1.0 link 225978 <![CDATA[China Riots Kill More Than 150 (SLIDESHOW, VIDEO)]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/05/muslim-minority-riots-eru_n_225978.html BEIJING -- Chinese state media says that 156 people have been killed in violent riots in the country's western Xinjiang region.

The official Xinhua News Agency did not immediately give any other details in its one-sentence report early Tuesday.

It had said earlier that at least 140 people were dead and that the number "was still climbing." Another 828 people have been injured in the deadliest ethnic unrest to hit the region in decades.

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