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| Clashes at Nato summit protests | |
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| Police have clashed with hundreds of anti-Nato protesters in Strasbourg, firing tear gas to stop a crowd getting to the city centre, reports say. | Police have clashed with hundreds of anti-Nato protesters in Strasbourg, firing tear gas to stop a crowd getting to the city centre, reports say. |
| Masked protesters smashed bus shelters and set fire to rubbish bins, the AFP news agency reported. | Masked protesters smashed bus shelters and set fire to rubbish bins, the AFP news agency reported. |
| Leaders of Nato member states, including US President Barack Obama, are due in the city on Friday for the alliance's 60th-anniversary summit. | Leaders of Nato member states, including US President Barack Obama, are due in the city on Friday for the alliance's 60th-anniversary summit. |
| France last month announced it would be fully re-integrated into Nato. | France last month announced it would be fully re-integrated into Nato. |
| For decades it has stood at a distance from the alliance, taking part in military operations but not in its central planning and decision-making. | For decades it has stood at a distance from the alliance, taking part in military operations but not in its central planning and decision-making. |
| Security has been high in Strasbourg and across the border in the German cities of Baden-Baden and Kehl, in preparation for the summit. | |
| Some 25,000 police are on duty to control the tens of thousands of protesters expected to attend. |