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NATO summit and protests As world leaders gather in Chicago for the NATO meeting, the Occupy movement is taking advantage of the spotlight to showcase its message.
May 21, 2012
Protesters leave Chicago’s Union Park on a march to Boeing corporate offices for a demonstration as a part of the NATO summit. Demonstrators prepared to launch another round of protests in the final hours of the NATO summit.
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May 21, 2012
A protester holds up a sign outside Boeing headquarters in Chicago before Occupy Chicago activists marched to the building to protest the company's role in building airplanes for the U.S. military.
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May 21, 2012
Protesters stage a die-in in front of Boeing corporate offices as a part of the NATO summit.
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May 21, 2012
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, left, and Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, drinking water, are seen on a video screen behind news photographers during the meeting on Afghanistan at the 2012 NATO Summit.
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May 21, 2012
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, left, shares a laugh with U.S. President Obama before the start of the International Security Assistance Force meeting on Afghanistan at the NATO Summit. At right is Gen. John R. Allen, Commander of the International Security Assistance Force.
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May 21, 2012
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks to British Prime Minister David Cameron, left, and British Foreign Secretary William Hague during the 2012 NATO Summit.
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May 20, 2012
French President Francois Hollande, left, shakes hands with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai at the NATO summit at McCormick Place in Chicago.
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May 21, 2012
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard arrives at the NATO Summit in Chicago.
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May 20, 2012
A protester is detained by police at a march and rally during this weekend's NATO summit.
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May 20, 2012
A Chicago police officer confronts a protester during a march and rally at this weekend's NATO summit.
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May 20, 2012
Demonstrators flow out of Grant Park in Chicago during this weekend's NATO summit.
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May 20, 2012
A woman cheers while showing the peace sign as demonstrators protest in the streets during an anti-NATO march in Chicago. Four police officers were injured and 45 demonstrators arrested after baton-wielding police clashed with anti-war protesters marching on the NATO summit.
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May 20, 2012
A protester gestures in the rain at the Art Institute where First Lady Michelle Obama is hosting a dinner for the spouses of NATO dignitaries during this weekend's summit in Chicago.
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May 20, 2012
President Obama shakes hands with with Afghan President Hamid Karzai during a meeting before the NATO summit in Chicago. With Obama, Karzai thanked Americans for the help their “taxpayer money” has provided in Afghanistan. Much of the NATO summit promises to revolve around Afghanistan.
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May 20, 2012
Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt talks to President Obama as she arrives at the NATO summit in Chicago. At left is NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
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May 20, 2012
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and President Obama flank German Chancellor Angela Merkel at McCormick Place in Chicago during the NATO summit.
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May 20, 2012
President Obama and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, left, welcome British Prime Minister David Cameron to the NATO summit in Chicago.
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May 20, 2012
President Obama is flanked by Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, left, and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen during the NATO summit.
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May 20, 2012
First lady Michelle Obama, center, watches a performance alongside spouses of other NATO leaders at the Gary Comer Youth Center in Chicago. Seated with Obama are, from left, Hayrunnisa Gul, wife of Turkish President Abdullah Gul; Anne-Mette Rasmussen, wife of NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen; Liri Berisha, wife of Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha; Ingrid Schulerud, wife of Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg; and Valerie Trierweiler, partner of French President Francois Hollande.
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May 20, 2012
Heads of state and government attend a meeting in Chicago during the NATO summit.
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May 20, 2012
British Prime Minister David Cameron, left, talks with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (D) during a meeting before Cameron went to the NATO summit in Chicago.
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May 20, 2012
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen is pictured in the viewfinder of a television camera as he speaks to the media at the start of the NATO summit in Chicago.
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May 20, 2012
Demonstrators make their way through downtown Chicago during this weekend's NATO summit. Chicago police are preparing for the worst with many officers in riot gear and with their numbers enhanced by police from outside the city.
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May 19, 2012
Protesters, some affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement, briefly clash with police as they demonstrate in downtown Chicago on the eve of the NATO summit in Chicago. Sixty heads of state, 2,500 journalists and thousands of protesters have converged on Chicago for the two day NATO meeting which begins on Sunday and will look to address the situation in Afghanistan among other global defense issues.
