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Thousands of Chinese demonstrators crowded the streets of Urumqi in western China on Thursday to protest what they say is a lack of police protection, witnesses said. Over the past month, more than 400 ethnic majority Han Chinese have been stabbed with tainted syringes by Uyghurs, the Muslim minority, according to local news reports.
Bidding failed to meet expectations Saturday on a uniquely complete skeleton of a Jurassic-era dryosaurus — a long-necked, plant-eating dinosaur — so it was no-sale for the centerpiece at an auction of rare skeletons, fossils and other prehistoric memorabilia. Auctioneers at the I.M. Chait Gallery had hoped the 150-million-year-old, 9-foot-long dryosaurus would sell for as much as $500,000, but the bidding did not add up.