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Uighur men walk past a statue of late Chairman Mao Zedong on a main street in Kashgar
05 Aug 2008
Source: Reuters
 
Uighur men walk past a statue of late Chairman Mao Zedong on 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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A combination photo from a video purportedly from the Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP), taken from the Internet, shows a blast cloud over a stadium. A little known Islamist group has threatened ...




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