Authorities say one person was shot and critically wounded and seven people arrested early Sunday morning as police used smoke and tear gas to enforce a curfew in the U.S. town of Ferguson, Missouri.
Missouri Police Use Smoke, Tear Gas on Protesters
![Civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton speaks to a community gathering at Greater St. Mark Family Church in Ferguson, Missouri, August 17, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/3E3B976C-7F6D-425A-9D0C-D8BB88DBB8BF_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton speaks to a community gathering at Greater St. Mark Family Church in Ferguson, Missouri, August 17, 2014.
![A van drives past piles of wrapped garbage blocking a newly-opened road in the town of Jdeideh northeast of Beirut, Lebanon.](https://gdb.voanews.com/7790C445-11B3-4823-B931-C1471B461CA4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A van drives past piles of wrapped garbage blocking a newly-opened road in the town of Jdeideh northeast of Beirut, Lebanon.
![Law enforcement officers wait to advance, Aug. 17, 2014, after firing tear gas to disperse a crowd in Ferguson.](https://gdb.voanews.com/1DEB22BC-2D94-42AA-9335-8ADA10A8D3A5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Law enforcement officers wait to advance, Aug. 17, 2014, after firing tear gas to disperse a crowd in Ferguson.
![Protesters gesture as they stand in a street in defiance of a midnight curfew in Ferguson, Missouri, Aug. 17, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/DACEE928-B4DE-443F-8923-B8ACD3232435_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Protesters gesture as they stand in a street in defiance of a midnight curfew in Ferguson, Missouri, Aug. 17, 2014.