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China launches crackdown in Xinjiang

Security campaign follows fatal summer riots between ethnic Uighur and Han Chinese in capital of UrumqiChinese authorities have launched a security campaign in the troubled north-west region of Xinjiang, state media reported today.The "strike hard and... ...full story at Guardian Unlimited

from Guardian Unlimited on Tue, Nov 03 2009

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