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China says aims to banish superstition, promote knowledge

  • Fri, 04/26/2013 - 00:00

China is struggling to get its estimated 100 million religious believers to banish superstitious beliefs about things like sickness and death, the country's top religious affairs official told a state-run newspaper.

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Violence in western Chinese region of Xinjiang kills 21

  • Fri, 04/26/2013 - 00:00

Clashes in the unsettled western Chinese region of Xinjiang killed 21 people, including police officers and local officials, authorities said Wednesday.

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Second Clash Reported in Xinjiang

  • Fri, 04/26/2013 - 00:00

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Violence in western Chinese region of Xinjiang kills 21

  • Fri, 04/26/2013 - 00:00

Chinese police were Thursday investigating eight suspects arrested in the ethnically divided Xinjiang region after clashes left 21 dead, with authorities reportedly accusing "terrorists" of ambushing police.

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New malware variant targets Uyghur Mac users

  • Thu, 04/25/2013 - 20:42

by Topher Kessler
​April 25, 2013 11:16 AM PDT

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US 'Deeply Concerned' by Violence in China's Xinjiang Province

  • Thu, 04/25/2013 - 20:40

The United States is calling for a thorough and transparent investigation into a confrontation in China's restive northwest province of Xinjiang that left 21 people dead.

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In this August 2, 2011 photo, a policeman patrols near the site of an attack in Kashgar in China's far western Xinjiang Uigur Autonomous Region.

China’s Xinjiang Violence Highlights Tensions with Uighurs

  • Thu, 04/25/2013 - 20:31

Deadly clashes this week in China’s western province Xinjiang that killed 21 people have again drawn attention to the long-running tensions between the predominantly Muslim Uighur community and the Han Chinese majority.

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Safeguard rights of Uighurs in Xinjiang: US to China

  • Thu, 04/25/2013 - 20:28

The US has asked China to safeguard the rights of its Uighur minority in Xinjiang province and carry out a transparent probe into the latest incident of violence in which 21 people died.

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Uighur grievances in China's Xinjiang not addressed - rights groups

  • Thu, 04/25/2013 - 20:23

Chinese authorities have accused terrorists of setting a trap to kill policemen in the latest flare up of violence in western Xinjiang region.

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Violence in western Chinese region of Xinjiang kills 21

  • Thu, 04/25/2013 - 20:15

Clashes in the unsettled western Chinese region of Xinjiang killed 21 people, including police officers and local officials, authorities said Wednesday.

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