2009年9月5日星期六

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


Top official in China's volatile Urumqi sacked (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2009 06:15 PM PDT

Chinese paramilitary police in formation disperse the crowds after the unconfirmed report of a needle attack on a boy outside the People's Square in Urumqi, Xinjiang province, China, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2009. Thousands of troops, backed by tanks and metal barricades, patrolled the western city of Urumqi on Saturday after five people died in protests over a series of bizarre needle attacks that China's police chief has blamed on Muslim separatists. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - Chinese leaders bowed to public demands and sacked the head of a western city wracked by communal violence and a bizarre string of needle attacks, hoping to calm uneasy mobs and end protests that percolated for a third day Saturday.


China sacks top officials over Xinjiang unrest (AFP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2009 08:37 AM PDT

Pedestrians walk past Chinese troops at a road block in Urumqi, northwestern region of Xinjiang, on September 5. China has sacked two top officials in restive Xinjiang as it moved to quell public uproar over syringe attacks in Urumqu that sparked deadly protests in the region's capital.(AFP/Philippe Lopez)AFP - China sacked two top officials in restive Xinjiang on Saturday as it moved to quell public uproar over syringe attacks in the region's capital Urumqi that sparked deadly protests.


China sacks party boss of western city hit by unrest (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Sep 2009 08:36 AM PDT

Chinese security forces block a main road during a demonstration by Han Chinese at the center of Urumqi in China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region, September 4, 2009. REUTERS/Nir EliasReuters - China sacked the top official of the strife-torn city of Urumqi as well as the regional police chief on Saturday, as the town crept back to uneasy calm after days of sometimes deadly protests that inflamed ethnic enmity.


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