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Police use tear gas against RNC protesters

Police arrested an estimated 200 anti-war protesters Thursday night after using tear gas and percussion grenades to disperse a crowd near the State Capitol, about a mile from the Republican National Convention. <p><a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=8gKeYh"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=8gKeYh" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=Ydo1zL"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=Ydo1zL" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=9N4gKL"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=9N4gKL" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=abEOUl"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=abEOUl" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=NJnnJL"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=NJnnJL" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=GVQkYl"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=GVQkYl" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~4/383792891" height="1" width="1"/>