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Review | OCCUPY CENTRAL - THE FIRST NIGHT: Full report as events unfolded

The streets of Hong Kong resembled a battleground in the early hours of Monday morning, with police in full riot gear and gas masks firing tear gas on students wearing makeshift masks and wielding umbrellas, in the worst clashes between police and demonstrators since the 2005 WTO protests

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