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Flood sweeps away villager in N. China 
 Flooding triggered by a heavy downpour has swept away a villager and more than 1,700 livestock in a township in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the local government said Wednesday. | 
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Guangxi spent 3B yuan on poor students 
 Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has spent 3.3 billion yuan ($483 million) over the last two years to help students living in poverty, Xinhua reported. | 
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Minister: stability foremost in Xinjiang 
 Meng Jianzhu labeled maintaining stability as "the central task of overriding importance." | 
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15 seized over syringe attacks in Xinjiang 
 Members of nine ethnic groups had reported stabbing incidents to the police. | 
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Press conference of autonomous regions 
 Officials from five autonomous regions talked about the achivements during a  conference. | 
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Bilingual education promoted in Xinjiang 
 Over 600,000 students of ethnic minority groups in Xinjiang are taking the bilingual education. | 
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Reports of Sichuan-Tibet railway untrue 
 The Sichuan-Tibet railway is still in its planning stage. | 
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Xinjiang official: Tourism to see 'new peak' 
 A senior official from the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional government said Wednesday that tourism is gradually recovering from the deadly July 5 riots and it will reach a "new peak" during the National Day holiday next month. | 
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Tibetan students to receive free education 
 10,000 Tibetan students in Sichuan will get free secondary vocational education. | 
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Xinjiang to build Asia's largest ski resort 
 The Xinjiang Kanas scenic spot signed a 5-billion-yuan ($0.73 billion) tourism investment deal on Monday with Oumning Suuess Limited to build Asia's largest ski resort, a Hong Kong-based energy company, Xinhua reported today. | 
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Xinjiang progress hailed in exhibition 
 A girl covers her eyes with her fingers, peeking at a bloody picture of civilians being bludgeoned in the Urumqi riot on July 5. | 
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'Xinjiang emerging from riot shadow' 
 Overseas investors received assurances Tuesday that the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region remains a safe place for them and their money, despite the July 5 riot. | 
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Sichuan-Tibet Railway to begin in September 
 Upon completion of the new railway, it will take only eight hours from Chengdu to Lhasa. | 
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Riot city's students get counseling 
 Students in Urumqi will get help in dealing with the scars left behind after riot. | 
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21M ethnic minorities in poverty in 2008 
 It accounts for 52.5 percent of the overall rural poverty population, according to SEAC. |