East Asia & Pacific
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Wrestler Sahin wins gold for Turkey in close bout
Xinhua Updated: 2008-08-20 20:30 BEIJING — Ramazan Sahin of Turkey won the men’s freestyle 66kg wrestling title to earn Turkey their first gold medal here […]
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Exiles claim China planning crackdown on Xinjiang during Ramadan
in ChinaAug 19, 2008, 7:52 GMT Beijing – A group of exiles from China’s Muslim ethnic Uighur minority alleged Tuesday that police were planning to crack […]
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Renewed violence in west China
in ChinaThree security staff have been stabbed to death in China’s Xinjiang region, the third attack there in eight days. Assailants killed the men […]
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Chinese Islamic group threatens Olympics
in Chinaupdated 10:10 p.m. EDT, Thu August 7, 2008 Story Highlights Reported warning comes days after assailants killed 16 border police in Xinjiang SITE: Group also […]
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Victory for Turkish Democracy (Editorial)
By Japan Times, Tokyo Aug. 5–Turkey’s Constitutional Court ruled last week that the country’s governing party will not be banned for violating the country’s constitution. […]
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STRATFORD: China and the Enduring Uighurs
in ChinaBy Rodger Baker On Aug. 4, four days before the start of the Beijing Olympics, two ethnic Uighurs drove a stolen dump truck into a […]