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A Uighur vendor pushes his fruit cart as he walks pass a statue of late Chairman Mao Zedong in a main street in Kashgar, Xinjiang province
05 Aug 2008
Source: Reuters
 
A Uighur vendor pushes his fruit cart as he walks pass a statue of late Chairman Mao Zedong in a main street in Kashgar, Xinjiang province, August 5, 2008. China's tense Xinjiang region announced sweeping security checks of transport on Tuesday after assailants used a truck to mount a deadly attack on police days before the Beijing Olympic Games open. REUTERS/Nir Elias (CHINA)
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