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International Monetary Fund: 3 arrested outside IMF meeting in D.C.

April 21, 2012 - 04:37 pm
Occupy DC demonstrators try to block participants from entering the IMF Spring Meetings in Washington, on Saturday. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

WASHINGTON (AP) - Three people have been arrested outside the International Monetary Fund meeting going on in Washington.

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Metropolitan Police spokesman Officer Anthony Clay says one person was arrested early Saturday and two later in the day outside the International Monetary Fund building at 19th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue.

One man was charged with crossing a police line just before 3 a.m. Saturday. Another man was charged with blocking passage, and a third person, a woman, was charged with assault on a police officer.

The 188-nation IMF is wrapping up its spring meeting on Saturday.

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