Urumqi gradually returns to normal after riots
People were returning to work and shops were reopening in Urumqi on Thursday. Order has been restored, according to Hou Hanmin, deputy head of the Publicity department of the Xinjiang regional committee of the Communist Party of China.
·Xinjiang Muslims gear up for Friday prayer
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1 killed, more than 300 injured in SW China quake
One was killed, more than 300 people were injured and more than 18,000 houses collapsed in a 6.0-magnitude earthquake that hit southwest China's Yunnan Province Thursday evening, local authorities said.
·Large-scale evacuation underway
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KMT chairman arrives on mainland for cross-Straits forum
Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung arrived on the Chinese mainland Friday to attend the Fifth Cross-Straits Economic, Trade and Culture Forum set for July 11 and 12 in Changsha, capital of the central Hunan Province.
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Riot victims saved by locals
Anxious families look for relatives missing in riot
They sobbed, they cried, loud and clear. They gazed at a spot of the floor for a long time.
Tragic stories of Urumqi riot victims
Dong Yuanyuan had been married for just 3 days when she and her husband were attacked by rioters in Urumqi on Sunday.
