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Turkish protesters burn a Chinese flag at a rally in Istanbul. Photo: 10 July 2009
Turkey attacks China 'genocide'
Turkey's prime minister says ethnic violence in China's Xinjiang region is "a kind of genocide", as the death toll passes 180.
Xinjiang: Views from China
In pictures: Closed mosques
China's ethnic tinderbox

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An Australian worker is shot dead near the Freeport McRoRan mine in Indonesia's restive Papua province, say local reports.

Aung San Suu Kyi Burma trial hears defence witness
The trial of Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi hears from one of the two defence witnesses allowed.

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