BBC: Occupy protests disrupt ports across US West Coast

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2. US protests disrupt West Coast ports

"The Port of Oakland has remained operational, with protests leading to sporadic disruptions and some delays of truck traffic and dockworker shifts," it said in an early-afternoon update.
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But by early afternoon the Port of Long Beach said there had been "minimal impact to port operations" during the rain-soaked demonstration by several hundred protesters at one of the world's largest shipping ports.

"Most freeways, bridges and port access routes remained open, and all shipping terminals were operational during the protest," a port statement said.

Further north in Portland, Oregon, where protesters also began demonstrations before dawn, two people were arrested for possession of weapons, and the port was partially closed down, according to local media.

In Seattle, Washington state, demonstrators planned rallies later in the day, according to organizers. There were no immediate reports of protest actions in Anchorage, Alaska.

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