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    1. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 13
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      #LIVE: Hong Kong protests: tear gas fired as city begins fourth straight day of mayhem. Follow our live coverage here https://sc.mp/y73kk  #hongkongprotests

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      #LIVE: Senior staff at the University of Hong Kong, including deputy vice-chancellor Professor Richard Wong, arrive at the university’s main entrance on Bonham Road to talk with protesters in black https://sc.mp/y73kk  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/doYyzUqfYy

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      #LIVE: MTR Corporation says protesters have thrown a “burning object” onto the tracks at Hung Hom station, disrupting services. https://sc.mp/y73kk  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/WtvLL5YrZa

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    4. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 13
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      #LIVE: At No 2 Bridge, which crosses Tolo Highway near Chinese University, and has been the scene of clashes between police and protesters, buckets of petrol bombs and piles of shields and umbrellas can be scattered around. https://sc.mp/y73kk  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/pTQ4jqm9C3

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    5. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 13
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      #LIVE: People negotiate bricks that protesters have placed across Junction Road and Chuk Yuen Road near Baptist University. https://sc.mp/y73kk  #hongkongprotests Photos: SCMP/Xiaomei Chenpic.twitter.com/7uCjYCqowG

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      SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 13
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      #LIVE: Protesters inside Polytechnic University arm themselves with petrol bombs and other deadly weapons as they get ready to attack. In all, about 100 protesters guard the campus entrances. https://sc.mp/y73kk  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/6GVV6oMjne

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        2. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 13
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          #LIVE: At around 10pm on Wednesday night, all three top secretaries and ministers met with Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor at Government House to discuss the protests paralysing the city. https://sc.mp/y73kk  #hongkongprotests

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        3. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 13
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          #LIVE: Protesters are still at Chinese University. They have set up multiple roadblocks and brick walls at the university’s various entrances and continue to occupy a bridge overlooking Tolo Highway and the East Rail line. https://sc.mp/y73kk  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/r6US468SpC

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        4. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 13
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          #LIVE: Outside the University of Hong Kong, residents are clearing the barricades set by protesters. Protesters thought the police have arrived when they heard of the sound of the barricades clearing. http://sc.mp/y73kk  #hongkongprotests Video: SCMP/Zoe Lowpic.twitter.com/Zh1JFyDoF8

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        5. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 13
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          #LIVE: More than 100 protesters are trapped inside the Polytechnic University campus with police stationed at entrances nearby. The protesters discuss whether to attack police or wait until police move closer. https://sc.mp/y73kk  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/NUHf2rTo6A

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        6. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 13
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          #LIVE: In a statement, police say “rioters” fired arrows at several officers near Polytechnic University at 6.45am on Thursday. After police reinforcements arrived, protesters threw flower pots, endangering passers-by. https://sc.mp/y73kk  #hongkongprotests

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        7. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 13
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          #LIVE: At a LegCo meeting on Thursday, Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung says all senior officials are trying to identify a solution to the current crisis, and ways to relieve the situation were discussed in a late-night meeting yesterday. https://sc.mp/y73kk  #hongkongprotests

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        8. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 13
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          #LIVE: MTR services remain disrupted. On the East Rail Line, services between Tai Wai and Lo Wu, as well as Lok Ma Chau, have been suspended. Trains between Hung Hom and Tai Wai are running at 10-minute intervals. https://sc.mp/y73kk  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/zk6licMhZC

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        9. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 13
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          #LIVE: City University announces in a letter to graduates and staff that all sessions of this year’s graduation ceremonies, including the university-wide and school or college-based ceremonies, will be cancelled. https://sc.mp/y73kk  #hongkongprotests

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        10. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 13
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          #LIVE: The University of Hong Kong says in an email that students and staff are advised not to come to the campus on Thursday. It adds:“Please act with caution and stay vigilant.” https://sc.mp/y73kk  #hongkongprotests

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        11. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 13
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          #LIVE: A number of firefighters arrive at Science Park Road, near the Chinese University campus, which has been blocked by protesters. Protesters allow them to clear the barricades and the road is reopened to traffic. https://sc.mp/y73kk  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/LEE7MhYVgJ

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        12. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 13
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          #LIVE: Protesters on Pok Fu Lam Road outside HKU are trying to rebuild their catapult. Police earlier said they would clear roadblocks on the road, but have yet to show up. https://sc.mp/y73kk  #hongkongprotests Video: SCMP/Zoe Lowpic.twitter.com/8QAc15PdPd

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        13. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 13
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          #LIVE: In a statement, the Education Bureau announces that classes at kindergartens and primary, secondary and special schools will be suspended from Friday to Sunday. https://sc.mp/y73kk  #hongkongprotests

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        14. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 13
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          #LIVE: At Hong Kong University, one protester who gives his name as Po Long says he is there to help with gathering supplies (pictured), though he is not a student there. https://sc.mp/y73kk  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/0hUdvPeXqL

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        15. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 13
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          #LIVE: Protesters are building a makeshift wall using concrete and bricks on Pok Fu Lam Rd at the University of Hong Kong. #HongKongProtests https://sc.mp/y73kk  Video: SCMP/Chris Healypic.twitter.com/hW0a2fW86L

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        16. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 13
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          #LIVE: Protesters at Polytechnic University fortify their roadblocks and barricades, with more police believed to be headed in their direction. https://sc.mp/y73kk  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/Bfmvgqmbz0

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        17. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 13
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          #LIVE: After three consecutive days of lunch-time protests in Central this week, the business district is quiet today. https://sc.mp/y73kk  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/rN8Sko5zBt

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        18. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 13
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          #LIVE: People in Central put on masks at lunchtime and chant slogans. At 12.35pm, some 100 masked office workers spilled onto Pedder Street, bringing traffic to a standstill there. https://sc.mp/y73kk  #hongkongprotests Video: SCMP/Victor Tingpic.twitter.com/ByaEyYleU9

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        19. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 13
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          #LIVE: At the Legislative Council, lawmaker Junius Ho Kwan-yiu proposes the government set up an “emergency central coordination unit for stopping violence and curbing chaos”. https://sc.mp/y73kk  #hongkongprotests

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        20. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 13
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          #LIVE: Protesters put bricks on Des Voeux Road Central and arrange them in a groups of three, a now-familiar pattern to delay any police advance later and make it harder for them and their vehicles to clear the roadblocks. https://sc.mp/y73kk  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/zubBKkQbaV

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        21. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 13
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          #LIVE: Protesters are digging up bricks on Pedder Street in Central. Some of them, who have opened their umbrellas to protect the identity of their peers, are in business attire. https://sc.mp/y73kk  #hongkongprotests Video: SCMP/Victor Tingpic.twitter.com/k6uTDsDL7D

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        22. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 13
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          #LIVE: More than 200 people gather at the open space in front of One Island East at lunchtime, chanting "Fight for freedom! Stand with Hong Kong!" "Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times!" https://sc.mp/y73kk  #hongkongprotests Video: SCMP/Karen Zhangpic.twitter.com/Z0UIAIwUyg

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