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| Hong Kong protests: Clashes at Mong Kok site | Hong Kong protests: Clashes at Mong Kok site |
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| Police and pro-democracy protesters have clashed in a battle for territory in the Hong Kong district of Mong Kok. | Police and pro-democracy protesters have clashed in a battle for territory in the Hong Kong district of Mong Kok. |
| Some reports suggested police charged after the demonstrators had breached their barriers, sparking scuffles that caused minor injuries on both sides. | Some reports suggested police charged after the demonstrators had breached their barriers, sparking scuffles that caused minor injuries on both sides. |
| Protesters on social media accused the police of an unprovoked attack. | Protesters on social media accused the police of an unprovoked attack. |
| Leaders on both sides have called for calm, and confirmed that talks between protest leaders and the government delegates will take place next Tuesday. | Leaders on both sides have called for calm, and confirmed that talks between protest leaders and the government delegates will take place next Tuesday. |
| The protesters, many of them youths and students, are angry at China's rulers for limiting their choice of leader in the next election in 2017. | The protesters, many of them youths and students, are angry at China's rulers for limiting their choice of leader in the next election in 2017. |
| They accuse Hong Kong's current leader, CY Leung, of failing to stand up to the Chinese Communist Party. | They accuse Hong Kong's current leader, CY Leung, of failing to stand up to the Chinese Communist Party. |
| Protests erupted last month and have been going on intermittently around government buildings and the business district on Hong Kong island, and in Mong Kok, a residential and shopping area in Kowloon. | Protests erupted last month and have been going on intermittently around government buildings and the business district on Hong Kong island, and in Mong Kok, a residential and shopping area in Kowloon. |
| On Friday morning, police had all but cleared the Mong Kok site and protesters' numbers had substantially dwindled elsewhere. | On Friday morning, police had all but cleared the Mong Kok site and protesters' numbers had substantially dwindled elsewhere. |
| But clashes resumed later as protesters launched a sustained effort to reoccupy a busy road junction in Mong Kok. | But clashes resumed later as protesters launched a sustained effort to reoccupy a busy road junction in Mong Kok. |
| About 9,000 protesters pushed police back, with 26 people arrested. | About 9,000 protesters pushed police back, with 26 people arrested. |
| At about midnight on Saturday (16:00 GMT), police charged protesters, beating them with batons and deploying pepper spray. | At about midnight on Saturday (16:00 GMT), police charged protesters, beating them with batons and deploying pepper spray. |
| A stand-off resumed shortly afterwards with neither side having gained any ground. | A stand-off resumed shortly afterwards with neither side having gained any ground. |
| Talks between the two sides were announced earlier. | Talks between the two sides were announced earlier. |
| Carrie Lam, CY Leung's deputy, said both sides would send five representatives to the negotiations, which will be broadcast live on television. | Carrie Lam, CY Leung's deputy, said both sides would send five representatives to the negotiations, which will be broadcast live on television. |
| The talks will last about two hours, and be focused on constitutional reform, Ms Lam said. | The talks will last about two hours, and be focused on constitutional reform, Ms Lam said. |
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| Hong Kong's democracy controversy | Hong Kong's democracy controversy |
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