The arrest of nearly 1,000 out of climate talks

Copenhagen: Hundreds of people from among the tens of thousands of activists were arrested Saturday in the industrialized countries of the UN climate conference here criticized the draft of the agreement is not making a stronger demand for the major developing countries.

Police said they arrested 968 people gathered in the direction of the back of a rally in Copenhagen, which is part of the world “working day”.

Police said four cars were set on fire during the evening in another place in the Danish capital.

A police officer was slightly injured when he was hit by a stone thrown from one group of demonstrators were injured by fireworks, police said.

Police spokesman Rasmus Skovsgaard Burnett said that “there was some cobbled At the same time people have to wear masks. We decided to go for preventive arrests to give a peaceful demonstration in the possibility of moving forward.”

An activist group accused of assault after police arrested about 400 protesters dressed in black and forced them to sit on the road for several hours in temperatures near freezing and their hands tied behind their backs.

Earlier police said they arrested 19 people, mainly to Denmark to break the strict laws against carrying pocket knives or wearing masks during demonstrations.

More than 4 miles from the long march was held in a festive atmosphere.

Estimates of the number of people in the march under a clear sky cool police estimates ranged from 25,000 to 100,000 by the organizers, who hope to put pressure on delegates and next week’s summit of 110 world leaders.

Some activists dressed as polar bears, penguins and some with signs such as “to save the humans!”.

Some held a giant balloon on the verge of blowing snow to melt – a symbol of warming linked mainly to the burning of fossil fuels to the United Nations Commission on Climate scientists say will bring desertification, floods, heat waves and rising seas.

“There is no Planet B” and “change in policy, not change”, and read the signs again.

“Mountains are changing, glaciers are melting,” said the Nepalese Sherpa Pertamba, who came to Denmark to establish with thirty climbers. “It’s time to think about future generations.”

Activists said 4,000 events, such as the candlelight rallies, were held Saturday from Fiji to the United States to show support for substantial reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.

In Australia, “the march against global warming,” marched in several cities. In Sydney, protesters carried banners reading “No new coal mines,” in reference to Australia in the case of one of the largest exporters of coal.

In Italy, and thousands of exciting and staged protests in 100 fields in all parts of the country, from Venice in Piazza San Marco Square in the historic center in Rome.

In Manila, Philippines, 200 activists staged a celebration. Dozens of environmental activists rallied outside the Indonesian Embassy in Jakarta U.S.