Jul 6th, 2009 - Wall Street Journal
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China's government charged that Rebiya Kadeer, a millionaire-turned-dissident based in Washington, masterminded the riots that began Sunday in the city of Urumqi and have left at least 156 dead in one of the most violent demonstrations in decades on Chinese soil.
Mrs. Kadeer has worked since being released from a Chinese jail in 2005 to lift the profile of her ethnic group, the Uighurs, who populates the Xinjiang region of northwestern China.
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Jul 8th, 2009 - XinHua
BEIJING/GUANGZHOU/URUMQI, July 8 (Xinhua) -- The teenager at the center of allegations of sexual assault that sparked the deadly violence in western China's Xinjiang region Wednesday said the incident was nothing more than an "unintentional scream.
Ethnic Tensions Escalate in China's Xinjiang Region
Jul 8th, 2009 - Wall Street Journal
URUMQI, China -- Thousands of angry ethnic Han Chinese wielding clubs and machetes roamed this capital city of Xinjiang territory and engaged in sporadic revenge attacks against Uighurs after deadly riots Sunday.
Ethnic Violence in China' Xinjiang Region, 129 Dead
Jul 6th, 2009 - VOA News
Chinese officials say 129 people have died in rioting in western China's Xinjiang region. State-run Xinhua news agency says Sunday's fighting left at least 800 injured in the provincial capital Urumqi.
China calls Xinjiang riot a plot against its rule
Jul 5th, 2009 - Reuters
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has called a riot that shook the capital of restive western Xinjiang region on Sunday a plot by exiled members of the Uighur people, after at least three people died in the latest eruption of ethnic unrest there.
Riot strikes China's Xinjiang region capital
Jul 5th, 2009 - Reuters
BEIJING (Reuters) - Three people were killed in rioting that erupted in China's restive far west Xinjiang region Sunday, when locals burnt vehicles and blocked traffic in the regional capital Urumqi...
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العربية arabic.cctv.com [7.5] 专题播放列表： www.youtube.com Li Yi, head of the publicity department of the Communist Party of China's Xinjiang regional committee says the dead include 129 men and 27 women. He added that one-thousand and eighty people were injured ...
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1:41Mosques Reopen After Riots in Xinjiang, China
A few mosques are reopening in the riot-stricken capital of Chinas Xinjiang Autonomous Region. This is after Chinese authorities backed down from a decision to close all mosques for Friday prayers after a week of unrest. Hundreds ...
