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'Uneasy calm' in Urumqi

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The situation in China's riot-torn city of Urumqi is now under control after the deployment of thousands of troops, local Communist officials have said.

The party chief of Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang region, vowed that all those found guilty of murder during the riots would be put to death.

The unrest between Muslim Uighurs and Han Chinese began on Sunday and has left at least 156 people dead.

Quentin Sommerville reports on the 'uneasy calm' in Urumqi.

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