Friday, September 25, 2009 PITTSBURGH: Several protests have been staged around Pittsburgh as world leaders arrive in the city for the Group of 20 Summit.Protesters seeking human rights reforms in China gathered in a designated protest area near the site of the G-20 meeting.Several dozen people led by more than a dozen monks walked through downtown Pittsburgh to protest the regime ruling Burma.Earlier in the day, Oxfam America held a mock football game. A dozen activists wore Steelers uniforms bearing the names of world leaders to spotlight hunger issues.Later Thursday, a group called the Pittsburgh G-20 Resistance Project is holding a march it calls a "People's Uprising." It begins outside downtown and will head toward the meeting site. It's unclear how many people will participate.
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