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Italians Protest US Base Expansion, G8

Riot police clash with protesters demonstrating against a military base used by U.S. paratroops, in the northern Italian city of Vicenza July 4, 2009. Thousand of Italians gathered under heavy police guard on Saturday to protest against the expansion of a U.S. military base that has aroused strong opposition.
REUTERS/Tony Gentile

VICENZA, Italy - Anti-G8 demonstrators clashed briefly with Italian police on Saturday in the first big protest ahead of next week's summit of the world's richest nations.

Police in riot gear fired teargas at protesters to prevent them from crossing a bridge and moving closer to a controversial U.S. military base in the northeastern city of Vicenza.

A group of demonstrators, some of them wearing motorcycle helmets and with their faces covered, threw bottles, rocks and lit firecrackers they were pushed back by security forces.