China State Media Says 140 Killed in Riots in West
Deseret News (Salt Lake City) › July 06, 2009
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URUMQI, China -- Violence in the capital of China's volatile Xinjiang region killed 140 people and injured 828, an official said Monday, following rioting by members of a Muslim ethnic group and a police crackdown on their demonstrations.
The official toll makes the unrest the deadliest single incident of unrest in Xinjiang in recent decades.See the full content of this document
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China State Media Says 140 Killed in Riots in West
The violence in Urumqi apparently happened after a peaceful protest Sunday of about 1,000 to 3,000 people spun o...
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