OCCUPY WALL STREET

Buoyed by Wall St. Protests, Rallies 

Sweep the Globe

Hundreds and in some cases thousands of people voiced discontent with the economy. In New York, at least 88 people were arrested.

Buoyed by the longevity of the Occupy Wall Street encampment in Manhattan, a wave of protests swept across Asia, the Americas and Europe over the weekend, with hundreds and in some cases thousands of people expressing discontent with the economic tides in marches, rallies and occasional clashes with the police. 

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NEW YORK TIMES COVERAGE OF "OCCUPY WALL STREET" 

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Nobel Peace Prize Awarded 

to Three Activist Women

 LONDON — The Nobel Peace Prize for 2011 was awarded on October 7 to three women from Africa and the Arab world in acknowledgment of their nonviolent role in promoting peace, democracy and gender equality.

Left, Leymah Gbowee in September; center: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the Liberian president, on Oct. 7; right: Tawakkol Karman in Sana, Yemen, on October 7.

 President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, center left, with her fellow Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee, center right, at the beginning of this month. Ms. Gbowee was honored by Riverdale last year. A Yemeni woman was also honored. Ms. Johnson Sirleaf is about to be declared the winner of a hard-fought re-election campaign for the presidency of Liberia.