1. A few small, scattered groups of anti-base protesters appeared at various summit venues and along the main road. 2. Outside, Lebanese military helicopters clattered overhead, soldiers kept watch from armored carriers and checkpoints that sealed off entire blocks around the summit venue in downtown Beirut. 3. Access will be tightly controlled, with special passes required to enter the security zone and additional photo identification badges for each summit venue, including hotels. 4. Also on Tuesday, police removed demonstrators with the anti-EU Goteborg Non-Violence Network from a camp they had set up near the planned summit venue. 5. Al-Shouli later told the AP that two Al-Jazeera cameramen were briefly detained by Lebanese security while covering activities at the summit venue. 6. Armed police officers surrounded the summit venue, the Eko Hotel, but did little more than direct traffic. 7. Bomb-sniffing dogs were deployed around summit venues, and border and maritime patrols have been stepped up. 8. Bomb-sniffing dogs are deployed around summit venues, and border and maritime patrols have been stepped up. 9. Buses driving delegates and media around the summit venue have churned up patches of its manicured lawns, transforming them into pools of thick mud. 10. But officials are on alert for suspicious letters and packages, bomb-sniffing dogs are deployed around summit venues and military patrols have been stepped up. |
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