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A member loyal to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) waves an ISIS flag in the Syrian city of Raqqa, on June 29, 2014. (Reuters/Stringer)


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A Chinese man cycles in Tiananmen Square in Beijing on June 3, 2014. (AFP PHOTO/GOH CHAI HIN)


Security tight on eve of Tiananmen anniversary

Security tight on eve of Tiananmen anniversary

Beijing, AP—Beijing put additional police on the streets and detained government critics on Tuesday as part of a security crackdown on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the crushing of pro-democracy protests centered on the capital’s Tiananmen Square. Police...
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A man lays a wreath on the square outside the railway station in Kunming, southwest China’s Yunnan province on March 2, 2014. (AFP Photo)


China blames separatists for knife attack; 33 dead

China blames separatists for knife attack; 33 dead

Kunming, Reuters—Witnesses to chilling violence at a Chinese train station placed under heavy security on Sunday recalled moments of fear and chaos after at least 29 people were killed in what authorities called a terrorist attack by Xinjiang militants. Officials said...
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Police cars are parked in front of a giant portrait of late Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong at the main entrance of the Forbidden City in Beijing, November 1, 2013. China’s domestic security chief believes a fatal vehicle crash in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in which five died was planned by a Uighur separatist group, designated as a terrorist organization by the United States and United Nations. (REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon)