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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Riots</title>
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		<title>China executes first group 9 Uighurs over July&#8217;s deadly riots in far west; 20 more indicted</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
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China executes 9 Uighurs over July ethnic riots

BEIJING — Nine Uighurs have been executed for taking part in ethnic rioting that left nearly 200 people dead in July, the first suspects put to death in the unrest, Chinese state media reported Monday.
The nine were put to death recently after a final review of the verdicts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pa. town elects first black mayor, 40 years after riots killed white officer, black woman</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
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40 years after riots, Pa. city elects black mayor

YORK, Pa. — The central Pennsylvania city of York has elected its first black mayor, 40 years after violent race riots led to the death of a white police officer and a black woman.
Democrat Kim Bracey beat Republican Wendell Banks in Tuesday&#8217;s general election. Democratic voters in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police in China&#8217;s far west launch crackdown, hunt riot suspects</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
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China launches crackdown in Muslim region
BEIJING — Police in China&#8217;s far west have stepped up a hunt for people who took part in deadly ethnic riots there four months ago and other so-called terrorists, the regional public security ministry said Tuesday.

The &#8220;Strike Hard&#8221; campaign is to run from November through the end of the year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police use water cannon to overcome rioting soccer fans in Germany; 27 officers hurt</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:55:27 +0000</pubDate>
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Police use water cannon to end German soccer riot

FRANKFURT — Police used a water cannon to overcome rioting soccer fans after a second-division game and detained 23 people. Twenty-seven officers were slightly hurt.
The police reacted when about 500 violent supporters of Hansa Rostock tried to breach a police barrier and threw bottles and firecrackers after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police in China&#8217;s far west ratchet up anti-terrorism drive, hunt alleged riot suspects</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:31:09 +0000</pubDate>
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China ramps up anti-terror fight in Muslim region

BEIJING — Police in China&#8217;s far west have launched a crackdown on terrorism and stepped up a hunt for suspects who took part in deadly ethnic riots there four months ago, the regional public security ministry said Tuesday.
The &#8220;Strike Hard&#8221; campaign is to run from November through the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bolivia the standard-bearer as Latin American natives fight to protect lands, culture</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:27:40 +0000</pubDate>
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Indian political awakening stirs Latin America

JESUS DE MACHACA, Bolivia — In Ecuador, the Shuar are blocking highways to defend their hunting grounds. In Chile, the Mapuche are occupying ranches to pressure for land, schools and clinics. In Bolivia, a new constitution gives the country&#8217;s 36 indigenous peoples the right to self-rule.
All over Latin America, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Uighur journalist detained in China for allegedly endangering national security</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:09:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexa Olesen</dc:creator>
		
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Ethnic Uighur journalist detained in China

BEIJING — Chinese police have jailed an outspoken Uighur journalist for allegedly endangering national security, a colleague said Friday, adding to the scores of detentions reported in the restive Xinjiang region since deadly ethnic rioting erupted there four months ago.
Well-known academic Ilham Tohti said Hailaite Niyazi, the former manager of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>6 Greek police officers wounded in attack on suburban police station</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
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6 Greek police officers wounded in attack
ATHENS, Greece — Gunmen on a motorcycle fired on a suburban Athens police station with automatic weapons late Tuesday, wounding six police officers, authorities said.

The attack occurred after Greece&#8217;s new Socialist government promised to crack down on anarchist and far-left militant groups that have stepped up bombings and shootings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>French magistrate drops manslaughter case in crash involving police, teens on motorbike</title>
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France: Manslaughter inquiry dropped
PARIS — A French magistrate has dropped a manslaughter investigation into a crash involving a motorbike and a police car that killed two teenagers and sparked riots in 2007, a lawyer for the boys&#8217; families said Monday.

The magistrate did so after a prosecutor said the boys were riding without helmets on a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rights group: China secretly detained dozens of young Uighur men after riots</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING — Three months after deadly ethnic rioting in China&#8217;s far west, dozens of men from the Uighur ethnic group remain unaccounted for after being detained in police sweeps, a human rights group said Wednesday.

New York-based Human Rights Watch said the 43 missing men and teenagers were among hundreds rounded up by security forces in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China sentences 3 more to death for murder during deadly riot in Xinjiang in July</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING — China sentenced three more people to death Thursday for murders committed during riots in the far western Xinjiang region in July, bringing to nine the number of people facing execution for the unrest.

Nearly 200 people were killed when Muslim Uighurs and members of China&#8217;s dominant Han ethnicity turned on one another in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China sentences 6 more to death for murder during deadly riot in Xinjiang in July</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING — China sentenced six people to death Thursday over murders committed during deadly riots in the western Xinjiang region in July, bringing the number of people facing the death penalty for the riots to 12.

Nearly 200 people were killed when riots erupted in the regional capital of Urumqi, with Muslim Uighurs attacking members of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police: Ohio woman&#8217;s lie about winning lottery, buying coats for everyone causes store riot</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-ohio-womans-lie-about-winning-lottery-buying-coats-for-everyone-causes-store-riot-196477/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:20:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Meghan Barr</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ohio — A woman being driven around in a rented limousine pulled up at a coat store and announced she&#8217;d won the lottery and would pay for everyone&#8217;s purchases, police said, but she ended up causing a riot when customers realized it was a hoax.

Angry customers threw merchandise around and looted, leaving the store [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Woman without any money claims that she won the lottery, causing riot at Ohio coat store</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/woman-without-any-money-claims-that-she-won-the-lottery-causing-riot-at-ohio-coat-store-196402/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Meghan Barr</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ohio — Police say an Ohio woman being driven around in a limousine announced at a coat store she&#8217;d won the lottery and would pay for everyone&#8217;s purchases but ended up causing a riot when customers realized it was a hoax. Columbus police Lt. Michael Deakins says the woman announced Tuesday she&#8217;d spend $500 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese court sentences 6 to death for murder in riots in Xinjiang in July</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:11:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING — A court in China&#8217;s far western Xinjiang region has sentenced six men to death for murder and other crimes committed during ethnic riots that killed nearly 200 people. A seventh man was given life imprisonment.

The sentences Monday were the first for any of the scores of suspects arrested in the July rioting between [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese court gives death sentence to man over factory brawl linked to deadly ethnic riots</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/chinese-court-gives-death-sentence-to-man-over-factory-brawl-linked-to-deadly-ethnic-riots-192285/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/chinese-court-gives-death-sentence-to-man-over-factory-brawl-linked-to-deadly-ethnic-riots-192285/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 04:59:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING — A Chinese court sentenced a man to death Saturday for his role in a toy factory brawl that sparked riots in western Xinjiang region that left almost 200 dead in China&#8217;s worst ethnic violence in decades.

Another man was given life imprisonment for the June 26 brawl at a toy factory in southern Guangdong [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Uganda: Global human rights group calls for probe into killings during bloody riots</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Godfrey Olukya</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KAMPALA, Uganda — A human rights group has urged Uganda to set up an independent inquiry into the deaths of more than 20 protesters last month because security agents may have deliberately killed some of them.

In a statement issued late Thursday, Human Rights Watch said its investigation found that security agents killed at least 13 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Venezuela asks Interpol to capture former president under investigation for riot deaths</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/venezuela-asks-interpol-to-capture-former-president-under-investigation-for-riot-deaths-182805/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/venezuela-asks-interpol-to-capture-former-president-under-investigation-for-riot-deaths-182805/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fabiola Sanchez</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela&#8217;s top prosecutor is asking Interpol to capture former President Carlos Andres Perez for violence committed during street protests two decades ago.

Prosecutors will ask Interpol to issue a &#8220;red alert&#8221; for the capture of 85-year-old Perez, who lives in Miami, Attorney General Luisa Ortega told Venezuelan state television on Tuesday. She said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Civil liberties groups: Police overreacted to G-20 protesters, should have focused on vandals</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/civil-liberties-groups-police-overreacted-to-g-20-protesters-should-have-focused-on-vandals-179209/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Rubinkam</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PITTSBURGH — Police used all the nonlethal tools at their disposal to thwart protesters at the Group of 20 summit this week, firing bean bags, hurling canisters of smoke and pepper spray, using flash-bang grenades and batons and deploying a high-tech sound-blasting device meant to push back crowds.

