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Rock-throwing crowds battle in China's Urumqi city
07 Jul 2009 09:49:29 GMT
Source: Reuters
URUMQI, China, July 7 (Reuters) - Rock-throwing crowds of Han Chinese and Uighurs several hundred strong battled in the streets of China's riot-hit northwestern Urumqi city on Tuesday, wounding at least one man, a Reuters reporter said.

A man with blood on his face was led away from the confrontation as anti-riot police moved in to try and quell the violence, beating their shields as they set up a barrier between the two groups and were cheered on by the Hans. (Reporting by Chris Buckley; Writing by Emma Graham-Harrison; Editing by Benjamin Kang Lim)


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A woman (bottom L) holds a baby amongst a group of other women in the middle of a road in front of Chinese soldiers and policemen, in the city of Urumqi, ...



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