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July 8, 2009

Thousands of Chinese Forces Enter Restive City
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In China, thousands of government forces have swept into a restive city
in the Xinjiang region amidst the country’s worst ethnic violence in
decades. Tensions have flared in the city of Urumqi between China’s
ethnic Han Chinese and the ethnic Uyghurs, a Muslim minority. Some 156
people have been killed, more than 1,000 wounded and more than 1400
arrested so far. Both sides blame the other for the violence. Chinese
President Hu Jintao has cut short a visit to Italy for the G8 summit,
which opens in Italy today.



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