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Omaha Steve

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Sun Nov 30, 2014, 10:36 PM Nov 2014

Hong Kong protesters, police clash; 40 arrested

Source: AP-Excite

By KELVIN CHAN

HONG KONG (AP) — Pro-democracy protesters clashed with police early Monday as they tried to surround Hong Kong government headquarters, stepping up their movement for genuine democratic reforms after camping out on the city's streets for more than two months.

Repeating scenes that have become familiar since the movement began in late September, protesters carrying umbrellas — which have become symbols of the pro-democracy movement — battled police armed with pepper spray, batons and riot shields.

After student leaders told a big crowd rallying Sunday evening at the main protest site outside government headquarters that they would escalate their campaign, hundreds of protesters pushed past police lines on the other side of the complex from the protest site. They blocked traffic on a main road, but were stopped by police barricades from going down a side road to Chief Executive Leung Chun-Ying's office.

The protesters, many wearing surgical masks, hard hats and safety goggles and chanting "I want true democracy," said they wanted to occupy the road to prevent Leung and other government officials from getting to work in the morning.

FULL story at link.



Police officers throw a pro-democracy protester on the main road outside government headquarters in Hong Kong Sunday, Nov. 30, 2014. Hundreds of pro-democracy protesters faced off with Hong Kong police late Sunday, stepping up their movement for genuine democratic reforms after being camped out on the city's streets for more than two months. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)


Read more: http://apnews.excite.com/article/20141130/as--hong_kong-democracy_protest-a552c837a1.html

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