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Arrests made and details revealed about the Aug. 17 Bangkok bombing that killed 20 people have raised the question of whether members of an ethnic and religious minority from China's far west were involved.

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Turkey expressed skepticism Thursday over reports that its nationals were involved in the Aug. 17 bombing of a Bangkok landmark that killed 20 people, as Thai authorities reported finding a "suspicious fluid" during a raid at a third home linked to suspects in the attack.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-03 12:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20150904/Thai-Bombing-Suspect.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1364942 [Title] => China's tight security clashes with unity drive [Summary] =>

In this ancient oasis town in China's restive west, assault rifle-toting police officers patrol the cobblestone lanes of ochre-brick houses in an ethnic Uighur neighborhood. Three police surveillance cameras atop a white pole watch over a narrow dirt road frequented mostly by cows.

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Outside a mosque in China's restive west, a government-appointed Muslim cleric was dodging a foreign reporter's question about why young men of the Uighur ethnic minority don't have beards when one such youth interrupted.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-25 03:08:35 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1339200 [AuthorName] => Gillian Wong [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 782042 [Title] => China says at least 12 killed in Xinjiang riot [Summary] =>

Clashes left a dozen people dead in a region of northwestern China that sees periodic violence between Muslim Uighurs and majority Han Chinese, with the latest unrest flaring at a sensitive time just ahead of the national legislature.

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Cambodia deported a group of 20 Muslim asylum-seekers back to China on Saturday, despite the protests from the US and the UN, which rushed people to the airport in an attempt to physically prevent their expulsion.

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A Chinese court sentenced five more people to death Thursday for murder and other crimes committed during ethnic riots that rocked the western region of Xinjiang in July.

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URUMQI, China (AP) – Thousands marched through this city in western China yesterday after a series of stabbings with hypodermic needles further unnerved residents already jittery over deadly rioting between Han Chinese and Muslim Uighurs.

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Arrests made and details revealed about the Aug. 17 Bangkok bombing that killed 20 people have raised the question of whether members of an ethnic and religious minority from China's far west were involved.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-13 12:14:24 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1495882 [Title] => Turkey skeptical Bangkok bomb suspects are Turks [Summary] =>

Turkey expressed skepticism Thursday over reports that its nationals were involved in the Aug. 17 bombing of a Bangkok landmark that killed 20 people, as Thai authorities reported finding a "suspicious fluid" during a raid at a third home linked to suspects in the attack.

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In this ancient oasis town in China's restive west, assault rifle-toting police officers patrol the cobblestone lanes of ochre-brick houses in an ethnic Uighur neighborhood. Three police surveillance cameras atop a white pole watch over a narrow dirt road frequented mostly by cows.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-03 05:22:46 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1339200 [AuthorName] => Gillian Wong [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1361571 [Title] => China targets ordinary Uighurs with beards, burkas [Summary] =>

Outside a mosque in China's restive west, a government-appointed Muslim cleric was dodging a foreign reporter's question about why young men of the Uighur ethnic minority don't have beards when one such youth interrupted.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-25 03:08:35 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1339200 [AuthorName] => Gillian Wong [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 782042 [Title] => China says at least 12 killed in Xinjiang riot [Summary] =>

Clashes left a dozen people dead in a region of northwestern China that sees periodic violence between Muslim Uighurs and majority Han Chinese, with the latest unrest flaring at a sensitive time just ahead of the national legislature.

[DatePublished] => 2012-02-29 12:19:30 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 533978 [Title] => Cambodia sends Uighur asylum-seekers back to China [Summary] =>

Cambodia deported a group of 20 Muslim asylum-seekers back to China on Saturday, despite the protests from the US and the UN, which rushed people to the airport in an attempt to physically prevent their expulsion.

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A Chinese court sentenced five more people to death Thursday for murder and other crimes committed during ethnic riots that rocked the western region of Xinjiang in July.

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URUMQI, China (AP) – Thousands marched through this city in western China yesterday after a series of stabbings with hypodermic needles further unnerved residents already jittery over deadly rioting between Han Chinese and Muslim Uighurs.

[DatePublished] => 2009-09-04 04:10:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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