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(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-10-15 11:58

URUMQI: Six people who were convicted of murder and other crimes in the deadly riot in Xinjiang in July were sentenced to death by a local court on Thursday.

The Urumqi Intermediate People's Court also sentenced another three to life imprisonment.

 
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