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Rioters face tough punishment.
URUMQI, China, July 8 (UPI) -- As tensions between Muslim Uighurs and Han Chinese in China's Urumqi spilled over again, the city's Communist party head vowed severe punishment for rioters.
Calling last Sunday's violence in the capital of the northwest Xinjiang-Uighur region the "deadliest riot since New China was founded in 1949," Urumqi party chief Li Zhi said those responsible would be punished harshly, Xinhua news agency reported. Details of the punishment were not provided.
With tensions resuming Tuesday in the city, authorities said Sunday's violence killed 156 people and injured more ...
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...will be meted out to the mob in the deadliest riot since New China was founded in 1949. The rioters violated laws and harmed...fundamental interests of all Chinese ethnic groups, said Li Zhi, Communist Party of China (CPC) chief of Urumqi...
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...risen to 140, the semi-official China News Agency quoted Li Zhi, the Communist Party Boss of Urumqi City, as telling a news...said to have been beaten by the mob was quoted by the official New China News Agency as saying, "They took to the street, not peacefully...
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...groupAAEs ruling Politburo, said in a statement released by the New China News Agency. The regional capital of Urumqi was calm Thursday...began to flee. The top Communist Party official in Urumqi, Li Zhi, said that order had been restored and that the government...
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- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Christopher Bodeen September 6, 2009 700+ words
...Saturday. The removal of Urumqi's Communist Party secretary, Li Zhi, came as there were reports of police again using tear gas...also fired. An Urumqi government spokeswoman and the official New China News Agency gave no reasons in announcing the changes. But...
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...group's ruling Politburo said in a statement released by New China News Agency. The regional capital of Urumqi was calm yesterday...began to flee. The top Communist Party official in Urumqi, Li Zhi, said that order had been restored and that the government...
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- News wire article from: Xinhua News Agency July 7, 2009 700+ words
...severe punishment for the mob in the "deadliest riot since New China was founded in 1949". Sunday's riot in Urumqi has killed...fundamental interests of all Chinese ethnic groups," said Li Zhi, Communist Party of China (CPC) chief of Urumqi. Police...
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