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| Clashes at Nato summit protests | 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. |
| The windscreen of a military vehicle carrying police was also smashed. | |
| 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. |
| Windows smashed | |
| Thousands of police officers are on duty to try to control the protests | |
| Groups of youth, mostly wearing hoods or scarves, walked through a suburb of the city carrying banners saying: "Stop repression in London and Strasbourg". | |
| Bus stops and vehicles were vandalised, shop windows smashed and a barricade put up on one street. | |
| One protester rammed a pole through the front window of a police vehicle. | |
| A passenger in the car appeared to be holding a handgun as it quickly reversed. | |
| Security has been high in Strasbourg and across the border in the German cities of Baden-Baden and Kehl, in preparation for the summit. | 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. | Some 25,000 police are on duty to control the tens of thousands of protesters expected to attend. |