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 Iran |
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  BP, Chinese win lucrative oil contract Iraq awarded a lucrative oil contract to BP and China National Petroleum Corp., while rejecting other companies' offers for other oil fields
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| Jul.5 |
 Western China |
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Scores killed in China protests  Map of Urumqi China Violence in restive western region of Xinjiang has left at least 140 people dead and more than 800 injured
| Several hundred people were arrested after a protest, in Urumqi turned violent.
Exiled Uighur leader says police fired on students.
The protest was prompted by a deadly fight between Uighurs and Han Chinese last month
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| Jul.6 |
Western China |
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Unrest spreads in western China Map of Kashgar China| Unrest in volatile region of Xinjiang spread to a second city, with police breaking up fresh protests. At least 156 people died and 800 were hurt | |
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Angry Uighurs defy Chinese police  Map of Urumqi China New protests have flared in the western city of Urumqi, two days after more than 150 people died in clashes between police and demonstrators
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| Jul.7 |
Western China |
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 Restive city under curfew Map of Urumqi China| A curfew has been imposed on the city in western China for a second night after ethnic riots on Sunday which left 156 people dead | |
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Western China |
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Troops flood into riot city Map of Urumqi China Thousands of security forces have been deployed in the city of Urumqi in Xinjiang region to try to end deadly ethnic clashes
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| Jul.8 |
Western China |
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Riot city 'under control' The situation in the city of Urumqi is now under control after the deployment of thousands of troops
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| Jul.9 |
Southern China |
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Quake destroys 10,000 homes The 6.0-magnitude quake hit Yunnan province in southwest China, leaving more than 300 people injured
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| Jul.12 |
Western China |
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Urumqi bans illegal public assembly A city in China's far west that witnessed deadly protests has banned public assembly without police approval
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Stores reopen in Urumqi after protests Xinhua: Retailers in the city, and other cities in the region have resumed business
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| Jul.15 |
China |
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China grows faster amid worries China's economy grew at an annual rate of 7.9% between April and June, up from 6.1% in the first quarter of the year
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| Jul.19 |
China |
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Police killed 12 in Uyghur riots| China acknowledged that security forces shot dead 12 people during ethnic riots in the northwest earlier this month | |
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| Jul.21 |
China |
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 Group of 22 U.S. students quarantined Students from the greater District of Columbia have been quarantined in China after several tested positive for the H1N1 flu virus
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 Darkness envelops Asia during eclipse Darkness fell across parts of China and India as a total solar eclipse passed across the world's most populous countries
| Stargazers and scientists travelled far to see the eclipse, which lasted six minutes and 39 seconds at its maximum point
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| Jul.24 |
China |
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China launches Arabic TV channel China Central Television's station is launching an Arabic-language TV channel to show the Middle East and North Africa the 'real' China
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| Jul.25 |
 Melbourne |
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Chinese hack film festival site Chinese hackers have attacked the website of Melbourne International Film Festival over a documentary about Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer
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| Jul.27 |
 Washington |
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China-US economic talks kick off Top leaders of the US and China are meeting to discuss key economic and political differences at US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue
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Southern China |
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 Quake devastated wild panda habitat 23 percent of the pandas' habitat in the area was destroyed in 2008, and fragmentation of the remaining habitat could hinder panda reproduction
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| Jul.28 |
Washington |
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US and China 'committed to trade' At U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue officials got down to brass tacks in what one called 'very constructive, very candid' discussions
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