COPENHAGEN, Denmark - December 16, 2009 - Police battled demonstrators outside the UN climate summit on Wednesday as leaders of developing nations let rip at wealthy counterparts, exposing the huge obstacles facing a deal to tame global warming.
Police with dogs fired tear gas and arrested around 260 marchers in Copenhagen, while inside the Bella Center venue fears swelled that ministerial wrangling could wreck hopes for a deal.
Around 1,500 demonstrators tried to march on the closely guarded complex, where 194 nations are seeking to forge a strategy to head off believed but unconfirmed dangers from rising oceans, droughts, plagues and storms threatened by soaring temperatures.
Police with dogs fired tear gas and arrested around 260 marchers in Copenhagen, while inside the Bella Center venue fears swelled that ministerial wrangling could wreck hopes for a deal.
Around 1,500 demonstrators tried to march on the closely guarded complex, where 194 nations are seeking to forge a strategy to head off believed but unconfirmed dangers from rising oceans, droughts, plagues and storms threatened by soaring temperatures.