At least 140 people were dead and more than 800 others injured after weekend violence in China’s far west Xinjiang region, the regional public security department said Monday, according to state-run media.
Over 100 killed in ethnic unrest in China
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Report: Reporters to be tried in N. Korea
North Korea has concluded an investigation of two detained American journalists, and they will stand trial, according to the nation’s state-run news service, KCNA. “A competent organ of (North Korea) concluded the investigation into the journalists of the United States,” the news service reported Friday. “The organ formally decided to refer them to a trial on the basis of the confirmed crimes committed by them.” The two journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, entered the country illegally and intended “hostile acts,” according to KCNA last month.