Jul 6th, 2009 - VOA News
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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.
Witnesses say 1,000 members of the Uighur ethnic group demonstrated against what they say is unfair treatment by the Han, who make up the vast majority of China's population.
The Uighurs are largely Muslim.
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