BEIJING - A Chinese court sentenced five more people to death Thursday for killing a police officer with a brick, kicking bystanders to death and other crimes committed during ethnic riots that rocked the western region of Xinjiang in July. The Inte
BEIJING, November 9 - China has executed nine people convicted of violent crimes during ethnic rioting in the far western Xinjiang region in July, the first to be put to death over the unrest, the China News Service said on Monday.Almost 200 people
BEIJING - China has executed nine people convicted of violent crimes during ethnic rioting in the far western Xinjiang region in July, the first to be put to death over the unrest, the China News Service said Monday. Almost 200 people died in the r
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, the official China News Service reported Monday. The nine were put to death recently
TIJUANA, Mexico - Mexican police caught a prison official who spent a year on the run from charges of killing a 19-year-old inmate, whose beating death sparked riots that left nearly two dozen dead, including two American prisoners. Marco Antonio Ib
DHAKA - The Bangladeshi government on Sunday ordered an official inquiry into labour rioting that left two people dead and 100 injured at an industrial estate outside the capital Dhaka. Home Secretary Abdus Sobhan Shikdar told AFP that a committee
BEIJING - Two people have been put to death for their roles in deadly protests last year in the Chinese-controlled region of Tibet, the first known executions for the violence, an overseas monitoring group said Tuesday. Lobsang Gyaltsen and Loyak, w
POITIERS, -- Under a bright autumn sun, the narrow lanes of ancient Poitiers teemed with families enjoying a lighthearted celebration of street theater.Suddenly, a knot of black-clad youths emerged from the crowd.They donned plastic masks, pulled u
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