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JULY 2009

WALL STREET JOURNAL: China detains prominent legal activist
AFP: Dalai Lama awarded honorary citizenship of Polish capital
BBC: China to cut number of executions
GUARDIAN: Chinese hack Melbourne film festival to protest at Uighur documentary
AFP: Chinese police, 30,000 workers clash
TIMES: China steps back from one child policy
EPOCH TIMES: Tibetans suspicious of sudden lift of ban on images of Dalai Lama
VOICE OF AMERICA: China blames separatists for deadly Xinjiang riots
ASIANEWS: Lawyer ejected because of 'no use'; monk sentenced to life
PHAYUL: Tibetan filmmaker and two monks denied representation
BBC: 'Two shot dead' by Chinese police
AP: Police wound two Uighur men, wound third
GUARDIAN: China's twin troubles
WALL STREET JOURNAL: China's ethnic fault lines
CNN: Death toll in China ethnic unrest rises to 184
FT CHINESE: Why economic boom failed to prevent unrest in Xinjiang
NEW YORK TIMES: A strongman is China's rock in ethnic strife
ASIANEWS: Xinjiang today just like Tibet a year ago
THE NATIONAL: Chinese Government the root of tragedy, claims Kadeer
REUTERS: Turkish leader calls Xinjiang killings genocide
ABC: Muslim women lead protests in restive West China
BBC: Turkey attacks China 'genocide'
REUTERS: Deadly Uighur riots may force policy debate in Beijing
AFP: China extends hand to foreign media, but tightens grip elsewhere
EPOCH TIMES: Reporters fight with web police for Xinjiang photos
WASHINGTON TIMES: Beijing threatens to execute 'key rioters'
BBC: China vows Xinjiang action
TELEGRAPH: China begins hunt for Xinjiang rioters
BBC: China's ethnic tinderbox
BBC: Uighur women defy Chinese police
BBC: Ethnic mobs overrun Chinese city
LOS ANGELES TIMES: Chinese President Hu Jintao leaves G8 early due to situation in Xinjiang
WASHINGTON TIMES: Armed mobs roam China's regional capital
GUARDIAN: Uyghur residents confrount troops (with video)
NEW YORK TIMES: Another media tour goes very, very badly for the Chinese authorities
BLOOMBERG: China struggles to control Urumqi as vigilantes take to the streets
MSNBC: China goes online to vent ire at Xinjiang riots
VOICE OF AMERICA: Chinese crack down on Xinjiang protests
BBC: China riot police fire tear gas at protesters
AP: Xinjiang riots echo last year's protests in Tibet
AFP: China's Urumqi City in chaos as mobs vow revenge
TELEGRAPH: China riots: 140 killed and 816 injured
TIME: Over 140 dead in clashes in China's Xinjiang province
REUTERS: China tightens web screws after Xinjiang riot
AP: China says 140 killed in riots in the West
BBC: Scores killed in China protests in Xinjiang
TIMES: A new Tiananmen, but this time online
GUARDIAN: China delays launch of internet filter Green Dam
BBC: China delays internet filter plan
GUARDIAN: Chinese police accused of killing suspect while seeking confession
TELEGRAPH: China plan to cesnsor all computers dropped

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