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May 19, 2012
Demonstrators march through Chicago streets. This was the sixth day of protests ahead of the NATO Summit, which runs May 20-21.
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May 19, 2012
A police officer wrestles with the hand of an NATO protester who refused to let go of her bicycle in Chicago. Security has been high throughout the city in preparation for the NATO summit, where delegations from about 60 countries will discuss the war in Afghanistan and European missile defense.
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May 19, 2012
Occupy Chicago protesters march down Montrose Avenue to Mayor Rahm Emanuel's house during a demonstration in Chicago. Security has been high throughout the city in preparation for the NATO summit, where delegations from about 60 countries will discuss the war in Afghanistan and European missile defense.
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May 19, 2012
Demonstrators clash with law enforcement officers during a protest before the start of a NATO summit in Chicago. Hundreds of demonstrators protested peacefully on Saturday on the eve of the NATO summit, gathering outside Mayor Rahm Emanuel's home to criticize cuts in mental health services before moving downtown.
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May 19, 2012
Police arrest a man during an anti-NATO protest march in Chicago.
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May 19, 2012
Police arrest a protester during an anti-NATO demonstration in downtown Chicago.
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May 19, 2012
Protesters race to avoid being contained by police during street demonstrations ahead of the NATO Summit in Chicago. Police trying to keep the peace during the NATO summit may face their biggest test on Sunday when thousands of demonstrators were expected to march near the site where leaders of the military alliance begin a two-day meeting.
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May 19, 2012
A bleeding anti-NATO protester is comforted after a scuffle with police during a march in Chicago. On Sunday, the start of the two-day NATO summit, thousands of protesters are expected to march to the McCormick Place convention center, where NATO delegates will be meeting.
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May 19, 2012
A woman is detained during a street demonstration ahead of the NATO Summit in Chicago.
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May 18, 2012
An Occupy Chicago protester covers himself with an American flag as he lies on the ground after a march through the streets of downtown Chicago on the eve of the NATO summit.
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May 18, 2012
Members of the Occupy movement demonstrate at Daley Plaza ahead of a two-day NATO summit in Chicago.
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May 18, 2012
Members of National Nurses United rally in Daley Plaza ahead of the NATO summit in Chicago. Thousands of nurses and other protesters gathered for a noisy but largely peaceful demonstration demanding a “Robin Hood” tax on banks' financial transactions.
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May 18, 2012
Protesters block traffic on Michigan Avenue as they march through Chicago during a demonstration.
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May 18, 2012
Police on horseback blocked some intersections as breakaway groups of protesters wound through Chicago.
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May 18, 2012
Demonstrators with Occupy Chicago argue with police officers as they march through Chicago. The city equipped officers with $1 million in new riot gear, pepper spray and, in some cases, crowd-control training. The city also has “sound cannons,” which emit an ear-splitting chirping noise.
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May 18, 2012
Members of National Nurses United rally ahead of the NATO summit. The nurses from the country's largest nurses union wore green Robin Hood hats and chanted “Tax, tax the rich.”
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May 18, 2012
A member of National Nurses United protests at Daley Plaza in Chicago. The demonstrations Friday were the largest yet ahead of a two-day NATO summit that is expected to draw even larger protests.
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May 18, 2012
Demonstrators with Occupy Chicago march through the streets of Chicago. Representatives from Occupy Chicago — which has been coordinating the logistics for the week — say they're hoping to seize the moment as global attention turns to the president’s home town.
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May 18, 2012
A protester in a Guy Fawkes mask walks past a police officer during a demonstration ahead of the NATO summit. NATO leaders are expected to discuss the worsening situation in Afghanistan, and protest organizers said they hope thousands of people will turn out to demonstrate against the war and other issues such as income inequality.
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May 18, 2012
Members of the Occupy movement protest in Chicago. Busloads of protesters began arriving Thursday from cities across the country.
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May 18, 2012
Musician Tom Morello performs at a NATO summit demonstration at Daley Plaza.
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May 18, 2012
A protester tears down a NATO summit banner from one of the bridge towers along the Chicago River at the Michigan Avenue bridge in Chicago.
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May 18, 2012
Protesters block traffic on Michigan Avenue as they march through the city during a demonstration.
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