At least 184 people died in last weekend’s violent protests in China’s far-west Xinjiang region, state-run media reported. That number raises the death toll from a previously reported 156.
Death toll in China ethnic unrest rises to 184
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Operation FALCON nets 35,190 fugitives in annual sweep
More than 35,000 fugitives across the United States were arrested in June as part of an annual sweep that teams the U.S. Marshals Service with local law enforcement in a summer push to clean up the streets, U.S
Iran: New Opposition Demonstrations Bring New Violence
The quiet enforced on Tehran’s streets by the postelection crackdown was shattered on July 9 in dramatic clashes between opposition activists and security forces.
Reporter’s notebook: Boiling emotions in China
Han Chinese protesters were out in the streets, not far from our hotel near the People’s Square, on Tuesday. A lot of the Han Chinese own shops in the area and there are some hospitals in the vicinity. When we saw the protesters marching in the streets, we simply followed them.
After Deadly Riots, Ethnic Tensions Heat Up in Urumqi
Thousands of Han residents armed with clubs poured onto the streets of Urumqi Tuesday afternoon, raising the risk of further racial violence in this western Chinese city.
Unrest among Uyghur residents in China
Ethnic Uyghur residents in Urumqi, capital of China’s far west Xinjiang region, took to the streets Sunday afternoon in a rare public protest that prompted a police lockdown of the city.
Beaten Back, Iran’s Opposition Looks To Reform From Within
Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi lashed out defiantly at Monday’s certification, following a partial recount initiated by the clerical body that oversees Iran’s elections, of the June 12 re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. “From now on we will have a government..
Which State Security Branch Rules Tehran’s Streets?
Two weeks after the contested results of Iran’s Presidential elections led to widespread street riots and demonstrations across the country, the Islamic Republic pronounced its harshest threat yet to protesters. At the official ceremony for Friday prayers, Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami, a hard-line cleric who often delivers the sermon, said those who agitate on the streets were “waging war against God,” a crime that carries the death sentence. It was the latest example in which government forces have tightened their control over and heightened their rhetoric against opposition supporters of the defeated presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi.
Amanpour: Dented Khamenei faces battle of wills
Despite his threats of "consequences" and the subsequent beatings and shooting deaths by government agents, the open protests on Iran’s streets by hundreds of thousands of people have dented the shield of invincibility of Iran’s Supreme religious Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, say sources in Iran. Chants of “Death to Khamenei” broke a state-imposed, and a self-imposed absolute prohibition on criticizing a leader believed to be wielding the wisdom and authority of God himself. But right now, the massive network of Iran’s intelligence agents, Revolutionary Guard, paramilitary Basij, and police of all sorts, are cracking down.
Clerics join Iran’s anti-government protests
A photo showing Iranian clerics prominently participating in an anti-government protest speaks volumes about the new face of Iran’s opposition movement. In a blatant act of defiance, a group of Mullahs took to the streets of Tehran, to protest election results that returned incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to power