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    1. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 11
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      #LIVE: There is another protest happening today at the airport. Hundreds are chanting slogans in the arrival hall, switching – in true Hong Kong fashion – between Cantonese, English and Mandarin, to appeal to more travellers http://buff.ly/2Tm2pGF  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/79DlcYupIj

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      #LIVE: Buses and cars on Yee Wo Street and Hennessy Road in Causeway Bay are being blocked by protesters. Protesters have also occupied the main road outside Sogo department store in Causeway Bay http://buff.ly/2Tm2pGF  #HongKongProtests

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      #LIVE: Protesters have removed metal barricades to build road blocks in Sham Shui Po. Officers have asked residents and onlookers to leave immediately. "You are in a very dangerous location ... police will start clearing soon," they say http://buff.ly/2Tm2pGF  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/wJAqZ7ZeHJ

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    4. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 11
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      #LIVE: More photos from the airport http://buff.ly/2Tm2pGF  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/c5C92pWLyL

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    5. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 11
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      #LIVE: Police are announcing with loudspeakers to residents on Lai On Tsuen and Lai Chi Kok Road to immediately close their windows, as they may start releasing tear gas http://buff.ly/2Tm2pGF  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/2hCMs2fzZZ

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    6. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 11
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      #LIVE: Protesters have returned to Hung Hom MTR station after staging a very quick flash mob at the Cross-Harbour Tunnel. They did not block cars this time http://buff.ly/2Tm2pGF  #HongKongProtests

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    7. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 11
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      #LIVE: Police have fired tear gas in Sham Shui Po http://buff.ly/2Tm2pGF  #HongKongProtests

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    8. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 11
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      #LIVE: The crowd in Causeway Bay is surging. Police are warning crowds to disperse and reminding them that they are taking part in an unauthorised assembly http://buff.ly/2Tm2pGF  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/AKdZu1Az00

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    9. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 11
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      #LIVE: Further rounds of tear gas have been fired outside Sham Shui Po Police Station. Officers have pinned down and arrested several protesters and arrested at least four people http://buff.ly/2Tm2pGF  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/UgGLdewYbV

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    10. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 11
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      #LIVE: The chemical is spreading through the densely populated streets. Residents are confused and running away. Many complain about the pain http://buff.ly/2Tm2pGF  #HongKongProtests

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      SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 11
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      #LIVE: Police have released a statement on the tear gas in Sham Shui Po. It condemns violence and says protesters were "hurling bricks at police officers, posing a threat to the safety of everyone at scene" http://buff.ly/2Tm2pGF  #HongKongProtests

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        2. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 11
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          #LIVE: A group of protesters have rushed to Golden Bauhinia Square and spray-painted graffiti on the ground in front of the statue. They also put up posters and Post-it notes in a four-minute flash mob act. Tourists appear unperturbed http://buff.ly/2Tm2pGF  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/qYtOPc4xhr

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        3. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 11
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          #LIVE: Tear gas has been fired at Cheung Sha Wan Police Station http://buff.ly/2Tm2pGF  #HongKongProtests

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        4. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 11
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          #LIVE: Minutes after rounds of tear gas were fired, protesters retreated to a road near Lai Chi Kok MTR station. Riot police have marched out and gathered on Castle Peak Road, with some others patrolling the area http://buff.ly/2Tm2pGF  #HongKongProtests

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        5. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 11
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          #LIVE: Meanwhile, at the airport... http://buff.ly/2Tm2pGF  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/BPxPK3kzFJ

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        6. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 11
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          #LIVE: Tensions are running high among the Fujianese community in North Point as a crowd turns rowdy, angered by journalists pointing cameras at them. Several are seen pushing and kicking journalists http://buff.ly/2Tm2pGF  #HongKongProtests

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        7. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 11
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          #LIVE: Protesters are also gathering a block away from the police headquarters in Wan Chai, one of the first stations to be besieged weeks ago as the backlash against the force grew http://buff.ly/2Tm2pGF  #HongKongProtests

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        8. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 11
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          #LIVE: More scenes from Sham Shui Po http://buff.ly/2Tm2pGF  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/HX0ocjtjeP

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        9. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 11
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          #LIVE: Police have fired tear gas in Tsim Sha Tsui, near the police station and the entrance to the adjacent Kowloon Park http://buff.ly/2Tm2pGF  #HongKongProtests

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        10. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 11
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          #LIVE: Wan Chai just became the fourth area of Hong Kong where tear gas has been fired towards protesters during today's unrest http://buff.ly/2Tm2pGF  #HongKongProtests

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        11. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 11
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          #LIVE: At least one round was fired near the junction of Lockhart Road and Fenwick Street, where protesters and police were facing off and the former had set up road blocks http://buff.ly/2Tm2pGF  #HongKongProtests

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        12. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 11
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          #LIVE: Petrol bombs have been thrown on Hennessy Road. Police, who have been firing rounds of tear gas in the area, have started to charge the protesters http://buff.ly/2Tm2pGF  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/BTc3gSBV86

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        13. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 11
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          #LIVE: Officers have set up a cordon at King’s Road to cut off traffic to Wan Chai, where tear gas has been fired at protesters and a petrol bomb was thrownpic.twitter.com/MmPds4AWFE

