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China police break up marching crowds

Police used tear gas and public appeals Friday to break up crowds marching on government and Communist Party offices in western China to protest a lack of public security after a bizarre series of syringe stabbings that appeared ethnically motivated. ...full story at CNews

from CNews on Fri, Sep 04 2009

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