Read more ethnic conflict stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/17195/ethnic-conflict.html2010 - Newseren-usNewser Feed Generator2010-03-12T13:42:02http://www.newser.com/story/73639/china-executes-9-over-uighur-riots.htmlNine people convicted of murder and arson during July riots in China’s Xinjiang province were executed today. Chinese news services did not identify the executed, but previous statements suggest that they are Uighurs. The riots in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang region, left 197 people dead as Uighurs clashed...http://www.newser.com/story/73639/china-executes-9-over-uighur-riots.html2009-11-09T19:59:08http://www.newser.com/story/64212/unrest-shines-light-on-chinese-ethnic-fractures.htmlThe government clings to the notion of a “harmonious” country, but China is home to 56 “official” ethnic groups and many unofficial divisions—which are widening as some push for “increased cultural nationalism and resistance to Beijing central control,” writes Dru Gladney in the Wall Street Journal. Counter to the...http://www.newser.com/story/64212/unrest-shines-light-on-chinese-ethnic-fractures.html2009-07-13T13:48:00http://www.newser.com/story/64029/china-closes-urumqi-mosques-imposes-curfew.htmlChinese authorities forced mosques in Urumqi to stay closed today and reimposed a curfew in the restive western city, reports the BBC. The curfew was lifted after thousands of troops had seemed to restore order between Han Chinese and Uighur Muslims, who have battled in the worst ethnic violence China...http://www.newser.com/story/64029/china-closes-urumqi-mosques-imposes-curfew.html2009-07-10T11:29:45http://www.newser.com/story/63884/as-riots-quiet-china-vows-to-execute-killers.htmlAfter thousands of troops were deployed to quell ethnic unrest in the Chinese city of Urumqi, “the situation is under control,” said officials—who vowed to execute anyone behind the riot's 156 deaths. Most of those charged with murder so far have been students, said the city’s Communist Party head,...http://www.newser.com/story/63884/as-riots-quiet-china-vows-to-execute-killers.html2009-07-08T17:55:24http://www.newser.com/story/61670/after-26-year-war-sri-lanka-struggles-with-peace.htmlThe Sri Lankan government finally prevailed in its 26-year civil war with Tamil rebels with a brutal campaign, leaving thousands dead and 300,000 displaced. Now, reports the Wall Street Journal , the country must try living in peace after years of assassinations and abductions from both sides. Tamils "should be...http://www.newser.com/story/61670/after-26-year-war-sri-lanka-struggles-with-peace.html2009-06-12T13:28:15http://www.newser.com/story/59442/sri-lanka-prez-were-liberated.htmlSri Lanka’s leader celebrated the country’s “liberation” from the Tamil Tigers after 26 years of war in a speech to parliament today, the BBC reports. “Today we have been able to liberate the entire country from the clutches of terrorism," said Mahinda Rajapaska. "We have been able to defeat one...http://www.newser.com/story/59442/sri-lanka-prez-were-liberated.html2009-05-19T13:10:23http://www.newser.com/story/58573/myanmar-govt-rebels-on-collision-course.htmlThe tense peace between Myanmar’s military rulers and various armed ethnic groups may fracture into war next year when the government implements a controversial new constitution, the New York Times reports. The constitution requires the rebels to disarm, without granting them the de facto autonomy they currently enjoy in the...http://www.newser.com/story/58573/myanmar-govt-rebels-on-collision-course.html2009-05-10T19:50:02http://www.newser.com/story/16959/kenyan-killings-planned.htmlAs the death toll in Kenya's ongoing ethnic violence continued to mount yesterday, evidence indicates that some of the horrific bloodshed was carefully planned, the New York Times reports. Flyers warned of ethnic killings—now responsible for at least 650 deaths in the past month—even before December's controversial presidential...http://www.newser.com/story/16959/kenyan-killings-planned.html2008-01-21T11:38:11http://www.newser.com/story/15991/ethnic-gangs-rile-kenyan-slums.htmlThe ethnic violence that has ripped through Kenya since December's disputed election is particularly gruesome between gangs in the slums of Nairobi, Newsweek reports. On one side is the self-proclaimed “Taliban,” a group dedicated to protecting their Luo tribe, and imposing order and justice much like their Afghan namesake. Their...http://www.newser.com/story/15991/ethnic-gangs-rile-kenyan-slums.html2008-01-10T19:37:14