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Page last updated at 02:08 GMT, Tuesday, 7 July 2009 03:08 UK

Police in Urumqi 6/7/09
Mass arrests over China violence
Chinese police arrest 1,434 people over rioting in Xinjiang province, state media says, as protests spread to a second city.
Uighur unease at Beijing's rule
China's incomplete picture
Q&A: China and the Uighurs

North Korean missile launch - photo released April 2009 UN condemns North Korean missiles
The UN Security Council condemns North Korea's recent missile tests as a threat to international security.

Election documents prepared for voting day - 6/7/2009 Indonesia relaxes voter registry
An Indonesian court rules that unregistered voters may use identity cards to vote in Wednesday's presidential poll.

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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (right) shakes hands with Burmese general Than Shwe in Nay Pyi Taw, 4 July Little to show
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