaction. The protest in Dublin was organized by the "Real Democracy Now! Ireland," and "Occupy Dame Street" protest, set up outside the Central Bank of Ireland in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York. On 22nd October is was reported that over 2000 people took part in the Occupy Dame Street demonstration.
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