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7/1/2009 HONG KONG -- Tens of thousands of
people took to the sweltering streets of Hong Kong on Wednesday for an
annual pro-democracy march, as the city marked the 12th anniversary of
its return to
China.
The huge crowd, estimated by organizers at 76,000, snaked through the
city to demand the early introduction of universal suffrage and also to
express frustration at the government on a whole gamut of issues,
including its response to the economic slowdown.
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