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    1. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 8
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      #LIVE: Cars trying to leave Causeway Bay on Great George Street blast their horns in protest as police block the road, giving way to a train of police vehicles and ambulances heading down Gloucester Road towards Victoria Harbour http://sc.mp/9k5nr  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/0mvU9qU2XW

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    2. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 8
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      #LIVE: Police have rounded up more than 10 people outside St Paul's Convent School in Causeway Bay. They are standing facing a wall with their hands behind their backs as police search their belongings http://sc.mp/9k5nr  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/WXoySAU9N4

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    3. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 8
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      #LIVE: Police raise black flag warning that they may use tear gas at Jardine’s Crescent, as a crowd of protesters chants “triad” at them http://sc.mp/9k5nr  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/ZzJzPYFapg

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    4. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 8
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      #LIVE: Police have fired three rounds of tear gas near the Sogo department store in Causeway Bay, where mostly residents have gathered http://sc.mp/9k5nr  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/nbRPsXEik7

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    5. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 8
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      #LIVE: Police have fired four more rounds of tear gas in Causeway Bay http://sc.mp/9k5nr  #HongKongProtests

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    6. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 8
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      #LIVE: First aid volunteers are helping a man who fainted on Russell Street while some people who have been teargassed get aid at an MTR entrance in Causeway Bay http://sc.mp/9k5nr  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/PU3FdsC4qO

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    7. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 8
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      #LIVE: Dozens of people have gathered outside Mong Kok Police Station in Prince Edward, chanting: "Liberate Hong Kong! Revolution of our times!" Police have reportedly fired beanbag rounds http://sc.mp/9k5nr  #HongKongProtests

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    8. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 8
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      #LIVE: The MTR says that after assessing safety risks, Prince Edward, Wan Chai and Central stations will be closed and no trains will stop at them http://sc.mp/9k5nr  #HongKongProtests

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    9. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 8
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      #LIVE: Dozens of riot police are dispersing people on Nathan Road, chasing them down the street after a crowd gathered outside Mong Kok Police Station and chanted protest slogans http://sc.mp/9k5nr  #HongKongProtests

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    10. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 8
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      #LIVE: Dozens of protesters are back on the streets in Causeway Bay, as police have left the area. They are chanting "Hongkongers, add oil" and "Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times" http://sc.mp/9k5nr  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/qPaBzFiMit

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      SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 8
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      #LIVE: In Mong Kok, dozens of officers have chased people down Sai Yeung Choi Street South, subduing at least one man. The MTR, meanwhile, has closed Mong Kok station http://sc.mp/9k5nr  #HongKongProtests

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        2. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 8
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          #LIVE: Traffic is back to normal in Causeway Bay as protesters and police have now all left the shopping district http://sc.mp/9k5nr  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/jTi76Hz3F8

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        3. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 8
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          #LIVE: Protesters are pointing laser beams at Mong Kok Police Station. Officers have warned them to stop http://sc.mp/9k5nr  #HongKongProtests

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        4. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 8
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          #LIVE: In a statement, the MTR has strongly condemned protesters for vandalism and lighting a fire at an exit of Central station. An MTR employee was hit by hard objects thrown by protesters in the station and had to be taken to hospital, it saidhttp://sc.mp/9k5nr 

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        5. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 8
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          #LIVE: Riot police are withdrawing from Whampoa MTR station. Residents are unclear as to why officers showed up at the station http://sc.mp/9k5nr  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/soajLwOxi6

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        6. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 8
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          #LIVE: Officers at Mong Kok Police Station in Prince Edward have fired shots using guns capable of discharging rubber bullets or beanbag rounds http://sc.mp/9k5nr  #HongKongProtests

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        7. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 8
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          #LIVE: According to the Hospital Authority, as of 9.18pm, 10 people aged 14 to 39 were injured during today’s protests. Seven are in a stable condition while three others have already been discharged http://sc.mp/9k5nr  #HongKongProtests

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        8. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 8
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          #LIVE: Riot police are dispersing people near Mong Kok Police Station and have subdued several. Police are also searching several vehicles near the station http://sc.mp/9k5nr  #HongKongProtests

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        2. DonnaCira‏ @DonnaCiraFood88 Sep 8
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          傾計途中話我地係天使,手足同各位義士都係前線日日付出,所以我地作為女仔應該係身體上安慰義士,係酒精既影響下我地都比左第一次佢地,之後佢地係咁約我地,每次都有唔同男義士同我地.....,我亦第一次試大麻,食完我控制唔到自己,計落我比7個男義士曾經身體上傷害(2nd Post)

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        3. DonnaCira‏ @DonnaCiraFood88 Sep 8
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          每一次都講話唔用安全套只要唔射就唔會有bb,最近我發現無月經,發現自己有左,我同媽咪講,佢知道之後好心痛係咁喊,我爸爸平日好惡喊到暈左,我好後悔,我希望其他同我有同一樣經歷既女仔企出嚟,今日我要去做流產手術,我親手殺左一個小生命 (True story from a 14yr old HK girl) 愛香港的14歲女仔

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        1. DonnaCira‏ @DonnaCiraFood88 Sep 8
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          我係一名14歲的女學生,本來我對政治不聞不問,由於同學都有去示威,所以我因為不想不合群而參加,之後識左一班人,個班人一開始好好,係示威中保護我地,之後都有約出嚟食飯,有一次佢地叫我同朋友上佢地屋企,傾計途中話我地係天使(continue from a separate post/True story from a 14 yr old girl)

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