China Executes 8 on Terrorism Convictions

China is reported to have executed eight people from the restive northwestern region of Xinjiang who were convicted of terrorist attacks, including three men authorities say planned the deadly suicide attack last year in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. The official Xinhua news agency said Sunday that the group's crimes included manufacturing explosives, murder of government officials and establishment of a terrorist organization.  All of the men were Muslim Uighurs, who have been...

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