HONG KONG - Police fired tear gas against protesters in Hong Kong before meetings Monday between the territory's leader and Communist Party officials in Beijing, ending a lull in what have become regular clashes between riot squads and demonstrators. Police said they fired the choking gas after unrest erupted Sunday night in the Mongkok district of Kowloon. Protesters threw bricks at officers and tossed traffic cones at a police vehicle, police said. They also set fires, blocked roads and smashed traffic lights with hammers. Video footage showed truncheon-wielding riot officers squirting pepper spray at a man in a group of jo...
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