It was all a bit much for civil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China charges 21 people with murder following its worst ethnic violence in decades</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:49:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Mcdonald</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING — China issued its first indictments Friday in connection with July&#8217;s bloody rioting between minority Muslim Uighurs and majority Han Chinese, the country&#8217;s worst outbreak of ethnic violence in decades.

Twenty-one people — mostly Uighurs — face charges including murder and arson, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. Most of those identified in the report [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No reports of pledged G-20 business protests</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PITTSBURGH — An umbrella group of Group of 20 protesters had encouraged morning demonstrations at various Pittsburgh businesses, but police say there are no reports of large gatherings or vandalism.

The Pittsburgh G-20 Resistance Project had encouraged Friday morning protests at 80 businesses that it says represent greed, exploitation, warfare and other social ills. Potential targets [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China charges 21 with murder in July riots that left nearly 200 dead in Xinjiang</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Mcdonald</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING — Chinese prosecutors brought murder and arson charges Friday against 21 people arrested in connection with riots in July that left nearly 200 dead in Urumqi.

The riots in the capital of the western region of Xinjiang saw Muslim Uighurs attack members of the country&#8217;s dominant Han ethnic group, followed two days later by Han [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pittsburgh police prepare for possible 2nd day of clashes with protesters near G-20 summit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:38:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vicki Smith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PITTSBURGH — Authorities braced for scattered protests at dozens of businesses and organizations Friday, one day after riot police turned back hundreds of demonstrators on the first day of the Group of 20 summit, arresting nearly 70 people.

Police, in an overwhelming show of force, declared a Thursday afternoon march illegal almost as soon as it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pittsburgh officials: 19 arrested in G-20 protests, but swift action limited property damage</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pittsburgh-officials-19-arrested-in-g-20-protests-but-swift-action-limited-property-damage-178304/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:22:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Rubinkam</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh officials say 19 people protesting the Group of 20 summit were arrested during a chaotic march outside downtown.

Police fired canisters of pepper spray and smoke at marchers after anarchists responded to calls to disperse by rolling trash bins, throwing rocks and breaking windows.
The march had about 1,000 protesters and did not have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>G-20 march turns chaotic as police, protesters battle on streets of Pittsburgh</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:26:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Rubinkam</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PITTSBURGH — Police fired canisters of pepper spray and smoke and rubber bullets at marchers protesting the Group of 20 summit Thursday after anarchists responded to calls to disperse by rolling trash bins, throwing rocks and breaking windows.

Pittsburgh Police Chief Nate Harper said 17 to 19 protesters were arrested, and Mayor Luke Ravenstahl said swift [...]]]></description>
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		<title>11 indicted in China factory brawl that led to deadly ethnic rioting in Muslim west</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:19:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING — Chinese prosecutors have indicted 11 people in a factory brawl that led days later to deadly rioting in the Muslim far west.

The June 26 fight at the Xuri Toy Factory in Shaoguan pitted workers from the Uighur minority group against Han Chinese, who make up most of China&#8217;s population. Two Uighurs died.
Ten days [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Venezuela begins examining remains of 1989 riot victims; relatives have doubts about probe</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Toothaker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CARACAS, Venezuela — Authorities began opening tombs Monday to identify the remains of dozens of people killed during riots more than two decades ago and look for evidence against police and soldiers responsible for slayings during the unrest.

Most relatives of those who died in the 1989 riots, known as the &#8220;Caracazo,&#8221; applaud the probe and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese police ban transport of explosives in capital of China&#8217;s Xinjiang province</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:29:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Henry Sanderson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING — Chinese police on Tuesday banned explosives from being transported in the western region of Xinjiang, the scene of deadly ethnic rioting this summer, while more suspects were being investigated for a spate of mysterious syringe attacks.

The Xinjiang Public Security Ministry said transport of weapons, ammunition, explosives and radioactive goods into or within Xinjiang [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ugandan soldiers, police patrol streets following 2 days of violence that has killed 14</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katharine Houreld</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KAMPALA, Uganda — Scores of soldiers and police patrolled the streets of Uganda&#8217;s capital in pickup trucks and on foot Saturday following riots that have killed at least 14 people and wounded dozens of others.

