12 killed in China riots (Lead)
February 29th, 2012 - 12:04 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 28 (IANS) A violent mob Tuesday chopped to death at least 10 people in China's Muslim-majority Xinjiang Uygur region, following which police chased the mob and shot dead ... Read more...
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12 killed in China riots
February 28th, 2012 - 10:56 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 28 (IANS) A violent mob Tuesday chopped to death at least 10 people in China's Muslim-majority Xinjiang Uygur region, following which police chased the mob and shot dead ... Read more...
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Pak links up with China’s Kashgar ahead of Premier Jiabao’s visit
December 15th, 2010 - 1:31 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Dec. 15 (ANI): Pakistan and China have inaugurated the first air cargo service linking Islamabad with Kashgar in China's northwest Xinjiang province, just three days before the visit of Chinese Premier ... Read more...
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Chinese airline plane hijacked in China
August 10th, 2009 - 12:02 am ICT by John Le Fevre
A passenger airplane is reported to have been hijacked in the country’s troubled western region of Xinjang.The official Chinese news agency, Xinhua, did not give any details about the hijacking in a ... Read more...
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US expresses concern over China province
July 7th, 2009 - 4:32 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 7 (DPA) The US Monday called for restraint after clashes in China's Xinjiang region left more than 150 people dead.
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said in a statement that the ... Read more...
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Death toll in China riots rises to 156
July 7th, 2009 - 3:37 am ICT by IANS
Urumqi (China), July 7 (Xinhua) The death toll in the ethnic clashes between minority Uyghurs and members of Han community in northwestern China's Xinjiang province has risen to 156, authorities said early ... Read more...
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Rubiya Kadeer And The Chinese Riot Connection
July 6th, 2009 - 6:48 pm ICT by GD
Communal riots does not happen much in China but recently the nation is bearing witness to a huge communal riot. It has been reported that around 80 people have been injured and ... Read more...
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140 dead in China’s ethnic clashes (Lead)
July 6th, 2009 - 1:21 pm ICT by IANS
Urumqi (China), July 6 (Xinhua) The toll in the ethnic clashes in Urumqi, capital of China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, has risen to 140, authorities said Monday.
Fifty-seven people died at the spot ... Read more...
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Four killed in China ethnic clashes
July 6th, 2009 - 9:29 am ICT by IANS
Urumqi (China), July 6 (Xinhua) At least four people, including a police official, were killed and dozens injured in clashes between Uyghurs and members of China's Han majority in northwestern Xinjiang province, ... Read more...
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Eight killed in bombings, gunfire in China
August 10th, 2008 - 4:04 pm ICT by IANS
Xinhua
Beijing, Aug 10 (Xinhua) At least eight people were killed in gunfire and bomb blasts Sunday in northwest China's Xinjiang province, the regional administration said. Explosions rocked Kuqa county, with a predominantly ... Read more...
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China’s exiled Uyghur minorties call for Olympics boycott
April 21st, 2008 - 10:36 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Berlin, April 21 (DPA) An association of China's ethnic Uyghurs in exile accused Beijing of "cultural genocide" and called Monday for a boycott of the Olympics. Uyghurs from the north-western Chinese region ... Read more...
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