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Hong Kong Ignores Deadline to Ax Extradition Bill

Reuters

   HONG KONG - Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam ignored a Thursday deadline set
   by some protesters to withdraw an extradition bill that she promoted
   then postponed, setting the stage for a new wave of demonstrations in
   the Chinese-ruled city.

   Lam suspended the bill, which would allow criminal suspects in the
   former British colony to be extradited to mainland China for trial, but
   some student groups called on her to ax it altogether, setting the 5
   p.m. (0900 GMT) deadline.

   They are also demanding that the government drop all charges against
   those arrested during last week's protests, charge police with what
   they describe as violent action and stop referring to the protests as a
   riot.

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