Police in Belarus use tear gas to disperse protest
Police used tear gas to break up an anti-government protest in Belarus and forcefully detained dozens of demonstrators Sunday in the capital.
The authoritarian government had tried to thwart the protest by blocking access to Facebook, Twitter and a major Russian social networking site used by the organizers. The government also deployed thousands of police and secret service agents in central Minsk as an additional deterrent. But about 700 or 800 people gathered anyway on a central square. They did not hold signs or chant, but instead clapped their hands in unison to show their opposition to President Alexander Lukashenko. (AP)
