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Two dead after bar roof collapses in southern China
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Baise [China], May 20 (ANI): At least two people were killed and several others sustained injuries after the roof of a bar collapsed in China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Monday.
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China plans upgrading Tibetan Airport to facilitate Kailash Mansarovar vis
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 03 (ANI): China is planning to upgrade a domestic airport to an international one in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) to facilitate foreign tourists as well as Indian devotees visiting the holy site of Mount Kailash and Lake Mansarovar according to a senior Chinese
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Voice of Karachi unveils plan for creating 'Greater Karachi' region
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 23 (ANI): The Voice of Karachi, a US-based advocacy group for the rights of Urdu-speaking people of Karachi, has demanded the Pakistan government to declare Karachi and other urban areas of Sindh province as an autonomous region within Pakistan.
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Religious extremism effectively contained: Xinjiang governor
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Xinjiang [China], Oct 19 (ANI): Chairman of the Government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Shohrat Zakir, claimed that the Chinese government's policies in the region have led to the containment of religious extremism, has brought peace and led to economic growth in Xinjiang.
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China's war against Islam
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Hong Kong [China], May 22 (ANI): There has been a sharp uptick in government-backed persecution of Christianity and other religions in China, but none are currently suffering as much as the Muslim population in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR). Some 11 million Uighurs reside i
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17 dead in China's dragon boat accident
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], April 22 (ANI): At least 17 persons were killed on Saturday after two dragon boats capsized in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the authorities confirmed.
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Anti poverty measures is the reason given, but China is changing Uighur pr
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Feb 20 (ANI): China is planning to lift over 4,00,000 people out of poverty within this year in its restive Xinjiang autonomous region in northwestern China, as the Chinese Government fears a rise in numbers of local armed groups.
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Spain sacks Catalan police chief as Madrid takes control of regional govt.
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Madrid [Spain], Oct 28 (ANI): Spain has removed Josep Lluís Trapero Álvarez as chief of Catalonia's autonomous Mossos police force, as the government in Madrid takes control of the autonomous region to block its push for independence.
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China opens new expressway in Tibet, close to Arunachal Pradesh border
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tiber], October 2 (ANI): China has opened a 409-km toll-free new expressway linking Lhasa and Nyingchi, the two major cities and tourist attractions in the Tibet Autonomous Region.
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Flight ban imposed on Kurdistan by Iraq goes into effect
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], September 30 (ANI): In reaction to the unilateral vote on independence held on Monday, a flight ban on Iraq's Kurdistan, imposed by the government in Baghdad, has gone into effect at the autonomous region's airports.
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Communist Party of China expels member for practicing religion
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 1 (ANI): The Communist Party of China (CPC) from Northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region expelled its member for participating in religious activities.
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Earthquake claims eight lives in China's Xinjiang
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 11 (ANI) : A 5.5 magnitude earthquake jolted northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, killing eight people and injuring 11 others.
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