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Hong Kong Police Fire Tear Gas As Demonstrations Continue

Pro-democracy protests, now in their 10th straight weekend, are posing one of the biggest tests to China's leadership since the 1997 handover from Britain.

Protests continued in Hong Kong for a 10th straight weekend on Saturday as demonstrators organized across the city, blocking multiple roads and a key tunnel under Victoria Harbor.

The protests checkered much of Hong Kong. At the airport, demonstrators dressed in black filled the arrivals hall

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