A sense of order returned to Kampala, with children playing in burnt-out police cars being the most obvious sign of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ugandan soldiers, police patrol streets following 2 days of violence that has killed 13</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 14:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katharine Houreld</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KAMPALA, Uganda — Scores of soldiers and police patrolled the streets of Uganda&#8217;s capital in pickup trucks and on foot Saturday following riots that have killed at least 13 people.

Children playing in burnt-out police cars were the most obvious sign of the violence as a sense of order returned to Kampala. The clashes since Thursday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 shot dead as riots erupt in Ugandan capital for 2nd straight day</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:36:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Godfrey Olukya</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KAMPALA, Uganda — Rioters angry over political and land issues clashed with government forces for a second day Friday, and at least six people were killed in Uganda&#8217;s capital and an outlying area.

The violence, which has killed a total of 13 people since Thursday, stems from disputes between the government and members of the Buganda, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China says those convicted of syringe attacks in Urumqi could face death penalty</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 13:48:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING — China says assailants behind syringe attacks that sparked protests in the western city of Urumqi could face the death penalty if convicted.

The official Xinhua News Agency said Sunday that harsh punishment would be meted out to those who stabbed others with hypodermic needles containing poisonous or harmful substances or contaminated by drug use.
Xinhua [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protest-wracked city in western China calmer after top official sacked</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 05:53:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Bodeen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[URUMQI, China — The sacking of the head of a western Chinese city shaken by ethnic violence and a bizarre string of needle attacks appeared to dull public anger Sunday after three days of protests.

Although security was still heavy in Urumqi, many of the paramilitary troops had withdrawn from positions around the city. State television [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top China official in volatile, protest-wracked Urumqi sacked amid fears over syringe attacks</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 02:32:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Bodeen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[URUMQI, China — The head of a western city wracked by communal violence and a bizarre string of needle attacks has been sacked by Chinese authorities hoping to calm uneasy mobs and end protests that left the city on edge for three days.

Security was tight Sunday in Urumqi, but the city was calm with no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top China official in volatile, protest-wracked Urumqi sacked amid public syringe attack fears</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Bodeen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[URUMQI, China — Chinese leaders bowed to public demands and sacked the head of a western city wracked by communal violence and a bizarre string of needle attacks, hoping to calm uneasy mobs and end protests that percolated for a third day Saturday.

The removal of Urumqi&#8217;s Communist Party Secretary Li Zhi came amid reports of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Troops patrol Chinese city after protests left 5 dead over series of syringe attacks</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 05:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Bodeen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[URUMQI, China — Thousands of troops, backed by tanks and metal barricades, patrolled the western city of Urumqi on Saturday after five people died in protests over a series of bizarre needle attacks that China&#8217;s police chief has blamed on Muslim separatists.

The hypodermic needle attacks have unnerved a population already shaken by ethnic rioting two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China&#8217;s security minister blames Muslim separatists for syringe attacks; 5 killed in protests</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Bodeen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[URUMQI, China — China&#8217;s security chief blamed Muslim separatists Friday for a string of bizarre needle attacks that drew thousands of angry protesters into the streets as officials disclosed five people were killed and 14 injured during demonstrations in this restive city.

Police fired tear gas to break up continuing protests by thousands of Han Chinese, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China official says 5 killed, 14 wounded during protests in restive western city</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:14:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[URUMQI, China — Five people have died during mass protests sparked by a bizarre series of hypodermic needle stabbings in this western Chinese city that has been wracked by ethnic unrest, an official said Friday.

Deputy Mayor Zhang Hong said the deaths came on Thursday, during demonstrations by members of China&#8217;s majority Han ethnic group who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police chief blames Muslim separatists for needle attacks that jangled west China anew</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:58:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Bodeen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[URUMQI, China — China&#8217;s police chief accused ethnic Muslim separatists of staging a bizarre series of hypodermic needle stabbings that sent thousands of Chinese into the streets in angry protests for a second day Friday to demand increased security in this western city.

