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HONG KONG - Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters clashed with police in the densely populated district of Mong Kok early on Thursday as tensions escalated at one of three remaining demonstration sites for the first time in more than two weeks.

Dozens of police armed with batons and shields swept into the area where hundreds of protesters were gathered and scuffles broke out after 2am local time in the gritty district that has become a flashpoint for ugly street brawls.

More than 30 people wearing grinning masks of Guy Fawkes, who plotted to kill a British king in 1605 and who has become a symbol of anti-capitalist protests, joined the demonstrators who are calling for greater democracy in the former British colony.

The protesters, led by a restive generation of students, have been demanding China's Communist Party rulers live up to constitutional promises to grant full democracy to the city which returned to Chinese rule in 1997.

In August, Beijing offered Hong Kong people the chance to vote for their own leader in 2017, but said only two to three candidates could run after getting backing from a 1,200-person "nominating committee" stacked with Beijing loyalists.

On Wednesday, Regina Ip, a former Hong Kong security chief and a top adviser to the city's embattled leader proposed members of the Hong Kong Federation of Students be given seats on the committee, broadcaster RTHK reported.

Students are hoping to take their protest to Communist Party rulers in Beijing and are expected to announce details of their new battle plan on Thursday.

Pro-democracy activists plan to march on Sunday from the heart of the city's financial centre to the Chinese central government's liaison office in Hong Kong.

For more than a month, key roads leading into Hong Kong's most economically and politically important districts have been barricaded with wood and steel by protesters.

The protests drew well over 100,000 at their peak and are now concentrated in two key areas - the district of Admiralty next to government buildings and across the harbour in Mong Kok. A handful of protesters remain in the bustling shopping district of Causeway Bay.

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Hong Kong democracy protesters in fresh clashes with police

Published November 06, 2014

HONG KONG Pro-democracy protesters have clashed with police in Hong Kong for the first time in more than two weeks.

The skirmishes lasted about four hours early Thursday in the city's bustling Mong Kok neighborhood. Police say they arrested three people.

Tensions remain high as thousands of people camp out on the streets of three busy neighborhoods, demanding open nominations in elections for the city's leader. The protests erupted more than a month ago after Beijing ruled that a friendly committee would screen the candidates.

The newest skirmishes began when police attempted to arrest a man who was shining his cellphone light into officers' eyes. Protesters responded by surging at police lines, unleashing running confrontations that left one protester bleeding from the head.

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HONG KONG: Clashes broke out early Thursday (Nov 6) between Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters and police for the first time in more than two weeks, Reuters reported.

According to the report, the clashes broke out in Mong Kok after 2am Hong Kong/Singapore time and involved dozens of police officers armed with batons and shields at the area, where hundreds of protesters, including more than 30 people wearing Guy Fawkes masks, were gathered.

Three men were arrested by police following the clashes, reported Dow Jones, while according to local television reports, police had used pepper spray on dozens of protesters. The incident was "allegedly caused by a man using a camera flash to provoke a police officer," Dow Jones reported.

Hong Kong has been rocked by mass demonstrations for a month by protesters calling for fully democratic elections for the citys next chief executive in 2017. In August, Beijing ruled that candidates for the elections must be vetted by a committee in what protesters call "fake democracy. The campaign drew over 100,000 at its peak, spread out over several demonstration sites including in Admiralty and Mong Kok.

On Wednesday, about 20 pro-democracy activists held a protest march calling on Beijing to release nearly 100 mainland Chinese detained over the past month for supporting the Occupy movement. Protesters are also considering travelling to Beijing to directly petition Beijing authorities as the Chinese capital hosts US President Barack Obama and other world leaders at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum from Nov 10 to 11.

According to Reuters, protesters are planning a march on Sunday from the heart of the city's financial centre to the Chinese central government's liaison office in Hong Kong."

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Pyongyang, November 5 (KCNA) -- The Nigerian National Committee for the Study of Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism posted an article on its website on Oct. 23 to mark the 20th publication anniversary of leader Kim Jong Il's work "Socialism Is a Science".

The article noted that this important work was published to show the way to a new upsurge and certain victory for the socialist movement which had been in distress across the world.

Giving the detailed gist of the work, the article said:

The validity and vitality of the work "Socialism Is a Science" have been fully displayed for two decades since its publication.

With this work, many people could have hope for socialism and the socialist movement gained a fresh momentum across the world.

The reality proves that socialism is a science and truth and it is the law of historical development that mankind aspires socialism whereas the theory of "ended socialism" touted by the imperialists and their mouthpieces is deceptive.

Socialism is a science and it is sure to emerge victorious.

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Pyongyang, November 5 (KCNA) -- The Peruvian National Independent Movement for Free Voting's Union and the General Kim Jong Il Peruvian Amicable Institute issued a joint statement on Oct. 29 to mark the 20th publication anniversary of leader Kim Jong Il's work "Socialism Is a Science".

The statement said:

The great Comrade Kim Jong Il published a historic work "Socialism Is a Science" on Nov. 1, 1994.

In the work he elucidated the essence of genuine socialism and its advantages and inevitability of its victory and disclosed the reactionary nature and injustice of the imperialists and socialist renegades' moves to defame and stifle socialism.

His work has served as a banner for the popular masses the world over, the world revolutionaries in the struggle for socialism and independence against imperialism.

We pay deep homage to Kim Jong Il on the 20th publication anniversary of his work.

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Kim Jong Il's Work, Banner for World Revolutionaries: Peruvians