Hong Kong on Tuesday started to clear part of a protest camp in the heart of the city that has been occupied by pro-democracy demonstrators for nearly two months, leaving most of the main protest site intact.
ຕຳຫຼວດ ຮົງກົງ ເລີ້ມມ້ຽນມັດ ບ່ອນປະທ້ວງ
![Workers, center, start clearing away barricades at an occupied area outside government headquarters in Hong Kong, Nov. 18, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c8f88646-c208-4484-a921-45e5fb6e0f08_cx0_cy9_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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Workers, center, start clearing away barricades at an occupied area outside government headquarters in Hong Kong, Nov. 18, 2014.
![A pro-democracy protester stands on barricades to raise a sign that reads "I want genuine universal suffrage" while workers start clearing away barricades at an occupied area outside government headquarters in Hong Kong, Nov. 18, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/8a189ab1-5b2c-4739-a693-be8411c306f3_cx0_cy3_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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A pro-democracy protester stands on barricades to raise a sign that reads "I want genuine universal suffrage" while workers start clearing away barricades at an occupied area outside government headquarters in Hong Kong, Nov. 18, 2014.
![Workers start clearing away barricades at an occupied area outside government headquarters in Hong Kong, Nov. 18, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a6571924-25da-40e9-b7f4-d3266a158449_cx0_cy4_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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Workers start clearing away barricades at an occupied area outside government headquarters in Hong Kong, Nov. 18, 2014.
![Pro-democracy protesters cut through a cable tie while dismantling a barricade outside Citic Tower in accordance with a court injunction to clear up part of the protest site outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong, Nov. 18, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/27c9ad24-61eb-4cf2-8d51-d189a4243df0_cx0_cy4_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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Pro-democracy protesters cut through a cable tie while dismantling a barricade outside Citic Tower in accordance with a court injunction to clear up part of the protest site outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong, Nov. 18, 2014.