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    1. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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      #LIVE: Five to six protesters remaining at a footbridge from HKU to the MTR station throw shattered glass, stones and chairs onto Pok Fu Lam Rd, as well as several petrol bombs as roadblocks. https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotests Video: SCMP/Karen Zhangpic.twitter.com/YGU6JtP0Pb

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      #LIVE: At the police press conference, Li Kwai-wah, senior superintendent of the Organised Crime and Triad Bureau says the traffic officer involved in the shooting of a protester on Monday was “justified” in drawing his firearm. https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotests

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    3. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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      #LIVE: The Vocational Training Council says all classes and exams for its member institutions will be cancelled on Wednesday because of ongoing uncertainties over traffic conditions. https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotests

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    4. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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      #LIVE: Sheung Shui MTR station has been targeted by protesters and is the latest to close. https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotests

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    5. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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      #LIVE: In Central, the crowd is beginning to build up at the junction of Des Voeux Road and Pedder Street, the spot where protesters and their supporters gathered earlier in the afternoon. https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/s3SR6O7GWT

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    6. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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      #LIVE: The MTR has said that Mong Kok, Yau Ma Tei, Wong Tai Sin, Whampoa, Causeway Bay, Tseung Kwan O, Hang Hau, Tuen Mun, Long Ping, Ma On Shan, Heng On and Sha Tin Wai stations will close at 9pm today (Tuesday). https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotests

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    7. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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      #LIVE: The University of Hong Kong says it will suspend all classes on Wednesday, citing “continued uncertainties in the transportation system and in light of the time needed to repair some of the damage to facilities across the campus”. https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotests

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    8. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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      #LIVE: Services between Fanling and Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau MTR stations have been suspended. https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotests

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    9. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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      #LIVE: Scenes from earlier today https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotests Photos by SCMP/May Tse, K.Y. Cheng and Edmond So:pic.twitter.com/AGLb0Ovq4L

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    10. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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      #LIVE: The Open University says classes on Wednesday will be cancelled and it urges students and staff “to be mindful of their safety”. https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotests

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      SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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      #LIVE: At Langham Place in Mong Kok, volunteers are dropping supplies donated to protesters at Chinese University. This action is in response to calls on internet platforms https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/oUiUNYxxJ7

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        2. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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          #LIVE: Riot police are advancing down Nathan Road in Mong Kok, in an attempt to disperse protesters who earlier put paving bricks on the street. They fire tear gas. https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotests

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        3. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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          #LIVE: As Chinese University vice-chancellor Rocky Tuan and the students walk towards the bridge linking the campus to Tolo Harbour, a stand-off breaks out with riot police. Tear gas was subsequently fired. https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotests

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        4. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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          #LIVE: Chaos continues at Chinese University as students throw petrol bombs and riot squad officers fire more rounds of tear gas at a bridge linking the campus to Tolo Harbour. https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/Cnwtm7lcq3

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        5. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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          #LIVE: At Festival Walk shopping centre in Kowloon Tong, protesters move in quickly and set fire to a large Christmas Tree, while other smash glass railing with hammers https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotests

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        6. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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          #LIVE: The MTR said it had closed Tsim Sha Tsui station as it was under attack by protesters. At least six other stations - Prince Edward, Mong Kok, Sai Wan Ho, Tung Chung, Sheung Shui and Kwai Fong - have also been closed. https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotests

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        7. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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          #LIVE: Police in Mong Kok fire rounds of tear gas at the junction of Nathan Road and Argyle Street as they try to disperse scores of protesters yelling abuse at them. A police water cannon has been used on Nathan Road. https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotests

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        8. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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          #LIVE: A message from “CUHKers” emerges online, threatening to escalate actions if police do not retreat from the Chinese University campus and release all arrested students by 9pm. https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotests

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        9. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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          #LIVE: Paramedics carry away an injured protester at the Chinese University campus. https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/Ij1N1rE0Tw

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        10. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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          #LIVE: A police van has been set ablaze in Sha Tin. According to Facebook users, the vehicle has been reduced to a wreck after the fire. https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotests Photo: Facebookpic.twitter.com/hI4lb7hRer

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        11. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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          #LIVE: Protesters in Mong Kok re-emerge on Nathan Road near Dundas Street and Shantung Street as soon as a police water cannon passes. They place bamboo poles, bricks and rubbish on the road to form roadblocks. https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/ITd7DvU1Fi

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        12. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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          #LIVE: Chinese University students have used stadium seating and a dining table to strengthen their “shield” as intense clashes with police continue. Students feed the flames of an intense blaze by throwing more petrol bombs. https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotests

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        13. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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          #LIVE: Meanwhile, over in Mong Kok, tear gas has been fired again on Portland Street. Protesters on Nathan Road have also started a fire. https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotests

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        14. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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          #LIVE: Chinese University vice-chancellor Rocky Tuan did not escape the sting of tear gas on campus. He was about 50 to 60 metres from where police earlier fired rounds, according to associate professor Eric Poon. https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotests

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        15. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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          #LIVE: Protesters are building barricades on Waterloo Road near Cornwall Street in Kowloon Tong and setting fire to them. There are no police in sight. https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotests

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        16. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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          #LIVE: Firefighters have arrived at the Chinese University campus and in Kowloon Tong, at the intersection of Cornwall Street and Waterloo Road, to put out fires set by protesters. https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotests

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        17. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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          #LIVE: Chinese University deputy vice-chancellor Dennis Ng Kee-pui arrives at the campus and tells riot police through a loudspeaker to stop firing tear gas, claiming he has reached a deal with the police commander. https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotests Video: SCMP/Alvin Lumpic.twitter.com/kAkFKk4p0r

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        18. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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          #LIVE: Protesters have blocked part of Kwun Tong Road (Kowloon Bay section) with barricades. Riot police arrive and one officer points a crowd-control gun at people shouting from a footbridge. https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/MoxhSLw8EF

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        19. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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          #LIVE: Chinese University’s Dennis Ng makes a third call to the police commander in five minutes, urging them to honour their words to cease fire. “It is just out of control.” https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/eRjChO9ypK

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        20. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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          #LIVE: Two opposition lawmakers, Au Nok-hin and Lam Cheuk-ting, both Chinese University graduates, have accompanied Dennis Ng to the campus. Both say that despite police promises, frontline officers continue to fire tear gas. https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotests

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        21. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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          #LIVE: Chinese University continues to be engulfed in tear gas, as protesters clash with defiant protesters. https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotests Video: SCMP/Lea Lipic.twitter.com/BlmNBcmZ8o

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        22. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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          #LIVE: Protesters have again gathered at the junction of Argyle Street and Nathan Road as police push on to Yau Ma Tei. A fire has been started on Nathan Road near Mong Kok Road. https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/S050q3ihuV

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        23. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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          #LIVE: A police water cannon has been deployed on the Chinese University campus. Protesters have retreated. It is spraying blue dye. https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotests

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