World News Briefs -- October 2, 2019

Reuters: 'This means war': anger and division at school of student shot by HK police

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Before he was battling police on the front lines of Hong Kong’s democracy movement, Tony Tsang, 18, was best known to his peers as a school vice-captain, organizing events for fellow students, friends said on Wednesday.

They were speaking a day after the teenager was shot in the chest at point-blank range as he fought an officer with a metal pipe in Tsuen Wan district during some of the most violent clashes in Hong Kong since protests escalated in mid-June.

Tsang is stable in hospital where he is under arrest.

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MIDDLE EAST

Syria 'safe zone' deadline expires with Turkish threat looming.

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Iraqi police open fire to disperse new protests in Baghdad.

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Israel: Benjamin Netanyahu corruption hearings begin.

ASIA

After 70th anniversary clashes, Hong Kong wakes up to more protests. Hong Kong: thousands protest over police shooting of teenager.

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Philippine minister takes to Twitter to order diplomatic protest over Chinese ships.

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AFRICA

25 Malian soldiers killed in attack on two military camps.

Sudan's transition: Residents say little has changed.

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Zimbabwe anger over US diamond ban.

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EUROPE

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Greece struggles to cope as migrant arrivals soar.

132,000 descendants of expelled Jews apply for Spanish citizenship.

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AMERICAS

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TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR

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Foreign Isis fighters in Syria 'should face war crimes tribunal' .

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ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS

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