Subject: Morning Brief: Some Hong Kong Protesters Defy Government Deadline as Many Go Home
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Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2014 09:08:53 -0400 (EDT)

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Some Hong Kong Protesters Defy Government Deadline as Many Go Home

Some Hong Kong Protesters Defy Government Deadline as Many Go Home

<p class="p1"><b>Top news: </b>Pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong are <a style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;"  href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71vntq.1et0/VDKS_8PoQ7Qr2roQA21fa>dwindling</a> following a week of continuous, and at times violent, demonstrations across the island city against restrictive Chinese rule. Civil servants returned to work in the Hong Kong government&rsquo;s headquarters, an important site of the protests. Meanwhile, many students, the heart of the protest movement, have returned to classes.</p>
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<p class="p1">The dissipation comes after Hong Kong&rsquo;s Leader, Leung Chun-ying, set a deadline for dawn on Monday to re-open government offices. Leung hopes to see the city return to normalcy -- and work -- after a weeklong paralysis. &ldquo;The situation may evolve into a state beyond control, and will have serious consequences to public safety and order,&rdquo; he warned. The protests <a style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;"  href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71vntq.1et0/VDKS_8PoQ7Qr2roRAd9e1>grew</a> in the days before the deadline, including demonstrations of up to 200,000 people on Saturday. Some student activists have been invited to meet with city government leaders.</p>
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<p class="p1">Still, hundreds of activists <a style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;"  href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71vntq.1et0/VDKS_8PoQ7Qr2roSA7a4b>remain</a> camped out in Hong Kong&rsquo;s streets, determined to keep alive their fight for a free vote in the city&rsquo;s 2017 municipal election.</p>
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<p class="p1"><b>Brazil: </b>Brazil&rsquo;s presidential election will move to a <a style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;"  href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71vntq.1et0/VDKS_8PoQ7Qr2roTA86d5>runoff</a> vote, following a first round that knocked out Socialist Party candidate and environmental leader Marina Silva. The incumbent Workers&rsquo; Party candidate Dilma Roussef will face the center-right Aecio Neves in the second round on Oct. 26. Roussef captured 41.6 percent of the vote compared to Neves&rsquo;s 33.6 percent, following a last minute surge. Neves is the favorite of Brazil&rsquo;s business community while Roussef&rsquo;s party&rsquo;s social welfare programs have been <a style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;"  href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71vntq.1et0/VDKS_8PoQ7Qr2roUAd8db>popular</a> with many poor Brazilians.</p>
 
Africa

<p>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sierra Leone <a style='font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;' href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71vntq.1et0/VDKS_8PoQ7Qr2roVAc544>recorded 121 deaths</a> from the Ebola on Sunday, the single deadliest day in the country since the virus&rsquo;s outbreak began four months ago.</p>
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<p>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;International aid agencies said in a report that <a style='font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;' href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71vntq.1et0/VDKS_8PoQ7Qr2roWAeea4>over a million people could be affected by famine</a> in South Sudan if the civil war there does not stop by next year.</p>
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<p>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a style='font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;' href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71vntq.1et0/VDKS_8PoQ7Qr2roXAd911>Somali government troops and African Union forces</a> have taken the coastal town of Barawe from al-Shabab militants. The town has not been under the government&rsquo;s control for 23 years.</p>
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Asia

<p>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;A <a style='font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;' href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71vntq.1et0/VDKS_8PoQ7Qr2roYA1adf>powerful typhoon struck Japan</a>, washing three U.S. servicemen out to see, killing a least one of them. Nearly half a million people evacuated their homes.</p>
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<p>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;Following their highest-level diplomatic exchange in five years, <a style='font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;' href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71vntq.1et0/VDKS_8PoQ7Qr2roZAa711>North and South Korea have agreed</a> to continue talks next month.</p>
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<p>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Pakistani Taliban sent a message declaring its <a style='font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;' href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71vntq.1et0/VDKS_8PoQ7Qr2roaA9182>full support for the Islamic State</a> militant group in Syria and Iraq.</p>
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Americas

<p>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;Authorities <a style='font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;' href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71vntq.1et0/VDKS_8PoQ7Qr2robAf142>in southern Mexico</a> found the &ldquo;badly burned&rdquo; bodies of 28 people not far from where 43 student protesters went missing in September. The students are feared murdered by the police.</p>
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<p>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;Haiti&rsquo;s former dictator, <a style='font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;' href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71vntq.1et0/VDKS_8PoQ7Qr2rocAbff9>Jean-Claude &ldquo;Baby Doc&rdquo; Duvalier</a>, who ruled from 1971 until 1986, died of a heart attack at age 63.</p>
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<p>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;An American in Dallas, Texas is <a style='font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;' href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71vntq.1et0/VDKS_8PoQ7Qr2roeA35fc>fighting for his life</a> after being diagnosed with Ebola. He is not receiving experimental medication.</p>
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Europe

<p>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;A suicide bomber <a style='font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;' href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71vntq.1et0/VDKS_8PoQ7Qr2rogA13f1>killed five people and wounded 12 more</a> in the city of Grozny, in the Chechnya region of Russia.</p>
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<p>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pope Francis <a style='font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;' href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71vntq.1et0/VDKS_8PoQ7Qr2rohAe0bb>brought together some 500 bishops</a> to discuss the role of family values in the Catholic Church.</p>
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<p>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a style='font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;' href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71vntq.1et0/VDKS_8PoQ7Qr2roiA427d>Latvia&rsquo;s ruling center-right government</a> won a majority in general elections held over the weekend. The government in Riga has taken a hard line against Russia over Ukraine.</p>
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Middle East

<p>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Islamic State group&rsquo;s fighters are <a style='font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;' href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71vntq.1et0/VDKOhcPoQ7Qr2rchA6ed7>advancing on the Kurdish town of Kobani</a>, Syria, near the Turkish border, despite U.S.-led airstrikes.</p>
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<p>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;Al Qaeda-backed jihadist group <a style='font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;' href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71vntq.1et0/VDKOhsPoQ7Qr2rcnA63da>Nusra Front fought with the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah</a> on the Lebanon-Syria border. At least 18 people have been killed in the clashes.</p>
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<p>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vice President Biden <a style='font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;' href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71vntq.1et0/VDKLrcPoNHxjubj3A2838>apologized to the United Arab Emirates</a> for saying previously that the country had funded and backed terrorist groups in Syria.</p>
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- By Max Strasser 

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