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Hong Kong police retrieve fresh trove of petrol bombs from university
Police in Hong Kong this week re-entered the campus of a university it besieged for more than 10 days last month, gathering newly discovered chemicals and petrol bombs hoarded by anti-government protesters in the Chinese-ruled city. Following the dramatic saga
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Hong Kong gears up for weekend protests after rare lull in violence
Hong Kong braces for a fresh round of protests over the weekend as police said they would withdraw from a university today that has been the site of some of the worst clashes between protesters and security forces in nearly
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Hong Kong university siege winds down as hunt for protesters comes up empty
As the final searches for any pro-democracy protesters still hiding in Hong Kong’s Polytechnic University came up empty today, academic authorities prepared for the clean up following a near two-week siege of the campus by riot police. Police still guarded
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Major highway reopens, Hong Kong authorities appeal for calm
One of Hong Kong’s main highway links, the Cross-Harbour Tunnel, reopened early today as a lockdown of the nearby Polytechnic University appeared to be drawing to a close with teams still combing the campus for remaining protesters. Hong Kong authorities
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