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China Orders People "Poisoned By Extremism, Terrorism" To Confess Crimes
A city in China's far-western Xinjiang region has ordered people who are "poisoned by extremism, terrorism and separatism", in contact with overseas terror groups or act in a conservative Islamic manner, to turn themselves in to authorities.
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China Police Kill 4 Over Xinjiang Attack: Report
Chinese police have shot dead four people who allegedly attacked a Communist Party office in the restive Xinjiang region on Wednesday, state media said, in the bloodiest such incident in months.
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UK's First Indian-Origin Sikh And Ethnic Minority Judge Dies
An Indian-origin Sikh, who became UK's first-ever ethnic minority judge and the first to sit on the English Bench wearing a turban instead of a horse-hair wig, has died.
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Myanmar Ethnic Groups Place Faith In Suu Kyi Government For Peace
Rebel negotiators applauded talks with Myanmar authorities Saturday at the end of five days of discussions, but said the real business of crafting peace rests with Aung San Suu Kyi's government-in-waiting.
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Expelled French Journalist 'Surreal' Ahead Of China Departure
A French reporter forced to leave China by authorities after she criticised government policy in violence-wracked, mainly Muslim Xinjiang, said she had been left with a feeling of "surreality" today ahead of her departure.
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China Says Communist Party Officials Among Xinjiang Attackers
Officials from China's ruling Communist Party have supported violent attacks in restive Xinjiang, a top regional official said in remarks highlighting internal opposition to tough local policies.
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Nepal Facing 'Medical Crisis' as Supplies Run Short
Bindu Ghimire's chemotherapy appointment is approaching, but supplies of the drugs the 61-year-old desperately needs are in short supply as a political crisis in her native Nepal deepens.
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Thousands Protest at Afghanistan Killings as Sectarian Fears Rise
Around 2,000 members of Afghanistan's Hazara ethnic minority held an angry protest today after militants killed seven members of their community at the weekend and dumped their partially beheaded bodies.
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China Holds Uighur Who 'Planned Bomb Attack': Report
China has arrested a member of its mostly Muslim Uighur ethnic minority who planned a bomb attack after returning from a training camp in Syria, state media said today.
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Barack Obama Nominates IIT Alumnus to Key Post
US President Barack Obama has nominated an IIT alumni to his advisory commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs).
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'Montagnard' Refugees Emerge From Cambodia Jungle Hideout
Eight hill tribe 'Montagnards' have emerged from hiding in a remote Cambodian border area where they crossed from Vietnam to flee persecution, the United Nations Refugee Agency said today.
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Ethnic Minorities to Make up Third of UK by 2050: Study
Almost one-third of Britons will be from ethnic minorities by 2050 if current trends continue, according to a new study published by a think tank today.
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China Orders People "Poisoned By Extremism, Terrorism" To Confess Crimes
A city in China's far-western Xinjiang region has ordered people who are "poisoned by extremism, terrorism and separatism", in contact with overseas terror groups or act in a conservative Islamic manner, to turn themselves in to authorities.
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China Police Kill 4 Over Xinjiang Attack: Report
Chinese police have shot dead four people who allegedly attacked a Communist Party office in the restive Xinjiang region on Wednesday, state media said, in the bloodiest such incident in months.
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UK's First Indian-Origin Sikh And Ethnic Minority Judge Dies
An Indian-origin Sikh, who became UK's first-ever ethnic minority judge and the first to sit on the English Bench wearing a turban instead of a horse-hair wig, has died.
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Myanmar Ethnic Groups Place Faith In Suu Kyi Government For Peace
Rebel negotiators applauded talks with Myanmar authorities Saturday at the end of five days of discussions, but said the real business of crafting peace rests with Aung San Suu Kyi's government-in-waiting.
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Expelled French Journalist 'Surreal' Ahead Of China Departure
A French reporter forced to leave China by authorities after she criticised government policy in violence-wracked, mainly Muslim Xinjiang, said she had been left with a feeling of "surreality" today ahead of her departure.
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China Says Communist Party Officials Among Xinjiang Attackers
Officials from China's ruling Communist Party have supported violent attacks in restive Xinjiang, a top regional official said in remarks highlighting internal opposition to tough local policies.
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Nepal Facing 'Medical Crisis' as Supplies Run Short
Bindu Ghimire's chemotherapy appointment is approaching, but supplies of the drugs the 61-year-old desperately needs are in short supply as a political crisis in her native Nepal deepens.
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Thousands Protest at Afghanistan Killings as Sectarian Fears Rise
Around 2,000 members of Afghanistan's Hazara ethnic minority held an angry protest today after militants killed seven members of their community at the weekend and dumped their partially beheaded bodies.
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China Holds Uighur Who 'Planned Bomb Attack': Report
China has arrested a member of its mostly Muslim Uighur ethnic minority who planned a bomb attack after returning from a training camp in Syria, state media said today.
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Barack Obama Nominates IIT Alumnus to Key Post
US President Barack Obama has nominated an IIT alumni to his advisory commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs).
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'Montagnard' Refugees Emerge From Cambodia Jungle Hideout
Eight hill tribe 'Montagnards' have emerged from hiding in a remote Cambodian border area where they crossed from Vietnam to flee persecution, the United Nations Refugee Agency said today.
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Ethnic Minorities to Make up Third of UK by 2050: Study
Almost one-third of Britons will be from ethnic minorities by 2050 if current trends continue, according to a new study published by a think tank today.
