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Three people in Beijing self-immolation bid have "unreasonable demands"

The three people from Xinjiang who set themselves on fire in downtown Beijing last month took the extreme action after their "unreasonable demands" were refused, a senior official said here Friday. Nur Bekri, chairman of the Xinjiang regional... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Fri, Mar 06 2009

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25 Apr 08		Jackie Chan on Free Tibet & Olympics » YouTube videoJackie Chan , the Olympics ambassador, speak on the disruption by Tibetan protesters, and the unreasonable demands made.
06 Mar 09		Relocation spat behind burning » Shanghai Daily Three people from Xinjiang who set themselves on fire in downtown Beijing last month took the extreme action after their "unreasonable demands" were refused, a regional official said yesterday. Nur Bekri, chairman...
28 Dec 07		Nur Bekri appointed acting chairman of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region » People's Daily Nur Bekri was appointed acting chairman of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Friday. Nur Bekri was appointed at the 35th session of the Standing Committee of the 10th Xinjiang Regional People's Congress in Urumq ...
19 Jul 09		Official says 12 mobsters in riot shot dead, Xinjiang confident of revival » People's Daily A senior official of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region said here Saturday Xinjiang has the confidence to erase the negative impacts of the July 5 riot "in the shortest time" in an interview with overseas reporters. Nur Bekri,...
08 Mar 10		Wealth gap a regional, not ethnic, problem in Xinjiang: official » People's Daily The imbalance of living standards in Xinjiang is a regional problem rather than an ethnic one, a senior local official said in Beijing Sunday. The imbalance is mainly seen between different regions, urban and rural residents and between industries,...
09 Mar 07		Official: room for terrorist activities shrinking in Xinjiang » Xinhua The room for terrorist activities has been shrinking in northwest China's Xinjiang as "the number of good people is increasing and bad people decreasing", said Ismail Tiliwaldi, chairman of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, here on Friday.

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