...The executions in China's Xinjiang region came a day after two Tibetan Buddhists were sentenced to death for alledged arson during riots in Lhasa last spring, showing the government's determination to tamp down unrest in regions that have chafed under its rule. An overseas group said security has been tightened in cities in Xinjiang with house-to-house searches of residents.
More>>PHOTO: File (8/4/08), police officer near bodies after an attack on a group of jogging policemen in Kashgar in China's Xinjiang province. A Chinese court executed two men from a Muslim minority group today (4/9/09) for an attack in China's far west that the government portrayed as an attempt to sabotage the Beijing Olympics (AP/Str).
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