Autonomous Region stories:
State media: Heavy snow in China kills 21
Nov 13th, 2009 - CNN
(CNN) -- Heavy snow in northern and central China has killed 21 people since Monday, the country's Ministry of Civil Affairs said Friday, according to state-run media.
Xinhua news agency said the ministry did not provide the causes of the deaths...Iraq Compromise Allows Elections, but Kurdish Tensions Remain
Nov 10th, 2009 - TIME
Behind-the-scenes U.S. pressure has finally forced Iraq's leaders to accept a political compromise, with Sunday's vote in the Iraqi parliament to adopt an electoral law...
Iraqi Parliament Approves Long-Delayed 2010 Election Law
Nov 8th, 2009 - VOA News
Iraq's parliament has passed a long-delayed election law required for national elections to be held in January. The law won approval Sunday from 141 of the almost 200 Iraq lawmakers present after a tense...
Southern Sudan Welcomes Obama Administration's New Sudan Policy
Oct 20th, 2009 - Bloomberg
Oct. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Southern Sudan’s ruling partywelcomed the Obama administration’s new policy on Sudan thatcalls for the implementation of a peace accord between the northand south of the country.
Indonesia adulterers to be stoned to death
Sep 15th, 2009 - Times Online
Adulterers will be stoned to death under draconian new laws voted in to the Indonesian province of Aceh on Monday. Hardline Muslim politicians in the semi-autonomous region unanimously passed the Sharia law...
Autonomous Region videos from YouTube:
2:39Ningxia, China's Halal meat capital
REPORT: Muslims in Ningxia, a poor region in northern China, produce Halal meat for religious purposes and export. (S. Le Belzic) ... France 24 report china ningxia halal meat producer export religious purposes muslim
1:53Police in Urumqi, Xinjiang autonomous region
www.euronews.net Police squads patrol in the streets of Urumqi in the Xinjiang autonomous region in China after the violent incidents in the area.![[7.5] Death toll rises to 197 in Urumqi riot in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region](http://img.youtube.com/vi/jI12Yd9sNEc/default.jpg)
7:10[7.5] Death toll rises to 197 in Urumqi riot in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
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 ...
7:24CCTV9: Xinjiang Urumqi Violence (Uygur Autonomous Region)
CCTV9: Xinjiang Urumoi Violence Death toll in Xinjiang riot rises to 140 Xinhua 2009-07-06 13:28:24 URUMQI, July 6 (Xinhua) -- The death toll has risen to 140 following Sunday night's riot in Urumqi ...
Autonomous Region from WikiPedia:
An autonomous area is an area of a country that has a degree of autonomy, or freedom from an external authority. Typically it is either geographically distinct from the country or is populated by a national minority. Countries that include autonomous areas are often federacies. Autonomous areas can be divided into territorial autonomies, subregional territorial autonomies and local autonomies.
Autonomy is independence or freedom, as of the will or one's actions: the autonomy of the individual.
For a list of autonomous areas, see List of autonomous areas by country and List of territorial autonomies.
Many autonomous areas lie within two of the world's largest countries, People's Republic of China and Russia.
Iraqi Kurdistan is the only region which has gained official recognition internationally as an autonomous federal entity.
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