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Lawyers and law students take part in a silent march in protest at a ruling by China which effectively bars two pro-independence legislators from taking office in Hong Kong on November 8, 2016. Hundreds of lawyers and law students, all dressed in black, marched silently through Hong Kong on November 8 in protest at a ruling by China which effectively bars two pro-independence legislators from taking office. / AFP PHOTO / Anthony WALLACE

Meanwhile, in Hong Kong …

AS IMAGES of election parties pour out of the US, on the other side of the world crowds are forming for a very different reason.

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Protesters scuffle with police officers after clashing as thousands of people march in a Hong Kong street, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016. Thousands of protesters marched in Hong Kong on Sunday, demanding that China's central government stay out of a political dispute in the southern Chinese city after Beijing indicated that it would intervene to deter pro-independence advocates. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Protests turn ugly in Hong Kong

PROTESTERS have clashed with police in Hong Kong after thousands demonstrated against Chinese moves to crackdown on pro-independence advocates.

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