ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Police used tear gas to stop hundreds of protesters from approaching the conference center where NATO leaders were meeting in Istanbul.
The protesters threw fire-bombs as they clashed with security forces Monday, three kilometers from a barricaded zone in the center of the city where the summit is taking place, The Associated Press reported.
World leaders including U.S. President George W. Bush, British Prime Minister Tony Blair and French President Jacques Chirac were meeting as the historic handover of power was taking place in Baghdad. ( Full story)
Television footage from Turkey showed police using clubs and water cannons to keep the protesters at bay as an armored personnel carrier moved through the street.
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