Hong Kong Democracy Rallies Persist After Arrests

A dispute over how Hong Kong residents should elect their local leader escalated on Saturday after pro-democracy student protesters forced their way into the port city’s government headquarters. While police have arrested dozens of people and used pepper spray in an attempt to suppress the protests, many are coming out to join the students in a show of support. Police have said they must disperse in a matter of hours. Hong Kong television broadcasts of the police crackdown at Hong...

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