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                    Crowd Scuffles with Hong Kong Protesters

   by VOA News

   Hundreds of people, some of them wearing masks, have clashed with the
   protesters in central Hong Kong who have spent weeks demonstrating for
   democratic reforms in the Chinese territory.

   Some in the group confronting the protesters Monday tried to break down
   barriers erected at the site. Taxi drivers also expressed their
   opposition by honking their horns and yelling at the protesters.

   Along the edges of the protest site, police cleared away some of the
   barriers to ease traffic around the area.

   The demonstrations began in late September with the protesters, many of
   them university students, calling for the leader of the semi-autonomous
   city's leader to resign and for the Chinese government to let Hong Kong
   voters elect their own without restrictions on candidates.

   Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying has said he will not step down.
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