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    1. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 20
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      #LIVE: A protester has thrown a petrol bomb through a smashed window of Yau Ma Tei station. The MTR Corporation says it will close the station as firefighters arrivehttp://sc.mp/n2lno 

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    2. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 20
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      #LIVE: Rounds of tear gas have been fired from Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station, shortly after the black warning flag was raisedhttp://sc.mp/n2lno 

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    3. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 20
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      #LIVE: The march passes a banner at the Eaton Hotel which, given the recent protest movement's revolutionary themes, seems apt http://sc.mp/n2lno pic.twitter.com/xJ1W9jeY0Y

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    4. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 20
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      #LIVE: The MTR Corporation says trains will not stop at either Yau Ma Tei or East Tsim Sha Tsui stations. Austin and Tsim Sha Tsui stations remain closedhttp://sc.mp/n2lno 

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    5. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 20
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      #LIVE: A vehicle operated by the Fire Services Department is allowed past a protester roadblock only after it has been checked to make sure there is no police or police-related equipment on board http://sc.mp/n2lno pic.twitter.com/IYFPdrawil

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    6. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 20
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      #LIVE: An electricity box on Nathan Road in Mong Kok is set on fire http://sc.mp/n2lno  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/gdNgA5tmnm

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    7. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 20
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      #LIVE: Protesters hurl petrol bombs at Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station, with flames briefly burning on the entrance gate http://sc.mp/n2lno  #HongKongProtests Video: SCMP/Kimmy Chungpic.twitter.com/B8MJSlMFv3

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    8. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 20
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      #LIVE: In Mong Kok, protesters break the barricades outside a Bank of China branch and throw a petrol bomb inside http://sc.mp/n2lno  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/nyn2nmlkJl

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    9. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 20
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      #LIVE: A water cannon truck has arrived in Tsim Sha Tsui, heading north along Nathan Road in the direction of Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station, where there is a stand-off between officers and protesters http://sc.mp/n2lno  #HongKongProtests

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    10. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 20
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      #LIVE: In a statement, police said they would conduct dispersal and arrest operations soon, calling protesters rioters who have spray-painted and vandalised properties, as well as hurled petrol bombs http://sc.mp/n2lno  #HongKongProtests

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      SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 20
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      #LIVE: Here are some scenes of destruction in Kowloon this afternoon as an illegal march once again descends into chaos. Photos by Felix Wong and Winson Wong http://sc.mp/n2lno  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/qfFrinoeHK

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        2. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 20
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          #LIVE: More than 20 black-clad protesters have blocked Mong Kok Road and Tong Mi Road with steel fences, road signs and trash bins. Traffic has come to a standstill at the junction http://sc.mp/n2lno  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/Q6NCXVAQfI

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        3. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 20
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          #LIVE: On Waterloo Road, the unrest continues with a massive fire now burning at a junction, as protesters continue to throw planks and traffic cones into the flames http://sc.mp/n2lno  #HongKongProtests

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        4. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 20
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          #LIVE: On Nathan Road in Mong Kok, some protesters have placed what appears to be small spikes on vehicle lanes to impede the progress of police http://sc.mp/n2lno  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/2cSvcpU4gk

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        5. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 20
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          #LIVE: Protesters scatter as water cannons approachhttps://twitter.com/SCMPHongKong/status/1185840458682920962 …

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          Footage shows protesters running in Mong Kok as they warn each other the water cannons are approaching. Video: SCMP/Phila Siu pic.twitter.com/wTjH4CfmEg
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        6. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 20
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          #LIVE: Protesters have strewn bricks all over Argyle and Shanghai streets, waiting to see what riot police, who are not far away, would do http://sc.mp/n2lno  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/iu8DsAeECm

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        7. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 20
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          #LIVE: MTR Corp announces that Lai Chi Kok station will shut down after someone hurled a petrol bomb down an exit. This brings the total tally of stations out of service today to eight http://sc.mp/n2lno  #HongKongProtests

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        8. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 20
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          #LIVE: Mohammed Sadeque, 34, who came from Calcutta 12 years ago to Hong Kong, says police sprayed blue dye at the Kowloon Mosque and he appreciates fellow Hongkongers helping to clean up the mess http://sc.mp/n2lno  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/xN2r4TzrT9

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        9. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 20
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          #LIVE: Protesters who have vandalised shops have pasted posters explaining their acts. Next to a smashed ATM at a Bank of China branch in Yau Ma Tei, a message reads: "They provide funds to the Chinese Communist Party for its suppression of human rights" http://sc.mp/n2lno pic.twitter.com/4yqIHhaebD

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        10. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 20
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          #LIVE: In a statement, the government has announced that Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor will leave for Tokyo on Monday to attend the enthronement ceremony of Emperor Naruhito to be held the next day http://sc.mp/n2lno  #HongKongProtests

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        11. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 20
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          #LIVE: Tear gas has been fired on Nathan Road near Lai Chi Kok Road. Four tear gas canisters are seen on the ground. Near Bute Street a block away, people are shouting at police and trying to provoke officers, who later leave http://sc.mp/n2lno pic.twitter.com/y0emqaeOxk

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        12. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 20
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          #LIVE: Police have deployed a robot to dispose of a suspected bomb placed on Lai Chi Kok Road in Prince Edward http://sc.mp/n2lno  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/ZhzJ3cPcEm

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