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16 police killed in Xinjiang attack

SIXTEEN armed policemen were killed and 16 others injured in an attack on a border patrol station in northwestern China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region this morning. Two attackers, who were later seized, drove... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Mon, Aug 04 2008

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