The police used pepper spray to try to subdue thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators who surged around the city leader’s offices in an escalation of the protests. from NYT > World http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/642565/s/40fa4bd8/sc/39/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A140C120C0A10Cworld0Casia0Cprotesters0Estorm0Ehong0Ekong0Eleaders0Eoffice0Eas0Emovement0Eflags0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm