Protesters have held a second day of demonstrations in London near the venue of the G20 summit and in the City.
Several hundred people gathered near the ExCel centre in docklands and around 400 outside the Bank of England.
Around 100 were caught in a stand-off with police outside the bank and there were some minor skirmishes when others were boxed in, but most were peaceful.
There have been 122 arrests related to the G20, including 86 on Wednesday and 32 on Thursday, police said.
'Squats raided'
World leaders held talks throughout the day at the ExCel centre, a few hundred yards from protesters.
There was room for about 6,000 but only a few hundred turned up, the BBC's Ben Brown reported.
He said the "noisy but calm" crowds were kept well away from the conference centre amid tight security.
Stop the War Coalition, the British Muslim Initiative, CND and Middle East campaigning groups were among the varied groups who took part.
Protesters were allowed in one area only, outside the security fence erected around the conference hall.
In the City, police officers corralled around 100 protesters on to the pedestrianised area in front of the Bank of England.
More were cleared from surrounding streets and there were minor clashes as other pockets of protesters were contained in small areas.
Many people had gathered outside the bank in support of a man who died in the protests on Wednesday evening.
Police confirmed the circumstances behind the death have been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).
Scotland Yard said he had collapsed near the Bank of England and was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead.
City of London police named him as Ian Tomlinson, 47, and said he was on his way home from working at a newsagents at the time.
Meanwhile, police raided two squats in east London to arrest people they believed had links to Wednesday's protest violence.
Officers in riot gear questioned around 60 people at one squat in Earl Street near Liverpool Street Station, but police have not reported any arrests there.
The BBC's Dominic Hurst said a crowd of about 30 demonstrators chanted "shame on you" at police, but the situation remained peaceful.
Around 20 more were questioned at Rampart Street in Aldgate, where police say four people were arrested - two for violent disorder and two for possessing an offensive weapon.
On Thursday morning 40 protesters met outside the London Stock Exchange where they had threatened to disrupt business, but they were outnumbered by 100 police officers.
'Human spider'
Elsewhere, campaigners got their message across in other ways.
A small number of protesters played a giant game of Monopoly in the City, armed with huge crates of fake money.
 Frenchman Alain Robert scales the Lloyds Insurance building in the City |
While French freeclimber Alain Robert, known as the Human Spider, scaled the Lloyds' building in the capital as part of protests. He unfurled a banner but returned to the ground.
An estimated 5,000 people took part in Wednesday's protests which were mainly peaceful and good-humoured but punctuated with violence.
Stuart Fraser, from the City of London Corporation, said Wednesday's security operation was a success.
"The high cost [of the security operation] is the price of democracy," he added.
Those arrested were held for offences including violent disorder, obstruction, aggravated burglary, arson and unlawful possession of police uniforms.
The final communique from the G20 summit in London has been hailed by participants, but has been met with a mixed reaction from other politicians, trade unionists and activists alike. US President Barack Obama described it as "a turning point in our pursuit of global economic recovery." He said it was historic "because of the size and the scope of the challenge that we face and because of the timeliness and the magnitude of our response". German Chancellor Angela Merkel called the outcome "a very, very good, almost historic compromise" that would give the world "a clear financial" architecture. French President Nicolas Sarkozy said the deal was "unprecedented". He believed "a page has been turned" in the history of global capitalism. 'A bitter pill to swallow' But rock star and anti-poverty campaigner Bob Geldof said the deal raised several issues. "A key question the African delegation is asking is whether this will be real new money for their countries, and will it be grants or expensive loans?" Conservative leader David Cameron welcomed some of the measures, but worried they did not go far enough. "Giving more money to the IMF to help countries in trouble, that is right; not going further on trade and getting the Doha round started with a timetable, I think that's wrong. The outcome was a "bitter pill to swallow" for Juliam Oram from the World Development Movement, who complained the world leaders had missed a historic opportunity to launch a global recovery plan. "What's missing," he said, "is a global green new deal that puts the interests of poor people and the environment at the heart of international trade and finance." 'Just the beginning' "This summit has delivered real progress in crucial areas with tighter regulation of the financial system," according to TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber, who applauded the crackdown on tax havens and support for the poorest countries. "These mark a break with the failed policies of previous decades. " "The deal contains some very welcome measures but is, as a whole, insufficient to meet the challenges facing the global economy," said Grahame Smith, general secretary of the Scottish TUC. "The failure to agree a co-ordinated global stimulus package is deeply disappointing," "Nobody should imagine this summit is anything more than a beginning," said Adrian Lovett, Save the Children's director of campaigns. "A communique feeds no-one and words alone do not save a child's life... Everything now depends on what those leaders do next." retirado do site da BBCMixed reactions to G20 outcome
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