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China launches new Xinjiang post-riot crackdown

BEIJING: Police in China's restive Xinjiang region have launched a fresh manhunt aimed at capturing fugitives wanted in connection with deadly ethnic violence in July this year, state media said Tuesday. ...full story at Channel NewsAsia

from Channel NewsAsia on Tue, Nov 03 2009

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