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    1. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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      #LIVE: The Jockey Club has cancelled tonight’s Happy Valley race meeting, with Jockey Club officials deciding it was in the interests of safety to do so. https://sc.mp/k5fad  #hongkongprotests

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      #LIVE: The Legislative Council meeting is suspended after president Andrew Leung Kwan-yuen orders Democratic Party chairman Wu Chi-wai to leave the chamber. https://sc.mp/k5fad  #hongkongprotests

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    3. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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      #LIVE: More than 80 mainland China students at Chinese University leave the Sha Tin campus on Wednesday morning, amid clashes between police and protesters. They are set to board coaches to take them back to the mainland. https://sc.mp/k5fad  #hongkongprotests

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    4. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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      #LIVE: Secretary for Security John Lee Ka-chiu says claims anti-government protesters were killed by police during an operation inside Prince Edward MTR station on August 31 were “groundless”. https://sc.mp/k5fad  #hongkongprotests

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    5. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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      #LIVE: For the third day in a row, a crowd gathers in Central at the junction between Pedder Street and Des Voeux Road Central. They chant “Stand with Hong Kong”. https://sc.mp/k5fad  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/YlwKyYs7gZ

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    6. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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      #LIVE: In an internal email on Wednesday, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology says a special shuttle bus service from the school has been arranged for some staff and students who want to leave the campus. https://sc.mp/k5fad  #hongkongprotests

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    7. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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      #LIVE: Scores of protesters are blocking the road near the entrance to the Cross Harbour tunnel in Hung Hom, with poles and other projectiles, and use petrol bombs to set the barricade on fire. https://sc.mp/k5fad  #hongkongprotests

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    8. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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      #LIVE: Volunteer paramedics who stayed overnight at Chinese University say at least 70 protesters were treated for injuries from water cannon and various projectiles on Tuesday night. https://sc.mp/k5fad  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/A4bdwzY8W5

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    9. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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      #LIVE: Protesters have smashed the glass window of a Bank of Communications branch with rocks in Central. https://sc.mp/k5fad  #hongkongprotests Video: SCMP/Chris Laupic.twitter.com/Jt9MCFBUEq

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    10. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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      SCMP News Retweeted SCMP Hong Kong

      #LIVE: Cars, including a police vehicle, are trapped in a tunnel outside Exchange Square in Central as protesters rain down bricks from abovehttps://twitter.com/SCMPHongKong/status/1194481949278003202 …

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      Protesters throw bricks at a police car under the tunnel outside Exchange Square Video: SCMP/Stanley Shin pic.twitter.com/0mZ8jKrOi1
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      SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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      #LIVE: Sandra, a medical professional from Germany, confronts protesters setting up roadblocks on Des Voeux Road Central, only to be told off for being a foreigner. “That’s not democracy. In a democracy, you need to listen to both sides" https://sc.mp/k5fad  #hongkongprotests

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        2. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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          #LIVE: Police arrive near the Exchange Square and urge people to leave the scene, but an angry crowd shouts back: “Study more before you come to Central” https://sc.mp/k5fad  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/xgVSxrzWNy

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        3. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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          #LIVE: The Christmas tree in Festival Walk, a shopping centre in Kowloon Tong, has been set on fire again by protesters hurling petrol bombs. It had been set ablaze the night before https://sc.mp/k5fad  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/b4rfveo6bw

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        4. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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          SCMP News Retweeted SCMP Hong Kong

          #LIVE: A large number of arrests are made in Central after police, including special tactical squad officers, chase and subdue protesters. They shield off Pedder Street and prevent journalists from filming the arrestshttps://twitter.com/SCMPHongKong/status/1194493784983097344 …

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          Arrests are made in Central after police chase and subdue protesters, then block off Pedder Street Video: SCMP/Chris Lau pic.twitter.com/Xnufmk593d
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        5. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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          #LIVE: University MTR station, at Chinese University in Sha Tin, has been badly damaged by protesters. The station, which is a busy point for people going in and out of the university, is in ruins, and the nearby bus station is empty and silent https://sc.mp/k5fad pic.twitter.com/rVs7NkS0iS

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        6. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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          #LIVE: Sha Tin district councillor Yau Man-chun says two pro-democracy camp councillors, Wong Hok-Lai and Chiu Chu-long, were arrested after tending to constituents into the early hours of Wednesday at Chinese University https://sc.mp/k5fad  #hongkongprotests

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        7. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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          #LIVE: Education Bureau announces that all schools, including kindergarten, primary and secondary as well as special schools, will suspend lessons on Thursday out of safety concerns https://sc.mp/k5fad  #hongkongprotests

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        8. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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          SCMP News Retweeted SCMP Hong Kong

          #LIVE: Officers have opened the section of Queen’s Road Central they previously closed off. But before that, a man calls them a “disgrace to the uniform you are wearing”https://twitter.com/SCMPHongKong/status/1194503501847490560 …

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          A man confronts police, saying in English: "You, commander, bring disgrace to the uniform you are wearing." Two officers warn him in Cantonese not to incite the crowd Video: SCMP/Chris Lau pic.twitter.com/XoZ0drn8Xj
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        9. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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          #LIVE: Scores of office workers have continued to march in Central as they chant “fight for freedom, stand with Hong Kong”. Meanwhile, police retreat along Connaught Road Central, and protesters move in trying to block the major thoroughfare https://sc.mp/k5fad pic.twitter.com/VOtDWQwLIJ

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        10. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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          #LIVE: MTR services are gradually returning to normal. The Tsuen Wan Line has re-opened after shutting more than two hours ago, but trains will not stop at Mong Kok station, which remains closed http://sc.mp/k5fad  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/F4n5CvYB5x

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        11. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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          #LIVE: Long queues of people work their way uphill to Chinese University as students, graduates and citizens bring supplies into the campus for protesters http://sc.mp/k5fad  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/GUseJLQuA9

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        12. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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          #LIVE: Medical and health care staff protest against police violence at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Yau Ma Tei http://sc.mp/k5fad  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/2n1Mi89nxY

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        13. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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          SCMP News Retweeted SCMP Hong Kong

          #LIVE: This new method of building roadblocks has been adopted to slow police, who can still drive over single bricks but will now have to stop and dismantle the obstructions one by one http://sc.mp/k5fad  #hongkongprotestshttps://twitter.com/SCMPHongKong/status/1194517157331161088 …

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          Around 10 black-clad protesters are building layers of roadblocks using bricks, bamboo, and rope on Does Voeux Road in Central. Video: SCMP/Karen Zhang pic.twitter.com/FuKudxqOOo
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        14. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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          #LIVE: Tear gas has been fired in Tai Po as a stand-off between police and protesters erupts on Tai Po Tai Wo Road http://sc.mp/k5fad  #hongkongprotests

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        15. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 12
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          #LIVE: A group of protesters occupy a kitchen in Chung Chi College in Chinese University and cook for themselves and others. They serve noodles and simple sandwiches, some also improvise and add crisps http://sc.mp/k5fad  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/pCPjXjSSJj

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