Some 60 demonstrators arrested outside US Capitol

WASHINGTON, Oct 22 (Reuters) About 60 peaceful demonstrators, including several dressed as polar bears, were arrested outside the US Capitol today protesting the Iraq war and global warming, authorities said.

''People are being arrested out here because you (Congress) are not doing your job,'' antiwar activist Ann Wright shouted into a bullhorn.

Demonstrators were arrested on charges of unlawful assembly and blocking entrances to the Capitol, which was ringed by members of the US Capitol Police.

Sgt Kimberly Schneider, a police spokeswoman, said, ''We've had about 60 arrests.'' She said she had received no reports of violence.

About half a dozen demonstrators dressed in fluffy white outfits held a banner reading, ''Polar bears for solutions to war and global warming.'' Reuters AE DB2129