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Hong Kong Protesters Issue Demands, Begin Leaving a University

Associated Press

   HONG KONG - Protesters who had barricaded themselves in a Hong Kong
   university this week began to leave Friday after partially clearing a
   road they had blocked and demanding that the government commit to going
   ahead with local elections on Nov. 24.

   It wasn't immediately clear why the protesters at the Chinese
   University of Hong Kong were leaving, or where they might go next.

   The university's president, Rocky Tuan, urged everyone to leave, saying
   the situation was out of control and that the university may need to
   seek government help.

   Earlier, the protesters cleared one lane in each direction on Tolo
   Highway. Workers sent in to clean up remaining debris and set up
   traffic cones were heckled by protesters, who pointed bows and arrows
   at them, government officials said, but the two lanes were re-opened
   around midday.

   The protesters said at a 3 a.m. news conference that the road would be
   blocked again and warned of other unspecified consequences if the
   government didn't meet their demand within 24 hours.