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Hong Kong police hold up a warning banner as pro-democracy protesters fill a street and sing Christmas songs. Photograph: Alex Hofford/EPA

Hong Kong police said they arrested another 37 people as pro-democracy protesters returned to the streets in a second night of resurgent demonstrations demanding genuine elections for the citys chief executive.

The police said in a statement that protesters blocked five roads over Thursday night in the Mong Kok neighborhood and disobeyed police orders to disperse. Those arrested were aged from 13 to 76.

Police arrested 12 protesters in the same neighbourhood on Wednesday night, also after they had blocked roads.

The Facebook page of a pro-democracy activist group called Hong Kong Shield said that over the two nights protesters sang politically themed songs and held the umbrellas that have become a symbol of their movement. Some in the crowd wore red Santa Claus hats and chanted I want true democracy in Cantonese.

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The group is led in part by well-known Hong Kong singer Denise Ho, who was arrested this month during the police clearance of the main Admiralty protest site.

A police statement said authorities respect the publics freedoms of expression, speech and assembly but warned that protesters should refrain from conducting public meetings and processions by way of the so-called mobile occupation.

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Hong Kong police arrested 37 people overnight Thursday as pro-democracy protesters returned to the city's streets for a second night demanding open nominations for the semi-autonomous city's chief executive, according to police.

The police said in a statement that protesters blocked five roads overnight in the Mong Kok neighborhood and disobeyed police orders to clear out. The age of the arrested protesters ranged from 13 to 76.

Police arrested 12 protesters in the same neighborhood overnight Wednesday, also after they had blocked roads.

The Facebook page of a pro-democracy activist group called Hong Kong Shield said protesters walked by the three protest sites over the two nights, singing political-themed songs and holding the umbrellas that have become a symbol of the city's democracy movement. Some in the crowd wore red Santa Claus hats and chanted "I want true democracy" in Cantonese.

The group is led in part by well-known Hong Kong singer Denise Ho, who was arrested this month during the police clearance of the main Admiralty protest site.

The police statement said police "respect the public's freedoms of expression, speech and assembly" but warned that protesters "should refrain from conducting public meetings and processions by way of the so-called 'mobile occupation.'"

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Klaus Iohannis was an underdog who was the surprise winner of Romania's presidential runoff election last month. He was sworn into office on Dec. 21 with a promise to crackdown on corruption, a chronic problem in Romania.

Romania is one of the poorest and most corrupt countries in Europe and it's been that way for years. It's a tough legacy to overcome, but there are signs the country is trying to make a fresh start.

Klaus Iohannis, an underdog presidential candidate who campaigned on a platform of fighting corruption, won a surprising victory last month over the ruling party's nominee. Iohannis, 55, was sworn into office last Sunday.

To make headway, he'll need to work in tandem with Laura Codrua Kvesi, who heads Romania's National Anti-Corruption Directorate. She faces the tall task of rooting out graft that has plagued the country since the fall of communism in Eastern Europe 25 years ago.

Kvesi is lanky 41-year-old, a former teen basketball star with a tough-as-nails reputation. She says the legacy of her prosecutor father and her strong Romanian Orthodox faith inspire her to seek justice.

Kvesi says her agency sent some 890 defendants to trial, including former ministers, parliament members and even the ex-president's brother and the head of Romania's organized crime and terrorism investigation unit.

One of her high-profile cases involves software licenses sold at inflated prices for use in Romanian schools. Nine former cabinet ministers are under investigation in that case.

The nearly $200 million confiscated by the courts in connection with those cases are more than seven times the directorate's annual budget, she says.

"It is encouraging for the Romanian people to see that we take action, that the authorities function so well," says Kvesi. "It leads to an increased trust in our institutions and also encourages more people to come here and file complaints."

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