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        14. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 11
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          #LIVE: Dozens of riot police guarding Cheung Sha Wan Government Offices have retreated, after being surrounded by hundreds of protesters and residents. People around cheer and applaud, chanting: "Sham Shui Po, good work!" http://buff.ly/2Tm2pGF  #HongKongProtests

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        15. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 11
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          #LIVE: In North Point, riot police are setting up a defence line on King's Road, outside Foo Lum Palace restaurant where the local Fujianese community has congregated. The community is largely against protesters coming into their neighbourhood http://buff.ly/2Tm2pGF pic.twitter.com/RGLBEmxrKN

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        16. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 11
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          #LIVE: Over at Tsim Sha Tsui, more rounds of tear gas have been fired from the police station. Protesters then threw the canisters into the station. A fire flared up briefly outside the building http://buff.ly/2Tm2pGF  #HongKongProtests (Pictures from earlier)pic.twitter.com/ujI3UIql8E

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        17. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 11
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          SCMP News Retweeted Olga Wong

          #LIVE: At Wan Chai MTR stationhttps://twitter.com/Olgawys/status/1160511912980836352 …

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          Tourists, shoppers, domestic helpers and protesters retreated to the Wan Chai MTR station, with many feeling their eyes hurt by the tear gas. Credit: SCMP staff pic.twitter.com/PdQNEmgd8q
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        18. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 11
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          #LIVE: An ambulance crew is outside Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station treating a woman with head wounds. Blood has poured onto the ground. The cause of her injuries is not known http://sc.mp/uehb  #HongKongProtests

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        19. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 11
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          SCMP News Retweeted Olga Wong

          #LIVE: Officers have moved in to clear protesters outside Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station near Park Lane Shopper's Boulevard. Multiple shots of tear gas are firedhttps://twitter.com/Olgawys/status/1160517065146372096 …

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          0:05
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          Riot police charging at protesters on Park Lane, Tsim Sha Tsui. Credit: SCMP staff pic.twitter.com/8EVJJFLY7y
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        20. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 11
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          #LIVE: Police have handcuffed at least 5 protesters and are holding them by a gate clearing protesters with tear gas and coordinated charges. Riot officers were seen using batons in the strong-armed swoop outside Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station http://sc.mp/uehb pic.twitter.com/irfVgf0Ix9

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        21. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 11
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          #LIVE: Protesters are telling people not to leave Wan Chai MTR station because of tear gas above ground. “Please do not go up, tear gas is being fired! Please consider your own safety. Better not go up there when you are with a child, too dangerous.” http://sc.mp/uehb pic.twitter.com/5qCJrLncrA

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        22. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 11
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          #LIVE: Police have charged down Wan Chai Road towards protesters under the MTR walkover in Wan Chai. Following a series of police dispersals, many protesters appear to have retreated from Wan Chai to Causeway Bay http://sc.mp/uehb  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/EGMhRg0rsI

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        23. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 11
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          #LIVE: A three-day long protest at Hong Kong International Airport is winding down. Demonstrators have been gathering at the arrivals hall since Friday to explain their cause to an international audience, but have started departing http://sc.mp/uehb  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/3Zkkri6yNo

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        24. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 11
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          #LIVE: In Causeway Bay MTR station, some protesters are locked in discussion after being driven away by heavy police presence. They split into 3 smaller groups: 1 is staying; some are heading to Tsuen Wan and another smaller group has left for North Point http://sc.mp/uehb pic.twitter.com/ESsGWoes3g

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        25. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 11
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          #LIVE: A bunch of protesters have arrived at Kwai Chung Police Station, also a target for demonstrators weeks ago. They then set up road barricades outside the station, but quickly retreat when riot police arrive on the scene http://sc.mp/uehb  #HongKongProtests

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        26. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 11
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          #LIVE: Outside Tsim Sha Tsui MTR station on Nathan Road, near Humphreys Avenue, police are opening up the stretch to traffic again after occupying a junction with about 100 officers. "Triads! Street rats!" protesters nearby chant http://sc.mp/uehb  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/wiyzcTXlcu

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        27. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 11
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          #LIVE: An officer from Tsim Sha Tsui has suffered burns to his legs from a petrol bomb, and has been sent to hospital, a police source says http://sc.mp/uehb  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/rnLzR2wYj5

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        28. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 11
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          #LIVE: Tear gas rounds have been fired outside Kwai Chung Police Station http://sc.mp/uehb  #HongKongProtests

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        29. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 11
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          #LIVE: Hong Kong police fire rounds of tear gas in Kwai Fong MTR station. The train station is in a mess, with a water hose seen strewn on the ground and pools of water around http://sc.mp/uehb  #HongKongProtests

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        30. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 11
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          #LIVE: More pictures from Kwai Fong MTR station, where tear gas rounds have been fired http://sc.mp/uehb  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/FUH18OSGzo

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        31. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 11
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          #LIVE: Activist Ventus Lau Wing-hong, who organised two anti-government rallies last month, says he received a death threat, and that someone splattered red paint all over his door at home http://sc.mp/uehb  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/xBfZeaP3mN

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