Police Fire Tear Gas at Copenhagen Climate Summit Protesters

Riot Police carry an activist of the Reclaim Power demonstration into a bus near the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark, 16 November 2009. The Bella Center is the venue for COP15, the UN Climate Change Conference. Photo by EPA/BGNES

Police have fired tear gas as hundreds of protesters tried to break through a perimeter fence at the UN climate summit venue in Copenhagen.

The Bella Center, where the conference is taking place, has now been shut off, the BBC reported.

Activists have been angered by lack of progress on a new climate deal and also by restrictions on access to the talks.

The protesters had marched to the summit across Copenhagen and police said they had detained about 100.

As environment ministers and their aides join the talks, Danish officials have cut the number of campaigners allowed in.

Thousands of would-be delegates have queued for hours to gain access to the conference venue - many unsuccessfully.

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