Chinese authorities have tightened security following an attack in the country's northwestern Xinjiang province, which killed 16 police officers and injured 16 more.
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Deutsche Bahn looks set to move aheda with partial privatisation ... which is home to many ethnic Uigher Muslims. State media report that two separatist militants threw homemade explosives at a group of 70 police officers jogging near their barracks. The province's eight million largely Muslim Uighurs have been the focus of intense scrutiny in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics that open on Friday. The Chinese government has repeatedly said that it is threatened by terrorism in Xinjiang.
(Deutsche Welle)
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