Police used tear gas and public appeals to break up crowds of Chinese [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China&#8217;s public security minister blames ethnic separatists for needle attacks in troubled west</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:36:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[URUMQI, China — China&#8217;s Public Security Minister Meng Jianzhu has blamed ethnic separatist forces for a bizarre series of needle attacks in the restive western region of Xinjiang.

Meng&#8217;s comments Friday come as thousands of mostly Han Chinese have taken to the streets of the regional capital Urumqi for a second day to demand increased security.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China police break up crowds marching on government, Communist Party offices in Xinjiang</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:35:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Bodeen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[URUMQI, China — Police used tear gas and public appeals Friday to break up crowds marching on government and Communist Party offices in western China to protest a lack of public security after a bizarre series of syringe stabbings that appeared ethnically motivated.

Thousands of people, mostly from the Han Chinese majority, took to the streets [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese police break up crowds marching on headquarters of party boss in Xinjiang</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 07:40:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Bodeen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[URUMQI, China — Police pushed back large crowds trying to march on Communist Party offices in Urumqi on Friday to voice anger at a lack of public security following a bizarre series of syringe stabbings that appeared ethnically motivated.

Chinese officials had put a security cordon around the western Chinese city a day earlier when more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Security out in force after Chinese protest series of syringe attacks in western city</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:21:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Bodeen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[URUMQI, China — Police imposed tight security in Urumqi as residents voiced anger Friday, a day after thousands marched to protest a series of needle stabbings that appeared ethnically motivated in a city already on edge from deadly rioting.

Chinese officials had put a security cordon around the city Thursday after more than 10,000 people, mostly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese take to streets after series of syringe attacks in western city torn by ethnic rioting</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:03:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Bodeen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[URUMQI, China — Thousands marched through this city in western China on Thursday after a series of stabbings with hypodermic needles further unnerved residents already jittery over deadly rioting between Han Chinese and Muslim Uighurs.

More than 10,000 people, mostly from the Han Chinese majority, took the streets, demanding increased security and punishment for those behind [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dozens of syringe attacks spark new protests in west China city torn by deadly ethnic rioting</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Bodeen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING — Hundreds of Chinese protested deteriorating public safety Thursday after a series of mysterious syringe attacks further unnerved residents in the western Chinese city of Urumqi where ethnic rioting in July killed nearly 200 people.

People living near the city center reached by telephone said hundreds, possibly thousands, of members of China&#8217;s Han majority marched [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese TV reports 476 cases of people stabbed with syringes in Urumqi since Aug. 20</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:18:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING — State television in western China has reported that 476 people have sought treatment since Aug. 20 after being stabbed with hypodermic needles.

Xinjiang Television says the stabbings were one of the reasons behind a new protest in the western Chinese city of Urumqi two months after deadly ethnic rioting there left nearly 200 dead.
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		<title>New protests in western China&#8217;s Urumqi city torn by deadly July ethnic rioting</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Bodeen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING — Hundreds of Chinese protested deteriorating public safety Thursday after a series of mysterious syringe attacks further unnerved residents in the western Chinese city of Urumqi where ethnic rioting in July killed nearly 200 people.

People living near the city center reached by telephone said hundreds, possibly thousands, of members of China&#8217;s Han majority marched [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese state news agency confirms protest in western city hit by ethnic riots 2 months ago</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:06:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING — A state news agency has confirmed witness reports of a new protest in the western Chinese city of Urumqi after deadly ethnic rioting in July left nearly 200 dead.

People near the city center reached by telephone say hundreds, possibly thousands, of members of China&#8217;s majority Han ethnic group have gathered downtown to denounce [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Residents report new protest in western China&#8217;s Urumqi city torn by July ethnic rioting</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:20:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING — Chinese residents protested deteriorating public safety Thursday in the western Chinese city of Urumqi where deadly ethnic rioting in July killed nearly 200 people, eyewitnesses said

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		<title>Witnesses report new protest in western Chinese city Urumqi, torn by July ethnic rioting</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 06:53:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING — Witnesses report a new protest has broken out in the western Chinese city of Urumqi, which was torn by deadly ethnic rioting in July.

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