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China police seal off restive Inner Mongolia towns
Police sealed off parts of two county seats in China's Inner Mongolia for a second day Saturday in what residents described as a kind of martial law after protests triggered by the death of a Mongolian herder run over by a Chinese truck driver.The demonstrations this past week in two counties and a nearby city are rare for Inner Mongolia, unlike China's other troubled border regions of Tibet and Xinjiang
Police sealed off parts of two county seats in China's Inner Mongolia for a second day Saturday in what residents described as a kind of martial law after protests triggered by the death of a Mongolian herder run over by a Chinese truck driver.The demonstrations this past week in two counties and a nearby city are rare for Inner Mongolia, unlike China's other troubled border regions of Tibet and Xinjiang
Mongolians protest in China after herder killed
The death of a Mongolian herder run over by a Chinese truck driver has touched off protests and shed light on one of China's lesser-known ethnic flash points.
The death of a Mongolian herder run over by a Chinese truck driver has touched off protests and shed light on one of China's lesser-known ethnic flash points.
Pipeline fire going on 2nd day in Nigeria's delta
Police say that emergency workers are trying to put out a pipeline fire in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta.
Police say that emergency workers are trying to put out a pipeline fire in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta.
Ashamed of brutalities on farmers: Sonia
Varanasi, May 19 (IBNS) Congress supremo Sonia Gandhi on Thursday said the atrocities on the farmers in Greater Noida made her feel ashamed as she took on the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh over land acquisition.
Varanasi, May 19 (IBNS) Congress supremo Sonia Gandhi on Thursday said the atrocities on the farmers in Greater Noida made her feel ashamed as she took on the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh over land acquisition.
"Rahul's dharna no more than a drama"
New Delhi/Greater Noida, May 12 (IBNS) India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's 'act of dharna' for UIttar Pradesh farmers is 'no more than a drama'.
New Delhi/Greater Noida, May 12 (IBNS) India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's 'act of dharna' for UIttar Pradesh farmers is 'no more than a drama'.
Rahul rides pillion to meet UP farmers
Greater Noida, May 11 (IBNS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi rode the pillion of a motorcycle, eluded the policemen and reached the agitating farmers of Greater Noida's Bhatta Parsaul village on Wednesday morning to express his solidarity with the villagers on a warpath with the Uttar Pradesh government over land acquisition.
Greater Noida, May 11 (IBNS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi rode the pillion of a motorcycle, eluded the policemen and reached the agitating farmers of Greater Noida's Bhatta Parsaul village on Wednesday morning to express his solidarity with the villagers on a warpath with the Uttar Pradesh government over land acquisition.
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