Chicago Tribune and Sun-Times (3/21/03): Thousands of protesters (police estimate: 10,000) block rush-hour Loop traffic; 543 arrests on March 20. More arrests to protect traffic flow this morning. Demonstrations scheduled for 5:00 PM today and noon tomorrow.
Yemen: Two die, dozens injured as 30,000 protesters demonstrate at the US embassy in San'a (San Jose Mercury News, 3/21/03)
Great Britain (The Independent, 3/21/03):
Thousands of demonstrators staged sit-down protests, blocked roads and stopped trains yesterday as the outcry against the start of war in Iraq spread across the country.
In Parliament Square, London, there were scuffles and missiles were thrown at police lines as about 5,000 protesters, including many schoolchildren, resisted attempts to clear them from roads. Statues in Whitehall were daubed with graffiti. Under the statue of the Victorian statesman Viscount Palmerston were written the words: "Another warmonger."