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One hundred and forty people have been killed and more than 800 wounded in riots that rocked the western China at the weekend, the deadliest social unrest since the Tiananmen Square crackdown.
Running battles raged through the city of Urumqi throughout Sunday, pitting members of the Uighur minority against ethnic Han Chinese. Witnesses said that up to 3,000 rioters went on the rampage, smashing buses and overturning police barricades during several hours of violence.
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Death toll in riot-rocked western China raised to 184; reports say most were Han Chinese
Jun 26th, 2009 - StarTribune.com
URUMQI, China - China raised the death toll from riots in Xinjiang to 184, state media said Saturday, adding that most of those killed were Han Chinese in the first ethnic breakdown of the number since communal violence erupted in the far west.
Death toll in China ethnic unrest rises to 184
Jun 26th, 2009 - CNN
BEIJING, China (CNN) -- At least 184 people died in last weekend's violent protests in China's far-west Xinjiang region, state-run media reported. That number raises the death toll from a previously reported 156. On Friday...
Death Toll Debated In China's Rioting
Jun 26th, 2009 - Washington Post
URUMQI, China -- The Yu siblings could hardly bear to look at the police snapshots of the dead -- the images so full of anger and cruelty. So they took turns sifting through them in search of their brother...
Baghdad market bombing adds to soaring death toll
Jun 26th, 2009 - CNN
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A market bombing in central Baghdad killed 15 people Friday morning, continuing the spike in violence as the deadline approaches for the United States to withdraw combat troops from Iraqi cities.
Bombings threaten Iraq security
Jun 26th, 2009 - The Detroit News
Baghdad -- The bombing of a Baghdad bus station Thursday pushed the death toll from a weeklong series of blasts near Shiite targets to about 200, calling into question Iraq's ability to provide security as U.S...
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Most of Xinjiang dead 'Chinese'
Some three-quarters of the victims of the violence in China's western Xinjiang region were ethnic Han Chinese, the official death toll shows.(World News)
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The Yu siblings could hardly bear to look at the police snapshots of the dead -- the images so full of anger and cruelty. So they took turns sifting through them in search of their brother, who had been missing since ethnically charged riots shook this city in far western China on Sunday.(World News)
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The Yu siblings could hardly bear to look at the police snapshots of the dead -- the images so full of anger and cruelty. So they took turns sifting through them in search of their brother, who had been missing since ethnically charged riots shook this city in far western China on...(World News)
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