Martial law in Chinese town after 10 Muslims die in riots
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BEIJING: At least 20 people have been killed in ethnic clashes between the Muslim Hui minority and the Han majority in central Chinaâs Henan province and martial law has been declared in the area, local residents said on Monday.
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Pakistani authorities imposed a curfew around a mosque on Wednesday where 11 people were killed in clashes between religious students and security forces and ordered students in the mosque to lay down their weapons.
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extent of unrest in rural China, fuelled by corruption and a growing gap between rich and poor. the Hui Muslim minority sparked rioting through the weekend.
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Reports from southern China say a riot broke out after a dispute at a bridge toll-booth in the province of Guangdong.
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Chinese paramilitary police stand guard near a bridge leading to the town of Langchenggang in China&#39;s Henan province Monday Nov. 1, 2004.
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Thousands of Shi&#39;ite Muslims have rioted in Pakistan following a funeral for victims of a suicide bombing attack at a mosque that killed at least 30 people.
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At least 78 Muslim detainees suffocated or were crushed to death after police rounded up 1,300 people and packed them into trucks following a riot in southern Thailand. Islamic leaders accused troops Tuesday of overreacting and warned the deaths could worsen sectarian violence.
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At least ten Maoists were killed in separate clashes with security forces in three western districts of the kingdom, a security official said.
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BANGKOK : Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said the government would prosecute 300 Muslims detained at a riot this week that led to the deaths of 87 protesters, while another 900 would be released.
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Beijing (AsiaNews/Agencies) - Thousands of police on Monday were guarding a country road outside a village in central China where eyewitnesses said rioting between hundreds of members of the Han ethnic majority and Hui Muslims killed at least seven
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Four more people have been killed in Muslim-majority southern Thailand, police said today, amid outrage over the death last week of 85 Muslims, most of them in military custody.
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: Thailand&#39;s prime minister said Tuesday a military crackdown that left six rioters dead in the Muslim-dominated south was justified, arguing that such rioting is aimed at sowing chaos and cannot be tolerated.
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Guinean President Lansana Conte declared martial law in the West African country on Monday after unions resumed a general strike against his 23-year rule and at least nine people were killed in violent protests.
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More than 100 Chinese cities have lifted a 10-year ban on fireworks for the Lunar New Year holidays, China's most important holiday.
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Martial law has been imposed in parts of the Chinese province of Henan after ethnic clashes in which witnesses say several people were killed.
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Soldiers and police fired into crowds of demonstrators in Myanmar's largest city and gave them 10 minutes to clear the streets or be shot on Thursday, with nine people killed in the second day of a crackdown on the largest uprising in 20 years.
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Police and paramilitary troops were last night guarding villages in central China where ethnic riots involving thousands of people led to at least seven deaths and scores of injuries.