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    1. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews 17h17 hours ago
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      #LIVE: Tear gas has been fired at the junction of Waterloo Road and Nathan Road. Meanwhile, at Cheung Kong Centre on Queen’s Road Central, dozens of civilians are stopped and searched by police http://sc.mp/fi0sy  #HongKongProtests

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    2. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews 17h17 hours ago
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      #LIVE: More than 100 mostly black-clad protesters are now marching along Nathan Road in Yau Ma Tei. They are believed to be responding to calls online to divert police manpower from the battlefield in PolyU http://sc.mp/fi0sy  #HongKongProtests

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    3. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews 17h17 hours ago
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      #LIVE: Tear gas has been fired on Nathan Road near Jordan, where hundreds of protesters have gathered and placed obstacles on the road http://sc.mp/fi0sy  #HongKongProtests

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    4. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews 17h17 hours ago
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      #LIVE: A spokeswoman for Chinese University, the site of a fiery battle between protesters and police last week, has confirmed that a police report was made today http://sc.mp/fi0sy  #HongKongProtests

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    5. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews 17h17 hours ago
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      #LIVE: A police source confirms an officer fired a live round on Austin Road, outside the PLA barracks, at 10.20pm after someone drove a vehicle at officers’ defensive line. The shot was aimed at the vehicle http://sc.mp/fi0sy  #HongKongProtests

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    6. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews 17h17 hours ago
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      #LIVE: The Police Public Relations Branch warns that anyone who leaves the PolyU campus without press credentials will be arrested, according to the Hong Kong Journalists Association, whose representatives have just had a phone call with officershttp://sc.mp/fi0sy 

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    7. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews 16h16 hours ago
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      #LIVE: A police source confirms dozens of people have been arrested at Polytechnic University, where an estimated hundreds of others are still inside http://sc.mp/fi0sy  #HongKongProtests

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    8. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews 16h16 hours ago
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      #LIVE: It is understood that mass arrests have been going on at the PolyU campus since 10pm. Those arrested are all held on rioting-related charges http://sc.mp/fi0sy  #HongKongProtests

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    9. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews 16h16 hours ago
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      #LIVE: Back on the corner of Austin Road and Chatham Road South, outside PolyU, there are still intense clashes. Police are firing multiple rounds of tear gas http://sc.mp/fi0sy  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/zQorpFlx3L

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    10. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews 16h16 hours ago
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      #LIVE: As police refuse to let radicals leave the PolyU campus, other protesters are flooding the streets near the university. They are blocking roads off Nathan Road, from Tsim Sha Tsui all the way to Prince Edward http://sc.mp/fi0sy  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/gEqmmuwSDo

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      SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews 14h14 hours ago
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      #LIVE: In a joint statement, five university chiefs – including Polytechnic University's president – urge people on both sides near PolyU to exercise restraint. They ask students, alumni and other people to leave the scene as soon as possiblehttp://sc.mp/fi0sy 

      9:15 AM - 17 Nov 2019
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        1. This Is My Jam‏ @Marcos_El_Malo 14h14 hours ago
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          Was the live round directed at an ambulance?

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        2. saacylam‏ @standwi59889565 14h14 hours ago
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          Night, 17 Nov: Near PolyU, lots of volunteer doctors, paramedics and emergency medical technicians (EMT) were arrested and placed on the ground.pic.twitter.com/eYA3rHEn1e

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