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Six Uighur men arrested for plane hijack in China

July 8, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Associated Press Staff BEIJING (AP) — Six suspects arrested in a foiled plane hijack in the far-western Xinjiang region are all Uighur men, Chinese state media reported, adding to ethnic tension in the region days ahead of the third anniversary of deadly riots.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Beijing, China, Civil Aviation Administration, Dilxat Raxit, German-based World Uyghur Congress, Han Chinese, Hou Hanmin, Six Uighur, Tianjin Airlines, Vol 31 No 28 | July 7 - July 13, Washington-based Uighur American Association, culture, social media

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