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URUMQI, China — Riots and street battles killed at least 140 people in China’s western Xinjiang province and injured 828 others in the deadliest ethnic unrest to hit the region in decades. Officials said Monday the death toll was expected to rise.

Police sealed off streets in parts of the provincial capital, Urumqi, after discord between ethnic Muslim Uighur people and China’s Han majority erupted into violence. Witnesses reported a new, smaller protest Monday in a second city, Kashgar.

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E! Online – Not all the magic in Hogwarts could save Rupert Grint from catching the dreaded swine flu.

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by Jon Brooks

This long weekend, Sarah Palin quit early and Wimbledon went way late. The news out of Iran continued, and so did the news out of Joe Biden’s mouth. It’s the Buzz Weekend Recap…

Iran clerical split grows
Since the initial post-election tumult in Iran, the authorities have clamped down on protesters. But the turmoil has exposed cracks in the establishment that widened this weekend when an vital group of clerics openly defied supreme leader Ayatollah Khameini by calling the election invalid. In a Web statement, the Association of Researchers and Teachers of Qum cited vote r

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