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Scuffles broke out between protesters and police
Police and pro-democracy protesters have clashed in a battle for territory in the Hong Kong district of Mong Kok.
For the fourth night in a row, police charged after demonstrators breached their barriers, sparking scuffles that caused minor injuries on both sides.
The protesters are angry at China's rulers for limiting their choice of leader in the next election in 2017.
Leaders on both sides have called for calm, and confirmed that talks will take place on Tuesday.
Protesters, most of them students, accuse Hong Kong's current leader, CY Leung, of failing to stand up to the Chinese Communist Party.
Protests erupted last month and have been going on intermittently around government buildings and the business district, and in Mong Kok, a residential and shopping area in Kowloon.
On Friday morning, police had all but cleared the Mong Kok site and protesters' numbers had substantially dwindled elsewhere.
However, clashes resumed later that day as thousands of protesters launched a sustained effort to reoccupy a busy road junction in Mong Kok, and 26 people were arrested.
At about midnight on Saturday (16:00 GMT), police charged protesters, beating them with batons and deploying pepper spray.
A stand-off resumed shortly afterwards with neither side having gained any ground.
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The government confirms talks with students on Tuesday despite protesters retaking Mong Kok
Carrie Lam, CY Leung's deputy, said Tuesday's talks would be focused on constitutional reform. Both sides will send five representatives to the negotiations, which will be broadcast live on television.
Hong Kong timeline- 1997: UK gives Hong Kong back to China under a 1984 agreement giving it "a high degree of autonomy" for 50 years
- 2004: China says it must approve any changes to Hong Kong's election laws
- June-July 2014: Pro-democracy activists hold unofficial referendum on political reform; both sides hold large rallies
- 31 August 2014: China says it will allow direct elections in 2017 but will pre-approve candidates
- 22 September 2014: Student groups launch a week-long boycott of classes
- 28 September 2014: Occupy Central and student protests join forces for mass protest
Hong Kong's democracy controversy
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