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                       Clash in China's Xinjiang Kills 16

   Chinese authorities say 16 people have been killed in a clash in
   China`s far western region of Xinjiang, home to the mostly Muslim
   Uighur ethnic minority.
   The local government released a statement on its official Internet site
   saying police were attacked on Sunday by several people armed with
   explosives and knives as they were on their way to arrest criminal
   suspects near the town of Kashgar in Xinjiang province.
   Two police officers were killed and 14 of the attackers were shot dead.
   Two suspects were detained.
   Xinjiang has been the scene of numerous incidents of unrest, which
   Beijing often blames on separatist Muslim Uighurs.
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