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Hong Kong Airport Resumes Operations After Court Injunction Limiting Protests

Flights were beginning to return to normal after police in riot gear and armed with pepper spray forced out most of the protesters staging a sit-in at one of the world's busiest aviation hubs.
Demonstrators sit and lie on the arrival hall floor at the Hong Kong International Airport in Hong Kong on Wednesday.

Operations at Hong Kong's international airport appeared to be returning to normal on Wednesday after riot police used batons and pepper spray to break up days of protests there that had brought flights to a standstill.

A few dozen pro-democracy demonstrators remained in the airport's arrival

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