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    1. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 31
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      #LIVE: Police have fired several rounds of tear gas in Causeway Bay near the Sogo department store, after protesters threw petrol bombs. http://sc.mp/3nrqw  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/dPRH5uhHfm

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      #LIVE: Over on Kowloon, protesters have occupied the main thoroughfare on Nathan Road. 📷: SCMP/Chris Lau, Dickson Lee http://sc.mp/3nrqw  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/sziGphsSXh

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    3. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 31
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      #LIVE: Protesters have lit another fire near Sogo department store using rubbish bins and umbrellas. Police fire another three rounds of tear gas. http://sc.mp/3nrqw  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/Rj4SYZNEWe

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    4. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 31
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      #LIVE: Riot police have fired multiple rounds of tear gas during the day, but protesters have shown their resilience. This man put a tear gas canister inside a jar. http://sc.mp/3nrqw  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/4QsPAEbG4H

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    5. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 31
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      #LIVE: Across the harbour in Tsim Sha Tsui, trouble is brewing. After letting some buses pass, protesters have now set up roadblocks on Nathan Road with rubbish bins and signs. http://sc.mp/3nrqw  #hongkongprotests

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    6. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 31
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      #LIVE: Riot police have also come from Causeway Road in Tin Hau. Some protesters have retreated into Victoria Park. http://sc.mp/3nrqw  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/gbEMc4ej33

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    7. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 31
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      #LIVE: A police source has confirmed to the Post that undercover officers have been deployed to infiltrate radical protesters. Follow our live coverage here: http://sc.mp/3nrqw  #hongkongprotests

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    8. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 31
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      #LIVE: Police have fired at least one live round skywards near Victoria Park as a warning shot to protesters, a source from the force confirms to the Post. http://sc.mp/3nrqw  #hongkongprotests

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    9. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 31
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      #LIVE: This would be the second time since protests began in June that police have fired live rounds. Follow our live coverage here http://sc.mp/3nrqw  #hongkongprotests

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    10. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 31
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      #LIVE: In Tsim Sha Tsui, police on Nathan Road are continuing to advance, warning people on the street that it is no longer a safe place. Most protesters have already left. http://sc.mp/3nrqw  #hongkongprotests

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      #LIVE: Two residents, angry about the disruption to traffic and the chaos in their neighbourhood, are taking it upon themselves to clear road barricades in Tin Hau, set up by protesters http://sc.mp/3nrqw  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/Feluq5Lh0o

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        1. DonnaCira‏ @DonnaCiraFood88 Aug 31
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          Ordinary citizens whom just wanted to get on with their life has been disrupted for more than 13 weeks in a rowalready!! Enough is enough!!😠😠😠 How long must it go on?? We have been held hostage by these bunch of 20 something 'schizophrenic' for far too long!!

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