Hong Kong protesters gather for 'emergency' call for autonomy
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Masked Hong Kong riot police stopped and searched people arriving on Saturday for a march billed as a global “emergency call” for autonomy for a city that was guaranteed its freedoms when it returned from British to Chinese rule in 1997.