11/2/11 GUTSY OAKLAND PROTESTORS CLOSE DOWN 5th LARGEST PORT

Oakland: "...anti-Wall Street demonstrations on Wednesday, marching through downtown, picketing banks and swarming the port. By early evening, port authorities said maritime operations there were effectively shut down."Maritime area operations will resume when it is safe and secure to do so," port officials said in a statement, asking marchers to "allow your fellow 99% to get home safe to their families..."
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