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Ethnic riots spread in China's west; 156 killed pictures
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- July 6, 2009
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1. A resident peeps out from a shop to watch Chinese paramilitary police train on the streets of Urumqi, China, Monday, July 6 , 2009. Police sealed off streets in parts of the provincial capital, Urumqi, after discord between ethnic Muslim Uighur people and
2. Uighur residents at right past by Chinese paramilitary police on duty in Urumqi, western China's Xinjiang province, Monday, July 6, 2009. Police sealed off streets in parts of the provincial capital, Urumqi, after discord between ethnic Muslim Uighur peopl
3. Liu Minggui who was beaten up by protesters recuperates at the Urumqi Friendship hospital in Urumqi, China, Monday, July 6 , 2009. Police sealed off streets in parts of the provincial capital, Urumqi, after discord between ethnic Muslim Uighur people and C
4. Chinese paramilitary police stand on duty in Urumqi, western China's Xinjiang province, Monday, July 6, 2009. Police sealed off streets in parts of the provincial capital, Urumqi, after discord between ethnic Muslim Uighur people and China's Han majority e
Riots and street battles killed at least 156 people in China's western Xinjiang province, state media said Tuesday, and injured 828 others in the deadliest ethnic unrest to hit the region in decades. Officials said the death toll was expected to rise.
Police sealed off streets in parts of the provincial capital, Urumqi, after discord between ethnic Muslim Uighur people and China's Han majority erupted into violence. Witnesses reported a new, smaller protest Monday in a second city, Kashgar.
The unrest is another troubling sign for Beijing at how rapid economic development has failed to stem _ and even has exacerbated _ resentment among ethnic minorities, who say they are being marginalized in ...