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'Strong hatred' between Han and Uighurs

China has ordered mosques in its restive western city of Urumqi not to open for Friday prayers. Quentin Sommerville reports on the latest unrest after several days of ethnic violence between Uighur Muslims and Han Chinese in which at least 156 people have been killed so far.

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