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In pictures: Trade talks clashes
poon cho tang
19 Dec 05, 00:16
Hundreds of demonstrators have clashed with riot police near the world trade talks in Hong Kong.
poon cho tang
19 Dec 05, 00:20
Nine hundred have been "rounded up", police say.
poon cho tang
19 Dec 05, 00:22
Some stormed police lines around the centre.
poon cho tang
19 Dec 05, 00:23
Officers used pepper spray and batons to push them back.
poon cho tang
19 Dec 05, 00:23
Correspondents say the unrest is the worst street violence in Hong Kong for 16 years.
poon cho tang
19 Dec 05, 00:24
The scuffles involve South Korean farmers, South East Asian groups and European activists.
poon cho tang
19 Dec 05, 00:25
The Koreans - who are among the most vocal of the protesters - had vowed to step up action on Saturday.
poon cho tang
19 Dec 05, 00:26
They object to the current world trading system.
poon cho tang
19 Dec 05, 00:26
The protests came on the penultimate day of the summit.
poon cho tang
19 Dec 05, 00:27
Some protesters have pledged to stay outside the conference centre all night.
jay_rocks
19 Dec 05, 11:04
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