China fires chief of western city shaken by unrest
More syringe attacks reported
Posted: September 6, 2009 at 5:05 a.m.
Chinese leaders sacked the head of a western city wracked by communal violence and a bizarre string of needle attacks, hoping to calm uneasy mobs and end protests that percolated for a third day Saturday.
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