POLICEMAN DRESSED IN RIOT GEAR PASSES TOURISTS IN LAFAYETTE PARK ACROSS STREET FROM WHITE HOUSE, 2002-09-28...

A United States Park policeman dressed in full riot gear walks past tourists resting in Lafayette Park, across the street from the White House, in Washington September 28, 2002. A raggle-taggle bunch of protesters are gathering in the city Saturday, opposing everything from the World Bank's involvement in oil and gas projects to the need for more debt relief for poor countries. The demonstrators are expected to only number a few thousand after police depleted their ranks with more than 600 arrests in scattered street skirmishes on Friday. The number of protesters outside paled in comparison to the crowds in April 2000, when tens of thousands of anti-globalization demonstrators turned the streets near the IMF's headquarters into something of a siege zone. REUTERS/Gregg Newton GN/HB