The unrest that erupted in Urumqi on Sunday was the worst reported ethnic violence in China for decades as thousands of Muslim Uighurs, who have long harboured resentment under Chinese rule, took to the streets. Members of China's ethnic Han majority who were targeted in Sunday's riots fought back in Urumqi on Tuesday armed with makeshift weapons and vowing revenge against the Uighurs.
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Russia announced Wednesday it was sending more ships to the Gulf of Aden to protect merchant ships from Somali pirates. A third task force from Russia's Pacific Fleet will arrive in late July in the Gulf of Aden to ensure security in the pirate-infested waters, a Navy official said on Wednesday.
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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today reiterated its request for an emergency international action to put an end to the assassinations of journalists in Somalia, after the murder of Mohamud Mohamed Yusuf of the Radio Holy Quran (IQK), who was killed on Saturday July 4 in central Mogadishu.
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L’Aquila, Italy – Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced that Canada is contributing to the rebuilding of L’Aquila and Italy’s surrounding Abruzzo region, which were devastated by a severe earthquake on April 6.
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The Iranian Navy has deployed two warships to join international efforts to preserve shipping security in the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden
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Greek prime minister Costas Karamanlis conferred on Friday with merchant marine minister Anastassis Papaligouras, and later received the presidium of the Union of Greek Shiowners (UGS).
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Crew members of the Belgian ship MV POMPEI sea-jacked by pirates off Somalia in mid-April will be re-united with their families early next week, Belgium's government crisis center said in a statement Saturday.
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The captain of a cargo vessel captured by Somali pirates has appealed to German Chancellor Angela Merkel to intervene to secure a release, a report said Saturday.
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Today Israeli Occupation Forces attacked and boarded the Free Gaza Movement boat, the SPIRIT OF HUMANITY, abducting 21 human rights workers from 11 countries, including Noble laureate Mairead Maguire and former U.S. Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney.
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Egyptian police shot and killed two Somali migrants on Thursday who tried to slip across the Sinai desert border into Israel, security sources said, as violence against migrants picked up at the sensitive frontier.
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